'We're treated like SKIVVIES': Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Scotland Yard protection officers 'claim they're sent on errands like picking up royals' groceries and coffees' in Canada

UK Daily Mail ^ | February 2, 2020 | Luke Andrews

[caww]

There’s a reason Meghan’s staff in Britain was turned over time and again and again. Looks like she’s doing likewise with her security.

[LibWhacker]

Oh, c’mon! I guess they want to draw £100,000 a year for just standing around doing nothing but trying to look inconspicuous for 50 years. Now, I’d draw the line at common housework, but go pick up Meghan a sandwich once in a while, wouldya?, sheesh.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Sort of like that time Hillary Clinton told the Marines in her White House honor guard to serve hors d’oerves.

[Boogieman]

So a skivvy probably had to launder the skivvies.

[forgotten man]

Richard Nixon also gave up his Secret Service protection late in his wife. One time while I was watching a New York Giants game the camera was on Nixon briefly during the game. He was sitting in the stands wearing a top coat and no hat. I also heard that he went to New York Yankee games and sat in the stands with all of the other fans.

[Bon mots]

[hsmomx3]

Hillary gave her lessons!!

[Sacajaweau]

In the UK...it’s like a servant...though usually female.

[xp38]

Maid, servant, or person at the bottom of the social order (primarily in Britain)

Well that fits since those two are now at the bottom of the royal pecking order.

[Deo et patriae]

Poor little snowflakes
maybe they should find a nice little safe place to recover with play dough a teddy bear.

[Pearls Before Swine]

I suspect that’s Megans doing. Harry flew a helicopter in the military.

[Track9]

I bet the ashtrays are flying.

[AppyPappy]

I can’t get mine to do a darn thing. Lay-abouts the lot

[Dr. Sivana]

So. That’s their job, isn’t it?

They’re the ones who believe in Kings and Queens and Princes.

Why are they complaining?

I would think it is just the opposite. If you were the Royal Bootblack, you would have no business being the Royal Chauffeur, and vice versa. Roles are strictly and narrowly defined.

[DariusBane]

Ah, soiled no doubt.

[max americana]

Exactly LOL. They are SUBJECTS. We are citizens..

[ifinnegan]

“You think our Secret Service is any different?”

Good point. Probably not.

I assume the reason is for security. The agent goes to get a candy bar, for example, due to what I’ll call chain of possession. They can know it’s not tainted or poisoned. If a gopher went I bet an agent would have to accompany the gopher.

[cnsmom]

Soon maybe the British public will realize they don’t need any royalties and quit paying.

[imardmd1]

This is not puzzling to one who has been in this position. Thjs is a common and typical move by the elite to make blindingly clear the unbridgeable gap between the classes. The purpose is to discourage presumptuous familiarity of the servant. The higher up and the more power the servant is accorded, and the closer in physical proximity one's tasks bring the servant, the more likely to occasionally suffer such treatment, if the elite suspects the least mistaken, especially inadvertant, likely to attempt to cross or to skirt the barrier.

The occurrence requires that the servant cannotavoid the deliberate insult when one's duty and/or economic status will not allow the servant to escape, as it exists for the pledged Scotland Yard agent's commitment to the honor of the institute and the task of protecting, despite the insulting behavior of person(s) being shielded. Very typical of H. Rodham Clinton, in her case, the vulnerability of someone needing to keep position in her power structure, or when one is a permanent and dedicatedfixture in the Secret Service.

IIRC, Dubya never acted this way, but was very considerate--a family trait.

[Gay State Conservative]

On 8/6/16 I attended a Trump rally in New Hampshire (can't recall the town). After an amazing time it was time to leave. I had a long drive home so I made it a point to get out quickly. To my surprise he Secret Service had blocked the exits for a while to allow Trump to have a "clean getaway" (my words).

I was right at one of the doors while waiting for the doors to open...only a few feet from one of the Secret Service agents.I caught his eye and asked him if the stories about ILLary mistreating agents were true. He didn't say a word...didn't nod,or shake,his head to indicate "yes" or "no"...but he answered with a huge smile as if to say "you bet your sweet a$$ they're true".

I'll never forget it.