Global Courant 2023-05-23 18:34:31
A judge in London has condemned Prince Harry for trying to pay for police protection when he visits Britain
By means ofBRIAN MELLEY Associate Press
FILE – Britain’s Prince Harry will arrive at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Thursday, March 30, 2023. A lawyer has asked a London judge to allow Prince Harry to challenge the government’s rejection of his request to pay for police protection when he asked the British lawyer Shaheed Fatima said on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, that the government had exercised its authority exceeded. (AP photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
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LONDON — A judge in London on Tuesday ruled against Prince Harry in his attempts to pay for police protection when he visits Britain.
A High Court judge rejected the Duke of Sussex’s claim that the British government was overstepping its authority when it denied him the right to hire police to provide security in the UK
The British government stopped providing security after Harry and his wife, Meghan, resigned from royal duties and moved to California in 2020. A government lawyer argued in court that the hiring of “police officers as private bodyguards for the wealthy” should be allowed.
Harry has said he doesn’t feel safe visiting Britain with his young children, citing aggressive press photographers.
The case was argued last week on the same day Harry and Meghan took cover from paparazzi at a New York police station after a spokesperson said they were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase” involving photographers following a gala event.
No one was hurt and no quotes were given, but police said photographers made it challenging for the pair to get where they were going.
Harry is separately challenging the decision to deny him government-paid security. That lawsuit is the only one of five pending lawsuits he has in London courts not against British tabloid publishers over allegations of libel or phone hacking.
He will testify next month in an ongoing trial against the publisher of the Daily Mirror over allegations it used illegal means to collect material for dozens of articles about the Duke dating back to the 1990s.
