When Prince Harry and Meghan ‘stepped back’ as working royals, you’d be forgiven for thinking we would see and hear from them a little less. Not so. This week, the Duke of Sussex has repeatedly hit the headlines. Not content with delivering a stern (and far from well received) speech at the United Nations, in which he invoked Nelson Mandela’s name to make a selection of hackneyed points, Harry is back in the news. Today we learn the Duke has won a partial victory in the latest instalment of his apparently endless court cases against the British establishment: in this case, the Home Office.
Those who are not studying for their postgraduate degrees in the continuing exploits of Harry and Meghan may need a brief reminder. As anyone who saw the Duke dolefully complaining about ‘our security’ in last year’s Oprah interview will remember, the provision of private protection for him and his family has loomed large in his thoughts ever since they staged their quasi-abdication at the beginning of 2020.
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