Prince Harry wins bid to challenge UK over security arrangements
By Orowo Victoria Ojieh with agency report
Britain’s Prince Harry was granted permission to challenge a UK government decision in court over his security arrangements in Britain on Friday.
Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, received the full police protection generally given to royal figures before he decided to step back from his royal duties and move to the United States with his wife Meghan in 2020.
He is challenging the decision for him to cease receiving police protection while in Britain, even if he covers the cost himself.
The Queen grandson’s challenge concerns the February 2020 decision of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), which falls under the Home Office’s management.
Ravec told the prince he and his family would no longer be given the level of personal protection he received as a full-time working royal.
Harry and his wife stepped back from royal duties in January 2020.
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On Friday, a British High Court judge granted permission for Prince Harry to challenge the lack of transparency around Ravec’s decision-making and its policies.
He was granted approval for part of his claim for a judicial review of the decision. A judicial review involves a judge examining the legitimacy of a public body’s decision.
The permission for Harry to apply for judicial review was granted on several different grounds although not all of those the prince’s legal team had sought, the judgment, published on the court’s website, showed.
Earlier this month lawyers for Prince Harry, argued in court that the royal household should not have been involved in the UK’s decision to deny him police protection in Britain.
Prince Harry and the Home Office will submit further information to the court ahead of any application for judicial review
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