Prince Harry has lost his second appeal in the long-running legal battle to reinstate taxpayer-funded police protection for himself and his family during visits to the United Kingdom. The decision, delivered by the Court of Appeal, marks the end of the Duke of Sussex’s legal challenge to the 2020 ruling that downgraded his security status.
The latest ruling comes 13 months after his first appeal was rejected in April 2024, and more than a year since he initially lost the case in the High Court. The rejection was handed down by three senior judges, with Sir Geoffrey Vos, the Master of the Rolls, stating,
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“Having studied the detailed documents, I could not say the duke’s grievance translated into a legal argument for a challenge to Ravec’s decision.” Prince Harry had argued that he had been “singled out” and subjected to “inferior treatment,” placing the safety of his wife and children at stake.”
However, the court sided once again with the decision made by RAVEC—the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures, which removed his automatic right to state-funded security after he stepped down as a senior working royal in 2020.
In addressing the issue, Buckingham Palace stated, “All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion.”
Following the ruling, Prince Harry spoke candidly to the BBC in an emotional on-camera interview. “I’m devastated by the result,” he admitted. “I can’t see a world in which I would bring my children back to the UK at this point.”
“I love my country, I always have done, despite what some people in that country have done… and I think that it’s quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland.”
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He also clarified that he never requested royal intervention. “I never asked my father to intervene. I just asked him to step out of the way and ask the experts to do their jobs.”
In a February 2024 ruling, High Court Judge Peter Lane had already dismissed Harry’s claims, ruling that the 2020 decision was neither irrational nor procedurally unfair. “There has not been any unlawfulness in deciding on 28 February 2020,” said Lane.
A spokesperson for the Duke maintained, “The duke was not asking for preferential treatment, but for a fair and lawful application of RAVEC’s own rules.”
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