Yet another claim that Meghan Markle made in her tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey last month appears to have just been debunked by a decision made by Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, who are cousins of Prince Harry’s.

In her interview with Oprah, Meghan claimed that getting royal security is directly related to whether you have the title of Prince or Princess, yet it has since been revealed that despite being princesses, Beatrice and Eugenie do not have full-time security.

Meghan had told Oprah that she was worried that her son Archie was not going to have HRH status, as she felt this would mean he was not going to be given full-time security. She appeared to take this as a slight despite the fact that he was never entitled to that rank according to Letters Patent, which dictates who is a Prince or Princess.

“They were saying they didn’t want him to be a prince or princess ‒ not knowing what the gender would be, which would be different from protocol ‒ and that he wasn’t going to receive security,” Meghan said to Oprah. “How does that work? It’s like, ‘No, no, no. Look, because if he’s not going to be a prince, it’s like, OK, well, he needs to be safe, so we’re not saying don’t make him a prince or princess ‒ whatever it’s going to be…'”

“But if you’re saying the title is what’s going to attend their protection, we haven’t created this monster machine around us in terms of clickbait and tabloid fodder, you’ve allowed that to happen, which means our son needs to be safe,” she continued.

When Meghan was asked if the title itself was important to her, she replied, “If it meant he was going to be safe, then, of course.”

The U.K. Express reported that this claim has been debunked, however.

“Royal security is funded by the Home Office and decisions about who gets security are made by the Royal and VIP Executive Committee, which controls the security budget for the royal household and VIPs, including former prime ministers,” the publication stated. “The actual protection is provided by a special branch of the Metropolitan Police Service called the Royalty and Specialist Protection. Because it is taxpayers’ money which funds this, the Committee makes their decision based on numerous factors, not simply the arbitrary fact of whether someone has a title or not.”

Beatrice and Eugenie, who are the daughters of Prince Andrew, have not had full-time taxpayer-funded security for ten years because they are not considered working members of the Royal Family, which means they do not carry out royal engagements on behalf of the Crown. Their security has been privately funded ever since 2011, as in recent years, the royal family has tried to “slim-down” the number of top royal jobs in line with Prince Charles’ vision for the future of the monarchy.

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