Prince Harry’s UK security under government review, reports say | Prince Harry

Security arrangements during the Duke of Sussex’s visit to the UK will reportedly be reviewed after he made a direct request to the home secretary.

Prince Harry, who lost a high-profile legal case against the government over its decision to scrap his automatic right to taxpayer-funded police protection, has written privately to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood demanding a full security risk assessment.

Harry is understood to have been told that the royal and VIP executive committee (Ravec), which is responsible for deciding on safeguards, will ask the risk management board (RMB) to reassess the threat level for the first time since 2020.

Harry has previously said he did not believe it was safe for his wife, Meghan, and their two children, six-year-old Prince Archie and four-year-old Princess Lilibet, to come to the UK. King Charles last saw his grandchildren with Queen Elizabeth II in June 2022. He had seen it during Elizabeth’s platinum anniversary celebrations.

Harry has launched a legal challenge against the decision to provide “bespoke” protection measures on a case-by-case basis during his time in the UK after he lost automatic police protection when he left working royals and moved to the US. He argued that the decision was made without a proper risk management assessment.

He lost the appeal in the appeals court in May, and in an emotional interview immediately afterwards he denounced the crime as “an old-fashioned scam”.

His legal team claimed that the Ministry of Internal Affairs targeted him for “bad treatment”. But three judges on the appeals court rejected that argument. “I cannot say that the Duke’s sense of grievance turned into a legal argument to challenge Ravec’s decision,” judge Geoffrey Vos said in his ruling.

Sun Following Harry’s request to Mahmood, the RMB will collect evidence from the police, the government and the prince’s team, and its findings are expected to be presented to Ravec next month.

The prince has long argued that a new risk analysis is essential to ensure that the security decisions Ravec makes are based on the current threat. Since resigning from royal duties to move abroad, he has been required to give 30 days notice of any UK visit so that each trip can be considered on its own merits.

Many others were jailed for encouraging attacks on him, threatening him or plotting to kill him, according to the Telegraph newspaper, which said it is understood there were three Britons who were jailed and released after conspiring to harm him.

Harry’s spokesman said they would not comment on security matters.

A government spokesman said: “The UK government’s safeguarding system is stringent and proportionate. It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information about these arrangements as doing so could compromise their integrity and impact the safety of individuals.”