LONDON — Prince Harry on Tuesday (May 23) lost his legal bid to challenge the British government's refusal to let him pay for his own police protection when he is in the United Kingdom. Harry, King Charles' younger son, was stripped of the police security usually afforded to royal figures in the United Kingdom after he and his American wife...
Prince Harry arrives for the coronation of King Charles at Westminster Abbey, London, UK, May 6, 2023.LONDON — Prince Harry on Tuesday lost his legal bid to challenge the British government's refusal to let him pay for his own police protection when he is in the United Kingdom.
The decision to remove publicly-funded security was taken by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures, known by the acronym RAVEC, which approves security for the royals and VIPs, such as the prime minister. It was very different to paying for policing for a soccer match, a marathon, or even a celebrity's wedding, they said."RAVEC's reasoning was that there are policy reasons why those services should not be made available for payment, even though others are. I can detect nothing that is arguably irrational in that reasoning," he said.
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