{"id":2084472,"date":"2025-10-11T20:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T20:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2084472"},"modified":"2025-10-11T20:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T20:05:21","slug":"prince-harry-makes-new-uk-security-request-amid-stalker-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-harry-makes-new-uk-security-request-amid-stalker-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry makes new UK security request amid \u2018stalker\u2019 incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-10wlkbs-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"base\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveIndyHeadlinesNews\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM dRzeRr\">Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM knvhy\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM kbCQAZ\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 hKcUSR sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 PYnPb sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\"><use href=\"#600f53465147d717\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/morningHeadlines1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Morning Headlines\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Duke of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/sussex\">Sussex<\/a> has formally requested a re-evaluation of his security arrangements for visits to the UK, following reports that a \u201cknown stalker\u201d came \u201cwithin feet\u201d of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/prince-harry\">Prince Harry<\/a> on two separate occasions during his last visit to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>A source close to the duke confirmed Prince Harry wrote to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/home-secretary\">home secretary<\/a> Shabana Mahmood shortly after her appointment and submitted a formal request for a risk assessment to the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), which operates under the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/home-office\">Home Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>The Telegraph<\/em>, the \u201cknown stalker\u201d breached a \u201csecure zone\u201d at a central <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/london\">London<\/a> hotel where the duke attended the WellChild Awards on 9 September.<\/p>\n<p>She was subsequently spotted near him two days later at the Centre for Blast Injury Studies in west London and is said to have come \u201cwithin feet\u201d of the Duke of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/sussex\">Sussex.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The duke\u2019s appeal against the dismissal of his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/high-court\">High Court<\/a> claim concerning the level of taxpayer-funded protection he receives in the country was rejected in May. <\/p>\n<p>The source clarified that the letter to Ms Mahmood was dispatched prior to these two security incidents occurring in September.<\/p>\n<p>After losing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/court-of-appeal\">Court of Appeal<\/a> challenge, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/prince-harry-interview-king-charles-security-highlights-b2744254.html\">the duke said in a TV interview he \u201ccan\u2019t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-none\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 heVSzq\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/11\/14\/0971b6de8f2ec7c7110e8d6f77f59c01Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYwMjc0Mjk4-2.81535886.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/11\/14\/0971b6de8f2ec7c7110e8d6f77f59c01Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYwMjc0Mjk4-2.81535886.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/11\/14\/0971b6de8f2ec7c7110e8d6f77f59c01Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYwMjc0Mjk4-2.81535886.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Duke of Sussex at the annual WellChild Awards in London in September\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-253580\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 bpFomM hgzWpY\">The Duke of Sussex at the annual WellChild Awards in London in September<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 CXMrn\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->PA<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 41-year-old told the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/bbc\">BBC<\/a> he would ask then <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/home-secretary\">home secretary<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/yvette-cooper\">Yvette Cooper<\/a> to \u201clook at this very, very carefully\u201d, and warned that the royal family\u2019s power over security means it \u201ccan be used to control\u201d family members.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he would ask prime minister Sir <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/keir-starmer\">Keir Starmer<\/a> to \u201cstep in\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The legal challenge came after Harry and the Duchess of Sussex left the UK and first moved to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/canada\">Canada<\/a>, and then <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/california\">California<\/a>, after announcing they wanted to step back as senior royals.<\/p>\n<p>In a summary of the ruling, judge Sir Geoffrey Vos said Ravec\u2019s decision was \u201cunderstandable and perhaps predictable\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-none\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 WbhNt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/11\/14\/35d9a065c870d0d7cdc08fddeca8bb6aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYwMjc0MjQ3-2.81555707.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/11\/14\/35d9a065c870d0d7cdc08fddeca8bb6aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYwMjc0MjQ3-2.81555707.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/11\/14\/35d9a065c870d0d7cdc08fddeca8bb6aY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYwMjc0MjQ3-2.81555707.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"After losing the Court of Appeal challenge, Prince Harry said in a TV interview he \u2018can\u2019t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK\u2019\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-253581\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 bpFomM hgzWpY\">After losing the Court of Appeal challenge, Prince Harry said in a TV interview he \u2018can\u2019t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK\u2019<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 CXMrn\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->PA<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The duke said the Court of Appeal decision meant it is now \u201cimpossible\u201d for him to bring <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/meghan\">Meghan<\/a> and their children Prince <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/archie\">Archie<\/a> and Princess Lilibet back to the UK safely.<\/p>\n<p>A government spokesperson said: \u201cThe UK government\u2019s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals\u2019 security.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.independent.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Duke of Sussex has formally requested a re-evaluation of his security arrangements for visits to the UK, following reports that a \u201cknown stalker\u201d came 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