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The last time the Duke received a full risk assessment was in 2019, when he was still a full-time working member of the Royal family<\/a>. Then, he was deemed such a target that he was put in the highest category \u2013 a level seven out of seven.<\/p>\n

Mr Basu said it was \u201cincredibly positive\u201d that the Home Office had decided to review the perceived threat level.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThat is the right thing to do, and I cannot see a situation in which his threat and risk have reduced in the intervening time when he\u2019s in the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs one of the most recognisable men on the planet, his threat and risk will be, in my view, the same as it was in 2019. It may even have increased because of the publicity around him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former police chief believes the Duke could never have won his legal challenge against the Home Office. He has described it as more of an \u201cethical\u201d decision, or one that is simply rooted in \u201ccommon sense\u201d.<\/p>\n

Security decision not expected for weeks<\/h2>\n

Whatever Ravec decides, and the review is still in progress, Mr Basu said it should bring some closure.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWhat [the Duke] was fighting for was some transparency in the decision-making process. Although he has won some of that through disclosure in the court, he still hasn\u2019t had a full explanation. This is the start of that explanation. He might not agree with the rationale, but at least he will be given the rationale.\u201d<\/p>\n

The security issue is now intrinsically linked to the Duke\u2019s fragile relationship with his father. He made clear last year that he believed the King had the power to influence Ravec, because his private secretary sat on the committee. The Prince told the BBC<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019ve never asked him to intervene \u2013 I\u2019ve asked him to step out of the way and let the experts do their job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buckingham Palace rejected the suggestion, insisting that Ravec was wholly independent.<\/p>\n

The Duke has also refused to bring his wife and children back to the UK without full police protection, fearing their lives are at risk, which in turn impairs their relationship with their grandfather.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.telegraph.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last time the Duke received a full risk assessment was in 2019, when he was still a full-time working member of the Royal family. Then, he was deemed such a target that he was put in the highest category \u2013 a level seven out of seven. Mr Basu said it was \u201cincredibly positive\u201d that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2248798,"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":[391606,305246,349239,427661,21738,22730,22769,344742,424363,24515,345946,356051,382398],"class_list":["post-2248797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-court-cases","tag-crime","tag-daily-mail","tag-high-court","tag-news","tag-prince-harry","tag-royal-family","tag-standard","tag-sunday-telegraph-news","tag-the-royal-family","tag-top-story","tag-uk-news","tag-us-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Prince-Harrys-stalker-sat-behind-Duke-at-High-Court-trial.avif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248797","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=2248797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2248799,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248797\/revisions\/2248799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2248798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2248797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2248797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2248797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}