Prince Harry has requested a judicial review to the decision made by the Home Office to permit the Sussex’s to personally fund the British police to act as security and protection during a future visit to the UK.

Having not being entitled to police security which is automatically granted to other members of the royal family as a result of both Meghan and Harry giving up their royal titles in January 2020.
The Home Office refused the protection which Prince Harry has requested as he claims that despite being able to hire his own security team they lack the jurisdiction which he claims the Sussex’s require to ensure his safety. Multiple serious threats have been made against the Royals including a recent armed intruder at Windsor castle at the end of 2020.

A statement made by a legal representative to the prince read: “The UK will always be Prince Harry’s home and a country he wants his wife and children to be safe in. With the lack of police protection, comes too great a personal risk”. The requirement for specific police protection claims that any private security firm would not be able to offer the same intelligence and facilities.
The family aim to come back to the UK this year in order to celebrate the Queen’s 96th birthday and introduce Meghan and Harry’s youngest daughter, Lillibet to her great-grandmother.
Prince Harry has explicitly requested to fund the personal security to avoid using taxpayer money which now as simply a British citizen and no title, he has no entitlement to.
The request for such extreme protection is supported by the fact that “he remains sixth in line to the throne, served two tours of combat duty in Afghanistan, and in recent years his family has been subjected to well-documented neo-Nazi and extremist threats.”

If the appeal is upheld, the High Court will appeal the Home Office’s current decision to refuse the current request.