It sounds as if he has already offered to pay for the use of the protection branch for his family while they are in this country, but the Home Office refused to comply, and now his solicitors have advised that he is prepared to take the matter to a judicial appeal because his security people don’t have the same resources as our police.
As they have been so many cuts in policing, I’m not sure that this request is going to be a popular one, despite it being for a specialist unit, and he has certainly picked a very awkward week for the Royal Family to bring it forward,