Prince Harry set for outpouring of ‘sympathy’ after tragic UK situation
Prince Harry can now appeal the case he lost against the Home Office over his security and a royal expert believes he will have the support of the British public .
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Prince Harry is set to get “sympathy” from the British public over his current predicament involving his legal battle about his security in the UK, a royal expert has claimed.
The Duke of Sussex was recently given the green light to appeal the case he lost in the High Court against the Home Office over his UK security.
He was told he could appeal the verdict at the Court of Appeal, according to an order from Lord Justice Bean dated May 23 2024.
It came after Harry took legal action against the Home Office over the February 2020 decision that he should receive a different degree of protection when he returned to the UK after he quit his royal duties.
But he lost the case back in February with High Court judge Sir Peter Lane finding that “there has not been any unlawfulness in reaching the decision” to revise his security.
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Prince Harry could appeal the case he lost in the High Court (Image: Getty)
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He added: “Any departure from the policy was justified. The decision was not irrational. The decision was not marred by procedural unfairness.”
In his 52-page ruling, Sir Peter argued that lawyers representing the Duke of Sussex had made “an inappropriate, formalist interpretation of the Ravec process” during the High Court case.
Now a royal expert suggested Harry might get sympathy from the public over his predicament.
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told the Mirror: “His attempt to pay personally for extra police protection, has the obvious disadvantage that it would create a two-tier system and, as expected, failed in court.
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Prince Harry took legal action against the Home Office over his security in the UK (Image: Getty
“However, he is haunted by what happened to his mother and there is a threat by far-right extremists to him and his family.
“The granting of full taxpayer-funded protection for those who are not full-time working royals is likely to be difficult to obtain, but in his particular case, there will be some sympathy for what he sees as his predicament.”
Mr Fitzwilliams added: “It may well be that it is ruled that he and his family could be included in the ‘Other VIP Category’, but the legal costs of his appeal will be substantial. Threat by far-right extremists and terrorists too.”
