Prince Harry lost his bid on Tuesday to challenge the British Government’s decision to not allow him to pay police protection during his stay in the United Kingdom.
Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, has been stripped of the usual police protection afforded royal figures, after he and Meghan, his American wife, stepped down from official roles in 2020, to move to the United States.
The High Court of London, which had already agreed last year that he was entitled to contest an initial decision to terminate the protection, has ruled that he cannot also request a judicial appeal over whether he can pay for specialist police officers on his own.
The Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (RAVEC), which approves security for royals and VIPs such as the Prime Minister, took the decision to remove him from publicly-funded protection.
In his written decision, Judge Martin Chamberlain stated that RAVEC did not make a mistake in deciding to allow payment for protective security.
The ruling came less than a fortnight after Harry’s spokesperson claimed that the prince, Meghan, and her mother had been involved in a car chase in New York with photographers.
