The Home Office previously rejected his request to pay for police protection, and Friday saw a preliminary hearing in which the Duke of Sussex’s legal team told the UK’s high court that Harry does “not feel safe” while visiting the country of his birth with his children Archie and Lili. Harry lost taxpayer-funded security when he and Duchess Meghanstepped back as senior members of the royal family. His attorney Shaheed Fatima argued for Harry to be able to pay for police protection while visiting the UK. One of the most important aspects of this type of security as opposed to private security is the police’s access to intelligence that could flag potential threats to the Sussex family. Harry, Meghan and their children currently live in Montecito, California, but Fatima told the court, “It should go without saying that he wants to come back: to see family and friends and to continue to support the charities that are so close to his heart. “Most of all, this is, and always will be, his home.” Last month the duke’s spokesperson said that Harry wants his children “to know his home country” but that the Sussexes “have been subjected to well-documented neo-Nazi and extremist threats”, meaning their private security team has inadequate resources to protect them. Pointing out that Harry is sixth in line to the throne and served two tours in Afghanistan, the spokesperson says that he “inherited a security risk at birth, for life.” Harry’s legal action follows an alleged incident in last June in which his car was chased by photographers, following his brief return to the UK for the unveiling of a statue of his mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday. Next up, Who Are the Children In the Princess Diana Statue? Plus, How Her Belted Outfit Was Inspired By her First Christmas as a Single Mom
