Prince Harry has started another war with the Royal Family after he threatened to take the government to court over his security in the UK.
The 37-year-old claimed that his private security arrangements are not enough to ensure the privacy and safety of his family.
Harry and his wife Meghan lost their taxpayer-funded police protection after they stepped down from their royal duties in 2020.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who live in their California mansion with their children, Archie and Lilibet, fund their private security in the US.
Harry wants to pay for specialist police protection in the UK but the Home Office has ruled this out.
“Prince Harry inherited a security risk at birth, for life. 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,” a legal representative said.
“While his role within the institution has changed, his profile as a member of the Royal Family has not. Nor has the threat to him and his family.”
The representative continued: “The Duke and Duchess personally fund a private security team for their family, yet that cannot replicate the necessary police protection needed whilst in the UK.
“In the absence of such protection, Prince Harry and his family are unable to return to his home.”
Harry has claimed that his security was compromised last summer when his vehicle in London was chased by paparazzi. He had traveled to the UK in July to unveil the statue of his late mother Princess Diana alongside his brother Prince William but he no longer had police protection.
“The Duke first offered to pay personally for UK police protection for himself and his family in January 2020,” Harry’s legal representative said, but the offer was dismissed.
Harry remains willing to fund the cost of security.
“The goal for Prince Harry has been simple – to ensure the safety of himself and his family while in the UK so his children can know his home country.”
Dai Davies, the former head of Scotland Yard’s royal protection unit, told the Mirror: “A lot of these issues appear to be greatly inflamed by Harry and his advisors, it really doesn’t need to be so fraught.
“If ever there was a proper credible threat to Prince Harry or his family then the Met would take the appropriate action.
“If he or his family were to return to Britain in an official capacity or to support the Queen during the Platinum Jubilee events I’m sure he would be afforded the necessary protection.”
He continued: “I would argue robustly against his case that he is not safe in the UK. If ever the British intelligence services did discover a threat to him and his family they are hardly going to sit on it. It appears that Harry is creating scenarios that do not exist.”
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