Home Office legal team deny ‘bespoke’ plan drawn up by Ravec for duke’s protection is inadequate
The safety, security and life of the Duke of Sussex is “at stake” in his appeal against arrangements for his security while in the UK, the court of appeal has been told.
Prince Harry appeared at the high court in London for a second day as he challenged the decision of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) that he should receive a different degree of protection at public expense while in the UK after he stepped down as a working royal and moved abroad.
The duke’s legal team argue Ravec breached its terms of reference when it failed to get an assessment from an “expert specialist body”, called the risk management board (RMB). It came up with a “bespoke process” for him, which he believed had singled him out for “different, unjustified and inferior treatment”.
In closing submissions at the end of the two-day appeal, the duke’s barrister, Shaheed Fatima KC, told three appeal court judges: “One must not forget the human dimension to this case. There is a person sitting behind me whose safety, whose security and whose life is at stake.
