Sources are saying that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have issued a blunt warning to their friends as they try to keep their personal lives quiet.

“If you talk to the press you’re out,” a royal source said. “They both expect a code of silence. Harry didn’t used to care that much about what was written. But he’s very protective of Meghan and defensive these days.”

The royal couple is spending a lot of time in Cotswolds, where they have a rented farm house which is protected by armed guards and cameras.

“It’s very clear they want to be left alone,” said one local. “The property is in the middle of woodland and you wouldn’t know it was there. It is very remote which is why they like it. It’s like a fortress. There’s a huge security presence, you can’t get close.”

“They spend a lot of time in the Cotswolds, more than people realize,” another source close to the couple added. “They are in the country way more than they are in London and enjoying a low-key and very domesticated start to married life.”

Harry and Meghan are reportedly planning on spending time with Queen Elizabeth in Balmoral next month, and they would also like to visit the Duchess’s mother in Los Angeles soon.

This comes as the royal couple is still trying to deal with the constant embarrassing outbursts of Meghan’s father, Thomas Markle, who recently claimed that Princess Diana would have “loathed” the way the British royal family is treating him.

“They have both been extremely upset by Thomas Markle’s behaviour and that of Meghan’s half sister Samantha and other relatives,” said royal editor Camilla Tominey. “Harry has certainly built an emotional fortress around himself and Meghan. If the royals value one quality in others more than anything else then it is loyalty.”

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