LONDON: A court decided on Monday that Prince Harry will not be able to challenge the reduction in his personal security when he travels to the UK.
After learning in 2020 that he would not receive the “same degree” of publicly-funded protection while in the UK, the youngest son of King Charles III filed a lawsuit.
In February, the UK government was found to have behaved lawfully by the High Court.
In a 52-page ruling, High Court judge Peter Lane stated that the “bespoke process” that a committee under the interior ministry’s purview had created for him “was, and is, legally sound.”
At the time, a legal representative for Harry stated that he would attempt to use the Court of Appeal “to obtain justice.” But according to a judiciary spokesman, Harry’s initial attempt to appeal the ruling was unsuccessful.
No longer considered a working royal, the prince, also known as the Duke of Sussex, made headlines in 2020 when he and his wife, Meghan, moved sensationally to North America. They settled in California.
At a December hearing at London’s High Court, Harry stated his travel back to the United Kingdom was being hindered by security concerns.
“I live in the United Kingdom. In a written declaration that his attorneys read to him, he declared, “The UK is central to the heritage of my children.” “If it’s not feasible to keep them safe, that cannot occur.
“Given my life experiences, I am hesitant to unnecessarily put myself in danger too, and I cannot put my wife in danger like that.” Princess Diana, the mother of Harry, perished in a fast-moving automobile accident in Paris in 1997 while attempting to elude the media.
