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Prince Harry's lawyers say he feels unsafe bringing kids to the UK

Prince Harry's lawyers say he feels unsafe bringing kids to the UK

Harry and Meghan lost the police protection senior members of the royal family are given after stepping down as working royals.
19 Feb, 2022

Lawyers for Prince Harry told a court hearing on Friday that the British royal is unwilling to bring his children to his homeland because it is not safe.

Harry has launched a legal challenge to the UK government’s refusal to let him personally pay for police protection when he comes to Britain.

His legal team says Harry wants to bring his children — Archie, who is almost three, and eight-month-old Lilibet — to visit his home country from the United States but thinks it would be too risky without police protection.

Harry, who lives in Santa Barbara, California, with the children and his wife, Megan, did not attend Friday’s preliminary hearing. The court considered requests by both sides in the case for parts of some legal documents to be kept private.

Senior members of Britain’s royal family are given taxpayer-funded police protection, but Harry lost that when he and Meghan stepped down as working royals and moved to the United States in 2020. The couple said their decision was due to what they described as unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media.

Harry, also known as the Duke of Sussex, wants to be able to pay for the protection, saying his private security team in the US doesn’t have adequate jurisdiction abroad or access to UK intelligence information.

During a hearing at the High Court in London, Harry’s lawyer, Shaheed Fatima, said the prince “does not feel safe when he is in the UK given the security arrangements applied to him.”

“It goes without saying that he does want to come back to see family and friends and to continue to support the charities that are so close to his heart,” she said. “Most of all, this is and always will be, his home.”

A lawyer representing the British government, Robert Palmer, called Harry’s claim “unarguable and unmeritorious.”

Palmer said in a written submission that Harry’s offer to pay for police security was irrelevant because “personal protective security by the police is not available on a privately financed basis.”

Comments

Jupiter Feb 19, 2022 11:38am
He should bring his kids to Pakistan. We will provide him security from FC, Rangers and Police
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MJ Feb 19, 2022 12:50pm
he foesnt need security in pakistan, we have CPEC.
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N K Ali Feb 19, 2022 01:24pm
The Royal family should be ashamed of themselves, especially, the Queen because her own grandson is feeling unsafe for his kids. Harry has exposed his desire to marry of his choice and has done and he should be left alone to live his life in peace. Salams to Harry and family.
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Fast comment Feb 19, 2022 03:18pm
Prince Harry and his family is more than welcome to stay in US. But degrading UK as not a safe country is ofcourse unarguable and unmeritorious.
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Fast comment Feb 19, 2022 03:28pm
@Jupiter . It’s ridiculous to read your offer. There’s a general complaint from people of Pakistan about worse law & order, particularly street crimes and target killings. First ask your rulers to improve that, including the worst AQI ( Air Quality Index) then only you merit invitation to anybody from developed country.
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Changez Khan Feb 19, 2022 10:40pm
Prince Harry is right not bringing his kids to the UK, 'they' killed his mother so who knows what could happen to them.
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Gopal Patel Feb 20, 2022 07:11am
He should have thought of it before stepping down as working royals.
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Syed Hasni Feb 20, 2022 03:37pm
If the prince does not feel safe, then good luck with that.
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