As flies are to wanton boys, so Prince Harry is to the British legal system. Amidst perhaps the most serious reputational controversy that the Duke of Sussex has yet faced – the Sentebale drama – Harry will be returning to the Court of Appeal in London next week. There he will attempt to overturn the High Court’s decision that he should not be allowed taxpayer-funded police protection on his and his family’s visits to Britain.
If he is defeated, it seems likely that his time spent in Britain will become fleeting at best
This case has placed the man who was once third in line to the throne in the unusual position of suing the government – legal fees for which have already cost him £1 million, and will only mount up. With this appeal, he ignored a previous judgment which criticised his ‘inappropriate, formalist interpretation’ of what he is and isn’t entitled to.
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