the british prince Harry is legally challenging a UK government decision that prevents him from personally paying for police protection for himself and his family when they are in the country, according to his legal representatives.
Harry’s legal team said they started the legal challenge in September last year, but decided to make that information public now “to clarify the facts” because of a leak in a British tabloid.
Harry, the Duke of Sussex, wants to take his son Archie and daughter Lilibet to England, but he and his family “wouldn’t be able to go home” because it’s too dangerous, a legal representative said in a statement Saturday. .
In particular, Harry’s US security team, paid for with private funding, “cannot replicate the necessary police protection” while visiting the UK, the representative added.
The allegation follows an incident in London in the summer of 2021 when the prince’s safety was compromised as he left a charity event, the statement said.
According to the legal representative, the Duke “first offered to personally pay for UK police protection for him and his family in January 2020 in Sandringham.” The representative said the offer was rejected.
Harry met with his grandmother Queen Elizabeth, father Prince Charles and brother Prince William at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England to discuss the terms of the Sussexes’ departure from royal duties days later. that the couple announced their decision to step aside as royals.
The legal representative also informed that the Duke “remains willing to cover the cost of security, so as not to impose it on the British taxpayer”.
After another attempt at negotiation on the matter was rejected, Harry sought a judicial review – a legal challenge to the legality of decisions made by a public body, in this case the Home Office – in September 2021.
“The UK will always be Prince Harry’s home and a country in which he wants his wife and children to be safe. With the lack of police protection comes a very great personal risk. Prince Harry hopes that his petition – after nearly two years of security requests in the UK – will resolve this situation,” the statement said.
According to a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex, his team is filing documents that will summarize the reasons for challenging the Home Office’s decision.
Asked about the statement by Harry’s legal representatives, a government spokesperson said: “The UK government’s security system of protection is rigorous and proportionate. It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information about these agreements. Doing so can compromise your integrity and affect the safety of individuals.
“It would also not be appropriate to comment on the details of any legal proceedings.”
Harry and his wife Meghan have been living in California since July 2020, after giving up their royal duties earlier that year.
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Reference: CNN Brasil
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