{"id":2222699,"date":"2026-01-05T11:20:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2222699"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:20:37","slug":"prince-harry-wins-fight-to-regain-automatic-armed-security-when-visiting-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-harry-wins-fight-to-regain-automatic-armed-security-when-visiting-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry \u2018wins fight\u2019 to regain automatic armed security when visiting UK"},"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 fafQAy\">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 fvWmZq\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM hkVmms\">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>Prince Harry has reportedly won the right to automatic armed police protection when he and his family visit the UK, after a lengthy high-profile legal battle. <\/p>\n<p>In May last year, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/duke-of-sussex\">Duke of Sussex<\/a> lost his court case against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/royal\">royal<\/a> and VIP executive committee (Ravec) over their decision to remove his right to taxpayer funded police protection after he left as a working member of the royal family. <\/p>\n<p>However, the 41-year-old wrote to the home secretary Shabana Mahmood in September after a stalker, who had previously made online threats,<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/prince-harry-meghan-security-review-b2843727.html\"> was able to get within a \u201cstone\u2019s throw\u201d of the duke<\/a> during his recent visit to London. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, Ravec, which is overseen by the Home Office,<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/prince-harry-security-home-office-meghan-b2879881.html\"> launched a fresh risk assessment<\/a> and is said to have determined that the King\u2019s youngest son does meet the threshold for official protection. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 jTnCe\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/05\/07\/10\/fa96538926299b8109e13e1afd66c408Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzQ2Njk1ODg1-2.79678041.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/05\/07\/10\/fa96538926299b8109e13e1afd66c408Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzQ2Njk1ODg1-2.79678041.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/05\/07\/10\/fa96538926299b8109e13e1afd66c408Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzQ2Njk1ODg1-2.79678041.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Duke of Sussex leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in April (James Manning\/PA)\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-220421\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 gtVitN hgzWpY\">The Duke of Sussex leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in April (James Manning\/PA)<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 exGSyR\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the <em>Mail on Sunday<\/em>, a source close to the Sussexes said: \u201cIt\u2019s now a formality. Sources at the Home Office have indicated that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/security\">security<\/a> is now nailed on for Harry.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Under the current guidelines, the duke must inform the Metropolitan Police 30 days before arriving in the UK in order to apply for a security review, which is decided on a case-by-case basis. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, he and his lawyers have argued it is not safe for he and his wife, Meghan, and their two young children, Lilibet and Archie, to visit the country after their 24-hour security was withdrawn in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>After losing his court case in May, the duke said he was \u201cdevastated\u201d and described the defeat as a \u201cgood old fashioned establishment stitch up\u201d and blamed the Royal Household for influencing the decision. <\/p>\n<p>Asked whether he had asked the King to intervene in the dispute over security, Prince Harry said: &#8220;I never asked him to intervene &#8211; I asked him to step out of the way and let the experts do their jobs.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 bGRutg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/01\/01\/10\/31140410-858ce43b-8808-4999-a344-29b19e93ae5e.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/01\/01\/10\/31140410-858ce43b-8808-4999-a344-29b19e93ae5e.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/01\/01\/10\/31140410-858ce43b-8808-4999-a344-29b19e93ae5e.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"An alleged stalker was able to enter the \u2018secure zone\u2019 when Prince Harry attended the Well Child Awards in London in September (Aaron Chown\/PA)\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-220422\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 gtVitN hgzWpY\">An alleged stalker was able to enter the \u2018secure zone\u2019 when Prince Harry attended the Well Child Awards in London in September (Aaron Chown\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ravec is made up of security officials from the Metropolitan Police, the royal household and the Home Office who advise an independent chairman. <\/p>\n<p>During a visit to a children\u2019s charity WellChild in September, Harry was granted police protection for one day, during which point a female stalker was able to access the \u201csecure zone\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>During a subsequent trip two days later to the Imperial College London, she attempted to approach him but was allegedly only prevented from doing so by a member of the duke\u2019s private security team. <\/p>\n<p>With Harry\u2019s security reinstated, this could pave the way for a reunion between the King and his California-raised grandchildren, who he has not seen since the late Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in February 2022. <\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Sussexes declined to comment on \u201csecurity matters\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A Home Office spokesperson said: \u201cThe UK government\u2019s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. It 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 Prince Harry has reportedly won the right to automatic armed police protection when he and his family visit the UK, after a lengthy high-profile legal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2222700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Prince-Harry-\u2018wins-fight-to-regain-automatic-armed-security-when-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2222701,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222699\/revisions\/2222701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}