Prince Harry had on Wednesday, February 28, announced that he would mount an appeal after he lost the legal battle against the British government’s decision to take away his police protection while he is in Britain.
Harry, King Charles’ younger son, had brought the action against the government at the High Court in London after the Home Office (the ministry responsible for policing) determined in February 2020, that he would cease to automatically receive personal police security while in Britain.
Harry, along with other senior royals, had gotten complete publicly-funded security protection provided by the state before he took a step back from his royal duties and moved to California with his American wife, Meghan Markle in March 2020.
Meanwhile, Harry’s lawyers had in a hearing held in December, said that the decision to take the protection away subjected him to ‘unlawful, unfair and unjustifiable treatment’.
However, the government’s legal team has said that the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures, known as RAVEC, had yet to decide on whether Harry should not receive protection, but that he should not have it on the same basis.
The High Court had agreed, concluding that there had been no illicitness in the decision.
Harry’s legal spokesperson has said in a statement that he plans to bring an appeal.
The legal spokesperson had said:
“The Duke is not asking for special treatment, but for a fair and lawful application of RAVEC’s own rules, making sure that he receives the same contemplation as others in accordance with RAVEC’s own written policy.”
Harry was last in Britain earlier this month when he made a brief stop visit to see his father after it was announced to the public that the king had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer.
The prince, who has become estranged from his family since his move to the U.S., has said he had hopes that Charles’ illness would be able to bring the family together.
