Prince Harry (37), who emigrated to the United States, is struggling to obtain police protection when visiting his British homeland.
His legal team have filed an application for legal review of a UK government decision not to personally pay for police protection for him and his family during visits to the UK, according to the PA news agency.
Harry would therefore like to bring his son Archie (2) and daughter Lilibet, who is a good seven months old, to the island so that they can get to know his homeland.
However, Harry and his family could not return without police protection, the lawyers said in a statement.
The background to the whole thing is an incident in the summer of 2021 in London. Paparazzi photographers had followed Harry’s car as he left a charity event.
At that time, the prince and his older brother Prince William (39) unveiled a statue in memory of their dead mother Diana. She died in a car accident in Paris in 1997 while fleeing paparazzi reporters.
Harry and his wife, Duchess Meghan, gave up their royal duties a long time ago and moved to the United States. The issue of safety played an important role at the time.
According to his legal representatives, Harry would like to pay for the police protection himself. He is of the opinion that his private bodyguards in the USA do not have the sufficient powers and security information abroad to protect his family there.
Britain will always be Harry’s home and a country where he wants his wife and children to be safe, the statement said. “Prince Harry inherited a lifetime security hazard at birth.”
The request for a legal review was therefore made in September 2021. In such an examination, the applicant asks to investigate the legality of a decision by a public authority or government body – in this case the UK Home Office.
If the applicant wins, the decision may be declared illegal or overturned.
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