Prince Harry was told to give 28 days’ notice of his planned trips to the UK so that security requests could be assessed, it has emerged.
The Duke of Sussex was informed at the time that it would be a matter for the Home Office to consider whether the requested security was necessary.
Prince Harry hit back and asked the Home Office committee, responsible for royal security, to give him an example of a person with the same threat assessment as him who had received no security after stepping back from public duty.
He also criticised the arrangements for his family’s visit to the UK in June 2021 for the memorial events for Diana, describing them as “patchy, disjointed and inadequate”.
The details of his security arrangements have been disclosed in legal documents relating to his libel claim against the Mail on Sunday surrounding his willingness to pay for his own police protection in the UK.
Harry is suing Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over a story published in February 2022 about his legal challenge against the Government’s decision to deny him and his family the right to automatic protection.
The article said he had tried to keep “secret” parts of his legal battle with the Home Office over his security and has tried to “spin” the dispute in his favour by claiming he had offered to pay for the protection himself.
The court heard that in an April 2020 email to Sir Edward Young, the Queen’s private secretary, Harry “made it clear we couldn’t afford private security until we were able to earn”.
Source: https://www.gbnews.com/royal/prince-harry-case-update-28-days-notice-visit-uk-security