Bodyguard Rushes Meghan Markle Out of Fiji Market After *Six Minutes* Due to Security Risks
Meghan Markle's first solo engagement in Fiji was unexpectedly shut down after just six minutes due to security risks. The Duchess was visiting female vendors participating in the UN Women's project "Markets for Change," and was supposed to chill for just under a half hour. But a few short minutes in, Meghan's bodyguard was seen rushing to her side and ushering her away over a "security risk."
WATCH: #Meghan leaves Suva market. All very calm, all very controlled. Many ladies that were told they were going to meet Meghan didn’t and voiced their disappointment afterwards. pic.twitter.com/YVkBhA7X5P
- Emily Andrews (@byEmilyAndrews) October 24, 2018
A Kensington Palace representative told the Associated Press that there were crowd management concerns, and one royal aid reportedly said the event was "hot, humid and uncomfortably busy and there were far larger crowds than expected. She met everyone she was meant to meet and left. There would have been a lot of people who would have been keen to meet her but she did met those who had hoped to. On advice she was taken out due to crowd management issue."
Fair enough, but some royal reporters think was an over-reaction:
Personally, it looked like an over reaction to me. I’ve seen far more chaotic crowd scenes. But, and this is a big but, she is pregnant so it could be that the palace were being cautious.
- Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) October 24, 2018
Either way, Meghan handled the situation like a pro-remaining super calm and waving to the crowd as she left. But damn, that sounds intense!
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