Meghan Markle is ‘kidnapped by SAS’ in mock terror attack to prepare her for life after marriage to Prince Harry
The course is reportedly aimed at ensuring Meghan is prepared for all possible emergencies as a member of the Royal Family
MEGHAN Markle has been subjected to a mock kidnapping as part of gruelling security training, according to reports.
She and Prince Harry are set to tie the knot on May 19 at St George's Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle.
But ahead of the big day, the American actress is said to have been put through a gruelling series of exercises by the SAS.
The course is aimed at ensuring Meghan is prepared for all possible emergencies as a member of the Royal Family, the reports.
The training is said to include a mock kidnapping by “hostage takers” using live ammunition.
The daunting exercise at the special forces unit’s base in Hereford is designed “to frighten the life out of anyone”, according to one officer quoted by the paper.
The soldier said: “Even though Meghan will have known the enemy was not real, I guarantee that she will have been petrified.
“That's why live ammo is used – so she knows what real gunfire sounds like should, God forbid, she ever be in a hostile situation.”
And former Army intelligence officer Gerald Moor said the kind of training Meghan will have undergone is “the toughest, provided by the Army’s finest … who have done everything imaginable during service in Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland”.
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She is likely to have been taught how to form a relationship with her kidnappers, Moor added.
The training is said to be standard for senior members of the royal family, with Harry’s mum Diana reportedly going through something similar in 1983.
Kensington Palace said it does not comment on security matters.
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