Prince Harry Challenges UK Government Over Security Detail Removal

Claims the decision was unfair and did not follow standard risk analysis procedures.

Prince Harry is challenging the U.K. government’s decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working royal and moved to the United States.
His attorney, Shaheed Fatima, said the group that evaluated Prince Harry’s security needs – known by the acronym of its former name, the Royal and VIP Executive Committee, or RAVEC – treated him unfairly and failed to follow its own policies that required risk analysis about the Duke of Sussex’s safety.
Harry said the committee unfairly nixed his security request without hearing from him personally and didn’t disclose the panel’s composition, which he later learned included royal family staff.
The Home Office has argued that any tensions between Harry and the royal household staff were irrelevant and that the committee was entitled to its decision, because he had relinquished his role as a working member of the family.
Earlier this year, Prince Harry lost his challenge to make private payments to police for protection while in the U.K.