🇨🇦 Taxpayers bankrolled Harry’s Canadian romance tour

At least $539,575 in RCMP security for Prince Harry between 2014/15 and 2019/20, more than any other internationally protected person in Canada over that period. More than Obama, more than the Clintons, more than Trump’s kids. And yes, that included trips for Invictus photo ops and dating Meghan Markle, as reported. The RCMP even lowballed it before at $334,337, then spent years fighting to keep the names secret. Transparency for peasants, opacity for the global celebrity class.

This is the Trudeau-era state in miniature: lectures about affordability while Canadians subsidize elite transnational courtiers floating between London, California and Toronto. The official excuse is international convention, but the real pattern is clearer: our institutions exist to serve connected people with titles, brands and status, while the public gets the bill and a sermon. Even the published total excludes regular salaries, so the true cost is higher. Sovereign country, apparently, means paying protection money for imported aristocratic theater.

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