{"id":2508205,"date":"2026-07-19T13:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2508205"},"modified":"2026-07-19T13:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:08:52","slug":"prince-harry-wants-more-uk-family-visits-if-he-can-secure-taxpayer-funded-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-harry-wants-more-uk-family-visits-if-he-can-secure-taxpayer-funded-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry \u2018wants more UK family visits\u2019 if he can secure taxpayer-funded security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-1ihz57b-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"independent\">\n<div data-theme-wrapper=\"independent\" style=\"display:contents\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveMorningHeadlines\">\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 cLEJmn\">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 iTZFOX\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM iGYpOF\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 loKJGs sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 PYnPb sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\" viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\"><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<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/prince-harry\">Prince Harry<\/a> is reportedly set to continue his campaign for taxpayer-funded security in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/uk\">UK<\/a> amid hopes he could visit more with his family.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Sussex lost an appeal over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/prince-harry-high-court-uk-security-arrangements-b2743781.html\">dismissal of his High Court claim<\/a> against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/home-office\">Home Office<\/a> last year after the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) decided he should receive a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/prince-harry-security-court-decision-government-b2503754.html\">reduced degree of security protection<\/a> when in the country.<\/p>\n<p>But following a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/prince-harry-buckingham-palace-visit-uk-b3010143.html\">recent visit to the UK<\/a> for a series of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/invictus-games\">Invictus Games<\/a> events, during which he also reunited his family with his father King Charles, Harry is reportedly determined to pursue the arrangements once again.<\/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=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 eDWWCo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/07\/07\/13\/50\/6759083-library.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/07\/07\/13\/50\/6759083-library.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/07\/07\/13\/50\/6759083-library.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Prince Harry visited the UK earlier this month\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">Prince Harry visited the UK earlier this month<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->PA<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Mirror<\/em> reports he will lobby the Home Secretary for security, with sources suggesting he is looking to arrange further meetings with the King to allow him to spend more time with his grandchildren, who have hardly visited the UK since the Sussexes moved to the US in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The family reunited earlier this month as Harry, Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, met with the king and Queen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/camilla\">Camilla<\/a> at Highgrove House, a country estate west of London.<\/p>\n<p>But the reunion was overshadowed by reports an offer from the King to stay at Buckingham Palace had been \u201cwithdrawn at the last moment\u201d.<\/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=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 kFjYmL\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/07\/15\/01\/31851e2c831684298c1043013d2ec004Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzg0MTYyMjMx-2.84292758.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/07\/15\/01\/31851e2c831684298c1043013d2ec004Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzg0MTYyMjMx-2.84292758.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2026\/07\/15\/01\/31851e2c831684298c1043013d2ec004Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzg0MTYyMjMx-2.84292758.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Harry and Meghan met with the King and Camilla earlier this month (Jonathan Brady\/PA)\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 YlsWU hgzWpY\">Harry and Meghan met with the King and Camilla earlier this month (Jonathan Brady\/PA)<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 gjqsiM\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Buckingham Palace indicated the appropriate hospitality and staffing provisions were no longer available. But the decision reportedly meant Meghan and the couple\u2019s children had to pull the plug on their plans to join the visit, and were only able to come later after flying in from Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke has previously argued his children<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/royal-family\/prince-harry-william-royals-kate-king-health-b2503837.html\"> cannot \u201cfeel at home\u201d in the UK<\/a> if it is \u201cnot possible to keep them safe\u201d there, and that he has been \u201csingled out\u201d for \u201cinferior treatment\u201d with his safety, security and life \u201cat stake\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But Home Office, which is legally responsible for Ravec\u2019s decisions, opposed Harry\u2019s appeal, with its lawyers telling the court it was taken in a \u201cunique set of circumstances\u201d and that there was \u201cno proper basis\u201d for challenging it.<\/p>\n<p>He will return to the UK next year for the Invictus Games in Birmingham and is said to be hopeful his family will be able to accompany him. He currently makes his own security arrangements when visiting the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Sussex has been contacted for comment.<\/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 is reportedly set to continue his campaign for taxpayer-funded security in the UK amid hopes he could visit more with his family. 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