Prince Harry loses the challenge he filed over the reduction of his personal police protection
Prince Harry said he would appeal a ruling that the British government was within its rights to cut his security privileges when he quit his royal duties.
Prince Harry said he would file an appeal after losing his legal challenge against the British government’s reduction of his security detail when he is in his native country.
A High Court judge in London ruled that the government was within its rights when it decided to cut the security privileges of the prince after he stepped down from his official duties as a member of the royal family and moved to the United States with his American spouse Meghan Markle.
The British Home Office had decided in early 2020 that King Charles’ younger son would no longer be automatically assigned personal police protection while he was in Britain.
Prince Harry had received publicly funded security when he was still working as part of the royal family and fulfilling his royal duties.
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High Court: Nothing unlawful about decision to strip Prince Harry of security privileges
His legal team had argued that the move to strip him of protection was unlawful, unfair, and unjustifiable.
However, the government countered that it did not decide that the prince should not be protected, only that he could no longer enjoy the same security service that he had previously received. The High Court agreed with this argument, and said there was nothing unlawful about it.
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Prince Harry’s lawyers said they will file an appeal because the duke was not asking for special treatment, but rather for a fair application of the rules of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures.
The Duke of Sussex was in England earlier this month to visit King Charles, after he learned that his father had been diagnosed with cancer.