Harry and Meghan raise privacy concerns over photographers near children’s school

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have raised concerns about the privacy of their children after two men were seen monitoring the perimeter of their school in Britain, according to a statement from the couple's spokesperson.

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have raised concerns about the privacy of their children after two men were seen monitoring the perimeter of their school in Britain, according to a statement from the couple’s spokesperson.

The spokesperson described the photographers’ actions as “extraordinarily reckless” and said there was a distinction between legitimate media activity and photographers walking around a school, stopping to look into the grounds and monitoring children.

“It is concerning enough that certain European paparazzi appear unwilling to respect the privacy of children at school,” the spokesperson said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.

“Whatever photographs they may have been seeking, this was not only an unacceptable intrusion into the privacy of children; it was an irresponsible and ill-considered way to conduct themselves in the vicinity of a school,” the statement said.

According to PEOPLE, two young men carrying backpacks were seen separately and later together by the couple’s private security and school staff as they walked around the school’s perimeter and looked into the grounds.

The men later returned to a white van that police determined was a rental vehicle, PEOPLE reported.

Police identified one of the men through a driver’s licence used to rent the vehicle as an international photographer working for a European press agency, according to the report.

Harry and Meghan moved their family back to Britain in August, and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, began school in the country. The children were moved to another school two days into the term because of security and logistical concerns, according to PEOPLE.