Prince Harry wins bid to challenge UK over his security arrangements

• A British court grants Prince Harry permission to challenge a government decision.
• The government denied him police protection while in the country.
• A judicial review involves a judge examining the legality of a decision made by a public body. Harry and Meghan live in California with their two young children.

LONDON, 22 JULY – On Friday, a British court granted Prince Harry permission to challenge a government decision that denied him police protection while in the country.

Before stepping down from his royal duties and moving to the United States with wife Meghan in 2020, Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, received the full police protection accorded to royal figures.

He has sought to overturn a February 2020 decision by the UK Home Office – the ministry in charge of policing, immigration, and security – to discontinue receiving police protection while in the country, even if he pays for it himself.

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A British High Court judge granted permission for a portion of Harry’s judicial review claim. A judicial review involves a judge examining the legality of a decision made by a public body.

According to a judgement published on the court’s website, permission was granted on several different grounds, though not all of those sought by the prince’s legal team.

The Home Office declined to comment on ongoing legal proceedings in an email.

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“The UK government’s security system is strict and proportionate. It has long been our policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements because doing so could jeopardise their integrity and jeopardise individuals’ security “According to a government spokesperson.

Harry’s legal representatives could not be reached for comment right away.

The court granted the judicial review on the grounds that the prince should have been informed about the Home Office’s security policy prior to the decision to deny him police protection.

According to the ruling, he should have been given the opportunity to present his case to the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures, or RAVEC, the Home Office wing that made the decision.

There is no set date for the judicial review.

Lawyers for Harry argued in court earlier this month that the royal household should not have been involved in the UK’s decision to deny him police protection. Harry and Meghan live in California with their two young children.