Prince Harry has demanded that he be provided with a police security detail while in the United Kingdom, despite having abandoned his royal duties.
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Prince Harry has demanded that he be provided with a police security detail while in the United Kingdom, despite having abandoned his royal duties. In a legal challenge against the loss of his police security detail when he and his family are in the UK, Prince Harry has claimed that official police protection is necessary as his private guards do not have access to intelligence reports. The judicial review of the decision — which the prince’s lawyers say was first sought in September — may end up leading to a hearing in the High Court over the legality of the prince’s loss of police protection. According to a report by the Mail on Sunday, a statement made by a legal representative of the prince noted that an official police security detail is needed for the prince, as while “his role within the institution has changed, his profile as a member of the Royal Family has not”. “Prince Harry inherited a security risk at birth, for life,” the statement read. “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.” “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex personally fund a private security team for their family, yet that security cannot replicate the necessary police protection needed whilst in the UK,” it continues. “In the absence of such protection, Prince Harry and his family are unable to return to his home.
