By Martin Robinson and Richard Spillett for MailOnline
Published: 15:46 BST, 5 April 2019 | Updated: 17:16 BST, 5 April 2019
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Police have refused to reveal how much they spent protecting Meghan Markle during her trip to New York for a star-studded baby shower.
The Duchess of Sussex flew to New York and back in a £33million private jet with celebrity friend Amal Clooney and partied in a £66,000-a-night penthouse suite at the luxury Mark hotel in February.
Friends paid for the lavish break, with the Clooneys and tennis star Serena Williams reported among those stumping up cash, but questions have been asked over whether the public had to fund any extra security for the pregnant royal.
The Met Police have now refused to say what measures were put in place for the February trip or how much they cost the public purse.
Police have refused to reveal the cost to the taxpayer of protecting Meghan Markle during her six-day trip to New York for a lavish baby shower earlier this year
The Duchess was whisked to the US and back in a private jet paid for by the Clooneys
Responding to the Freedom of Information request by MailOnline, Scotland Yard insisted 'national security' concerns precluded it from revealing the cost.
Their response stated: 'To confirm or deny that security is afforded to Duchess of Sussex could undermine the safeguarding of national security, allow those with a criminal intent to gain an operational advantage over the MPS [Metropolitan Police Service] and place those who are afforded
