Prince Harry has lost his appeal after losing a tussle with the Home Office over his personal security measures while visiting the UK.
The Duke of Sussex has also been forced to pay 90% of their legal expenses in defending his case, which came after he was told he would no longer receive the “same degree” of publicly-funded protection when in the nation.
Prince Harry filed a lawsuit against the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) in February 2020, after being informed that he would no longer receive the “same degree” of publicly financed protection while in the country.
In February, retired High Court judge Sir Peter Lane dismissed the Duke’s complaint, concluding that Ravec’s approach was neither unreasonable nor procedurally unfair.
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On Monday, April 15, Sir Peter ruled that Harry should pay the majority of the Home Office’s legal fees, but that the government department had committed “breaches” during the legal struggle that were “sanctionable”.
The Judge said; “They have resulted in the case being largely contested by reference to new grounds, which have not been subjected to the normal permission process.
“The breaches resulted from misapprehensions on the part of the defendant as to the duty of disclosure, which this decision has had to address at some length. It is therefore right that there should be a modest but still significant reduction in the award of costs to the defendant.”
Harry resides in the United States with wife Meghan and their two children after the couple declared they were stepping back as senior royals in January 2020.
He came temporarily to the UK on February 6 following his father’s cancer diagnosis.
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