Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex are being protected on their Colombia tour by an officer armed wielding a Kevlar shield known as a \u201cballistic briefcase\u201d to stop a gunman targeting the couple.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex are being protected on their Colombia tour by an officer armed wielding a Kevlar shield known as a \u201cballistic briefcase\u201d to stop a gunman targeting the couple<\/p>\n
The royal, 39, and his 43-year-old wife, who have children Archie, five, and three-year-old Lilibet, are on a four-day tour of the nation despite UK and US officials classing swathes of it as high risk destinations.<\/p>\n
At each event the couple have attended their shield-bearing protector, who is only part of their huge security detail, has been seen leaping out of a vehicle head of the pair holding a folding shield.<\/p>\n
Known as a ballistic briefcase it is also used to protect Colombia\u2019s vice-president Francia Marquez \u2013 who is hosting the visit and has been the target of several assassination attempts.<\/p>\n
The Sun reported Harry and Meghan have an \u201cimmense ring-of-steel\u201d security presence.<\/p>\n
\nOfficials have kept their itinerary a closely guarded secret due to parts of Colombia being branded \u201cbest avoided\u201d by officials and travel experts due to internal conflicts raging in parts of the country.<\/p>\n
\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex were escorted to a school on Friday (16.08.24) in the Santa Fe area of Bogota with other tight security that the Daily Mail reported included \u201cat least 16 armoured police vehicles\u201d, as well as armed officers and soldiers, who the publication said were seen on patrol before their arrival.<\/p>\n
\nIt added roads were blocked off as the couple\u2019s convoy swept into the area, which the Mail said has been described as a \u201cno-go zone\u201d in the Colombian capital.<\/p>\n
\nMailOnline said when it asked for a taxi to take a reporter to the are \u201che questioned if we had the right place\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nThe school visited to by the couple is overlooked by rundown apartment blocks and several favelas embedded into the hillsides.<\/p>\n
\nHarry and Meghan are visiting the nation despite him battling in court in the UK to get increased protection for him and his family when they visit Britain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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