Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Had Police Called To Montecito Mansion 9 Times In 9 Months: Report

Police have been called to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's mansion in Santa Barbara, California, nine times in as many months over security concerns, a report says.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved into their Montecito home with their 1-year-old son, Archie, in July 2020. Since then, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has responded to calls listed as phone requests, alarm activations and property crimes, U.K.'s The Telegraph reported.

Police were called four times during Prince Harry and Markle's first month in their $14.7 million mansion. One call was listed as a phone request, while the others were labeled "alarm activations," the report said.

Two more incidents occurred in August and November last year before deputies were called to their Montecito home once more on Christmas Eve after a man allegedly trespassed on the property. The most recent call, listed as an alarm activation, came on Feb. 16, the outlet reported.

The Telegraph cited data obtained under Freedom of Information laws that was released after Prince Harry and Markle mentioned their concerns over security during their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey for CBS.

In the March interview, Markle shared that she had written letters pleading with the royal family not to remove her husband's personal protection officers and warned them that he was facing death threats. She also said that depriving their son of a title put his safety at risk.

Prince Harry, meanwhile, said he had not expected his family to remove his security after he and Markle announced their decision to step back as working royals.

"I was born into this position. I inherited the risk. So that was a shock to me," he said.

Meanwhile, royal expert Craig Prescott previously addressed Markle's claim about Archie's title and security and said the two were unrelated. "One [concern is] that is that if Archie had a title, he would get security, but that isn’t quite true," he told Us Weekly.

Prescott also said that Archie's lack of a royal title wasn't surprising because he was not entitled to one. Great-grandchildren "generally" don't receive a title when they are born.

"Archie isn’t entitled to be called prince from when he was born. He is too far removed from the line of succession," he added.

In October, Prince Harry and Markle contacted LAPD over drone flybys at their home in Los Angeles. At the time, they were still staying at Tyler Perry's house.

Meanwhile, Nickolas Brooks, 37, was arrested after he broke into the grounds of the Sussexes' Montecito mansion on Boxing Day. He admitted that he was high at the time and wasn't aware he was already in Prince Harry and Markle's home.

"It was a foggy period of my life. I didn’t even know where I was. I think I was high at the time," he told The Sun. "I’ve been told to stay away and that I’m never allowed back there but I don’t have to appear in court. I was in jail for a night and they told me to stay away in future."