The monarch of Montecito is, er, back in the UK. Prince Harry has returned to Britain for a two-day hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in a last-ditch attempt to win automatic state-funded security for his family whenever they return to Britain. He may have stepped down as a working prince five years ago, but it seems the royal renegade is missing the perks…
The Duke of Sussex embarked on the 10,000-mile return trip from California in a bid to win back taxpayer-funded security arrangement for him and his wife, Meghan, and their children. The matter is thought to be a rather significant factor in Harry’s falling out with his father, with the Prince having made it clear in the past he thinks the King could intervene to help him out – although Buckingham Palace has insisted this is not quite accurate. How very interesting.
Today’s hearing comes after the Montecito monarch ‘comprehensively lost’ his legal fight with the Home Office early last year. The judge ruled at the time that the decision made by the Royal and VIP Executive Committee (Ravec) – that after quitting their royal duties the Sussexes were no longer entitled to the same personal security they had been used to – was not procedurally unfair. Yet some months later, Harry was able to challenge the judgement after the Court of Appeal concluded there was a ‘real prospect of success’ in his pushback against Ravec – and today the Prince’s legal team has raged that he was ‘singled out for different, unjustified and inferior treatment’ over the whole thing. Good heavens…
It’s not been a good year for Harry, whose African organisation Sentebale is currently being probed by the charity watchdog over ‘concerns raised’ about bullying and mismanagement. The investigation comes after the monarch and his trustees stepped down after a falling out over funding with the company’s chair. And just last month the Duke of Sussex came under more scrutiny when a US think tank suggested he may have lied about drug use in his US immigration files – prompting a decision to unseal the documents to check. He’s certainly not seen many wins lately – but the royal rebel will hoping that that all changes this week. Watch this space…
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