CIRCUIT MAGAZINE ISSUE 53
Industry News At A Glance
We cast our eye over the main stories impacting the security industry. Here's what's appeared on the radar since the last issue.
Gavin de Becker adds Harry and Megan to his A-List clientele June 03 Los Angeles, CA
De Becker, indeed, is a celebrity in his own right, thanks to his bestselling memoir The Gift of Fear – now published in 18 languages and a favourite of Oprah Winfrey’s
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in Los Angeles in March from British Columbia, where reportedly their security arrangement with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police expired. It is now understood in America that they are being guarded by one of America’s best-known celebrity protection companies, which charge clients up to £7,000 a day, according to reports.
De Becker is the A-list choice, even described by the actor Michael J Fox as a ‘secret service for famous people’. It is reported that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are estimated to be looking at a bill of close to £7,000 a day – or £2.5 million a year – for de Becker’s services. For that, they can expect a team of six bodyguards working in rotation, with four on duty by day and two at night. According to reports, the highly trained team might include former intelligence officers from the FBI and CIA, former US Marines, as well as behavioural scientists specialising in threat assessment.
That company is Gavin de Becker and Associates, who claims to protect ‘over 90 of the world’s most prominent families and at-risk individuals’, believed to include, over time, the Beckhams, the world’s richest man Jeff Bezos, Elizabeth Taylor and John Travolta.
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