{"id":79034,"date":"2024-02-28T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/28\/prince-harry-loses-legal-battle-for-u-k-security-plans-appeal\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:04:22","slug":"prince-harry-loses-legal-battle-for-u-k-security-plans-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/28\/prince-harry-loses-legal-battle-for-u-k-security-plans-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Loses Legal Battle for U.K. Security, Plans Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3533006\" style=\"width: 683px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:149.85714285714%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Prince Harry<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Prince Harry<\/strong><\/a> is already planning an appeal after losing his legal battle for improved security in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>A judge in the U.K.\u2019s High Court reportedly ruled on Wednesday, February 28, that the British government has the right to change the level of police protection for a royal family member who is no longer performing their official duties. Judge <strong>Peter Lane<\/strong> issued a 51-page ruling declaring that the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec)\u2019s move to change Harry\u2019s security level was not unfair or irrational.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the ruling made headlines, a legal spokesperson noted in a statement that Harry, 39, will take his case to the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Duke of Sussex will appeal today\u2019s judgment which refuses his judicial review claim against the decision-making body Ravec, which includes the Home Office, the Royal Household and the Met Police,\u201d read the statement, per <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2024\/02\/28\/prince-harry-high-court-personal-security-case-live-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a>.<\/em> \u201cAlthough these are not labels used by Ravec, three categories \u2014 as revealed during the litigation \u2014 comprise the \u2018Ravec cohort\u2019: the Role Based Category, the Occasional Category and the Other VIP Category.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/prince-harry-fights-for-u-k-security-everything-to-know\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Everything-Know-About-Prince-Harry-Fight-Security-UK-0007.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1651px%2C932px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Everything Know About Prince Harry Fight Security UK\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Everything-Know-About-Prince-Harry-Fight-Security-UK-0007.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/prince-harry-fights-for-u-k-security-everything-to-know\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Everything to Know About Prince Harry&#8217;s Fight for Security in the U.K.<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tFighting for his rights. Prince Harry has spoken openly about the challenges he faced both during his royal tenure and after his exit \u2014 and his battle for proper security came to a head in January 2022. The Duke of Sussex issued a statement regarding his application for judicial review after a Home Office decision [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The statement continued: \u201cThe Duke is not asking for preferential treatment, but for a fair and lawful application of Ravec\u2019s own rules, ensuring that he receives the same consideration as others in accordance with Ravec\u2019s own written policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the spokesperson, \u201cRavec failed to apply its written policy\u201d to Harry in February 2020 and \u201cexcluded him from a particular risk analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement concluded: \u201cThe Duke\u2019s case is that the so-called \u2018bespoke process\u2019 that applies to him, is no substitute for that risk analysis. The Duke of Sussex hopes he will obtain justice from the Court of Appeal, and makes no further comment while the case is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/prince-harry-king-charles-iiis-ups-and-downs-timeline\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prince-Harry-and-Father-King-Charles-IIIs-Ups-and-Downs-Through-the-Years-A-Timeline-268.jpg?crop=0px%2C66px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Prince Harry and Father King Charles III's Ups and Downs Through the Years- A Timeline - 268 100th Anniversary of The Battle of Vimy Ridge, France - 09 Apr 2017\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prince-Harry-and-Father-King-Charles-IIIs-Ups-and-Downs-Through-the-Years-A-Timeline-268.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/prince-harry-king-charles-iiis-ups-and-downs-timeline\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Prince Harry and Father King Charles III&#8217;s Ups and Downs Through the Years<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWhen Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle stepped down from their positions as senior working royals, the duke\u2019s relationship with father King Charles III dissipated. \u201cMy family literally cut me off financially, and I [needed to be able to] afford security for us,\u201d the Duke of Sussex alleged in his bombshell CBS interview in March [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harry and his wife, <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong>, announced in January 2020 that they were stepping back from their senior roles within the royal family. They moved to California later that year, and their exit was made permanent in February 2021. (The couple share son Archie, 4, and daughter Lilibet, 2.)<\/p>\n<p>In January 2022, Harry addressed a decision made by the U.K.\u2019s Home Office which ruled that he would be unable to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-seeks-judicial-review-to-pay-security-for-uk-visits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personally fund police protection<\/a> for his family while in England. \u201cWhile 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,\u201d read the statement, declaring that Harry \u201cinherited a security risk at birth, for life\u201d as the son of <strong>King Charles III<\/strong> and the late <strong>Princess Diana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After relocating to California, Harry and Meghan, 42, began to personally fund their own security team. \u201cThat security cannot replicate the necessary police protection needed whilst in the UK,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cIn absence of such protection, Prince Harry and his family are unable to return home.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/a-breakdown-of-the-royal-line-of-succession-in-photos\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/From-King-Charles-III-to-Princess-Eugenie-The-Royal-Line-of-Succession0.jpg?crop=0px%2C14px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"From King Charles III to Princess Eugenie- The Royal Line of Succession\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/From-King-Charles-III-to-Princess-Eugenie-The-Royal-Line-of-Succession0.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/a-breakdown-of-the-royal-line-of-succession-in-photos\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">A Breakdown of the Royal Line of Succession<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe royal line of succession has been shaken up and moved around \u2014 but where do members of the British royal family stand when it comes to their place in line to the throne? Queen Elizabeth II had been head of the Commonwealth since 1952 when she died in September 2022 at the age of [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a subsequent court hearing, Harry\u2019s attorney claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/prince-harry-does-not-feel-safe-bringing-archie-lilibet-to-u-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the duke \u201cdoes not feel safe\u201d<\/a> bringing his children overseas. \u201cOf course, 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,\u201d the lawyer stated in February 2022. (Harry and Meghan have traveled to the U.K. and Europe a handful of times since without their kids. Most recently, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-flies-to-london-after-king-charles-iiis-cancer-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">returned for a quick visit<\/a> with his father amid the monarch\u2019s battle with cancer.)<\/p>\n<p>More than one year after Harry\u2019s initial complaint, a judge in London\u2019s High Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-loses-legal-bid-to-pay-for-police-protection-in-u-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied his bid<\/a> to hire police protection, arguing in May 2023 that authorities are not \u201cprivate bodyguards for the wealthy.\u201d The decision came shortly after Harry and Meghan were involved in a \u201cnear catastrophic car chase\u201d in New York City. (The NYPD insisted in a statement that \u201cthere were no reported collisions, summonses, injuries or arrests\u201d at the time.)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-loses-legal-battle-for-u-k-security-plans-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images Prince Harry is already planning an appeal after losing his legal battle for improved security in the U.K. A judge in the U.K.\u2019s High Court reportedly ruled on Wednesday, February 28, that the British government has the right to change the level of police protection for a royal family member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-79034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}