Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) records cited by news outlets indicate that public spending on protection for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle totals $539,000 between April 2015 and March 2020. The reporting says the figure covers private protection arrangements during the period when Harry and Meghan were dating and after they began living as a couple. One outlet further breaks down the total to describe a higher-cost year within the range, stating that protection spending reached about $365,000 in a single year. The same reporting also references smaller, specific events, including $10,586 reportedly spent to guard Meghan Markle during a “girls’ weekend.”
The articles frame the numbers as being drawn from RCMP documentation and emphasize that the costs are borne by Canadian taxpayers for protective services. The reporting does not provide additional details about the exact security contractors, the specific venues, or the full context for each spending category beyond the time frame and example event costs.
