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Prince Harry has lost his latest court challenge, a battle against the UK government over his level of security when in the UK.
Since moving to LA with wife Meghan Markle and removing some of his royal duties, Harry has bene trying to overturn the rule that saw his security status downgraded, and his lawyers argued there was unfairness in how the decision was made, according to the BBC.
In the past few minutes, however, he has lost his high court challenge, the latest for the Prince who has come up against the UK courts on several occasions over the past year or so.
Home Office lawyers had previously told the High Court that the Duke of Sussex would still have publicly-funded police security but these would be “bespoke arrangements, specifically tailored to him.” He has long argued that he should be given full protection.
The BBC said much of the legal proceedings were held in private in December and the ruling was issued by retired High Court judge Sir Peter Lane.
Earlier this month, he was awarded “substantial” further damages in the remaining part of his phone hacking claim against Mirror Group Newspapers, and followed this up with a war of words with arch nemesis Piers Morgan.
Elsewhere, he recently dropped a libel claim against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday over an article also relating to his security arrangements, which cost him hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Prince and a group including Elton John are suing the same publisher over allegations of unlawful information gathering, which a judge recently ruled can go to trial.
Harry has been in the UK recently seeing his father, King Charles, who is recovering from cancer. Reports emerged last weekend that he would be “willing to return to a temporary role within the British Royal Family.
