(NewsNation) — Canadian taxpayers are furious they had to fork out hundreds of thousands of dollars to protect Prince Harry while he was wooing Meghan Markle and during his time promoting Invictus.

Even worse, they also found out they spent more to cover the ginger prince over five years than any other internationally protected person over the same period.

According to a document obtained by CBC News (which it received under Canada's access to information law), "the RCMP spent at least $539,575 to provide security between 2014/15 and 2019/20 when Prince Harry travelled to Canada for events like the Invictus Games and to date his future wife, Meghan Markle."

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These costs were much higher than the $334,337 initially revealed by the RCMP in 2021, which "accounted for around 10% of the over $5.2 million spent during that period to provide security to more than 100 internationally protected persons who visited Canada."

Other people (who didn't cost as much but also visited in that time period) were Barack Obama, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. and former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, leaves the High Court after attending the fourth day of the trial in a privacy case against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), the publisher of the Daily Mail, over unlawful information gathering in London, United Kingdom on January 22, 2026. Seven high-profile claimants allege ANL hired private detectives to commit a series of unlawful acts ranging from phone tapping, home bugging to obtaining medical records by deception. (Photo credit should read Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, leaves the High Court after attending the fourth day of the trial in a privacy case against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), the publisher of the Daily Mail, over unlawful information gathering in London, United Kingdom on January 22, 2026. Seven high-profile claimants allege ANL hired private detectives to commit a series of unlawful acts ranging from phone tapping, home bugging to obtaining medical records by deception. (Photo credit should read Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Notably, "the list doesn't include expenses for other members of the Royal Family like Princess Anne or Prince Edward, who visited Canada during that period on what were described as 'private working' visits."

According to the CBC: "Under international conventions, when individuals on the internationally protected person list visit Canada, the RCMP is tasked with assuring their security — regardless of whether the trip is official, for business or personal. The costs outlined in the document cover incremental expenses like travel and overtime but not the basic salaries of police officers — meaning the full cost is somewhat higher."

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During that five-year period, Harry flew back and forth multiple times to visit and woo his (then) new love, Markle, and while he was considered a "working" member of the royal family at the time, not a lot of official work was being done.

That time period also covers the weeks the couple stayed in Canada after their "Freedom Flight" out of the royal family and Harry's visits to Vancouver to oversee the Invictus Games.

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