Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly angry after Catherine, Princess of Wales' sister, Pippa Middleton, was given permission to improve security around her home. The 42-year-old, her husband, hedge fund manager James Matthews, 50, and their three children live at Barton Court, a £16.75million, 145-acre estate in Berkshire. The Sussexes are said to think that this is a "double standard", as civil servants from the Home Office, the Cabinet Office and the Foreign Office are reportedly opposed to granting the couple taxpayer-funded protection whenever they are in the UK because it would carry too much political risk.
"There are implications for my family, due to their high public profile, which means there is a need for a higher level of security than would otherwise be the case if the circumstances were different," Matthews said, according to Sky News. "Therefore, to improve security for my family, before we moved in, I arranged for an electric security gate to be erected on the drive." "Unfortunately there has been a continued need to enhance security," he added.
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