LONDON – Princess to be Meghan Markle was kidnapped by British SpecialForces and subsequently rescued as a part of counter terror training.
She has been given terror training to prepare her for her future status inthe British Royal Family.
The 36-year-old bride-to-be was given a two-day training course under thesupervision of Britain’s SAS special forces to prepare for emergencysituations.
As part of the training the bride-to-be was kidnapped and rescued. Marklewas abducted by British Special Forces and was held hostage by mockkidnappers. The training was done with real ammunition to help herrecognize the sound of real gunfire.
She was further given lessons on how to interact and communicate withkidnappers and taught how to survive outdoors in case she succeeds toescape.
The training was very rigorous and one that could ‘frighten the life out ofanyone’.
Markle receives 24-hour armed protection from the UK’s Royalty adSpecialist Protection Command. Keeping in view a range of potentialthreats, she is being prepared for her wedding ceremony that is to followin the fall of this year.
All senior royals have received the terror training except for QueenElizabeth II. Kate Middleton took the training after her marriage to PrinceWilliam but Markle was asked to take the training before the wedding due tothe heightened security threat.