ITA.
IMO definitely status.
Wants
exactly the same as PW. Probably forever. Even when PW is King.
Probably wants to flash RPOs around California. A step up from the run-of-the-mill celebrity security firms he's probably using right now. Makes him feel superior and "speshul". Plus, he gets to stick the cost on the nasty little racist taxpayers far, far away.
Even if Haz eventually manages to get what he wants (IPP), I can't see how having RPOs and filming a reality show would fit together. Would the HO/Met honestly allow the officers to be filmed as part of the commercial interests of a non-working Royal? Ditto for the Secret Service.
BTW, a little trip down memory lane, courtesy of the Mirror. A somewhat different approach taken by Haz to threats to his security back then.
Be a lot cheaper if the HO just said "OK Haz, you win. Here's your kukri knife back."
Wouldn't it?
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