Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet are already onto their second school of the term. Harry and Meghan removed their kids just two days after classes started, with their security team flagging the daily commute as too difficult to manage safely amid heavy traffic. The trip was reportedly 45 minutes each way, and because Archie and Lilibet have different schedules, it would have meant four journeys a day, adding up to roughly three hours in the car.
Royal expert Kinsey Schofield told Page Six the traffic problems were entirely foreseeable, saying locals had warned her about the area’s notorious congestion and questioning how a professional security operation missed it beforehand. The timing is also getting attention: the school change came one day after Meghan shared family videos on Instagram, and it lands in the middle of Harry’s long-running legal fight over UK security arrangements. Crisis communications expert Ryan McCormick says the couple do appear to have genuine concern for their children’s safety.
The couple has already moved the kids to a new school. Was pulling them out the right call, or should the commute have been figured out before day one? Sound off in the comments.
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