Harry and Meghan had police called to £11million California mansion nine times in as many months 

Police have been called to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s £11millon California mansion nine times in as many months, police have revealed.

The couple and their one-year-old son Archie moved into the exclusive Montecito neighborhood in July last year.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has since responded to nine calls including two trespassings over Christmas and five alarm activations.   

Police have been called to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Southern California mansion nine times in as many months, official figures reveal

Harry and Meghan moved in to their Montecito home with one-year-old son Archie in July last year

Harry and Meghan moved in to their Montecito home with one-year-old son Archie in July last year

Nine police calls in nine months 

July 2020: Police were called four times with three listed as ‘alarm activations’ and one phone request

August 2020: A ‘Miscellaneous Priority Incident

November: Alarm activation

Christmas Eve: Nicholas Brooks allegedly trespassed and was let off with a warning

Boxing Day: Brooks arrived again and was arrested

February 2021: Alarm activation 

The data, obtained under Freedom of Information laws by the PA news agency, was released after the couple shared their security fears in their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey. 

Officers were called four times in July last year after Harry and Meghan moved to Montecito from Los Angeles, where they had been temporarily living since leaving Canada at the start of the pandemic.

One call is listed as a phone request while the others are labelled ‘alarm activations’ and all occurred in the early hours of the morning.

An August request is listed as ‘Misc Priority Incdnt’, while there was a further alarm in November.

At 4.13pm on Christmas Eve, sheriff’s deputies were called to the property after a man was alleged to have trespassed.

Nickolas Brooks, 37,  from Ohio, was first let off with a warning but he showed up again on Boxing Day at 2.54pm and was subsequently arrested and charged with one count of misdemeanor trespassing. 

The second call was listed by police as ‘Property Crimes’ and sources said Brooks had traveled to California from Ohio. He was later released by police.  

Brooks subsequently said he may have been ‘high’ when he trespassed the house and he has a previous conviction for taking part in an attack which left a man with a broken bone in his face, according to The Sun

He said: ‘I don’t know why I went to their place, that’s kind of where I ended up. I drove across the country – I know it’s crazy.

‘I’ve been told to stay away and that I’m never allowed back there but I don’t have to appear in court. I was in jail for a night and they told me to stay away in future.’

The most recent call was at 2.21am on February 16 this year and is listed as an alarm activation.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office has since responded to nine calls including two trespassings over Christmas and five alarm activations

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has since responded to nine calls including two trespassings over Christmas and five alarm activations

Officers were called four times in July last year after Harry and Meghan moved to Montecito from Los Angeles

Officers were called four times in July last year after Harry and Meghan moved to Montecito from Los Angeles

Representatives for Harry and Meghan declined to comment. A spokeswoman for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office declined to provide further details about the calls.

The couple’s security arrangements hit the headlines following the interview with chat show host Winfrey in March.

The duchess, who is pregnant with a daughter, said she sent letters pleading with Harry’s family not to take away his personal protection officers, warning he was facing death threats.

The couple's security arrangements hit the headlines following the interview with chat show host Winfrey in March

The couple’s security arrangements hit the headlines following the interview with chat show host Winfrey in March

The duke said he never thought he would have his UK taxpayer-funded security detail removed upon deciding to step back from royal duties.

He said: ‘I was born into this position. I inherited the risk. So that was a shock to me.’

Explaining his decision to leave Canada for the US during the early days of the pandemic, Harry said: ‘The biggest concern was while we were in Canada, in someone else’s house, I then got told, short notice, that security was going to be removed. By this point, courtesy of the Daily Mail, the world knew our exact location.

‘So suddenly it dawned on me – ‘Hang on a second, the borders could be closed, we’re going to have our security removed, who knows how long lockdown is going to be, the world knows where we are, it’s not safe, it’s not secure, we probably need to get out of here’.’