Harry starts High Court legal battle today

Harry has offered to pay-they won't let him. He isn't allowed to bring his US security here because apparently 'we don't allow people to wander the street with guns here',

Pay for private security based in this country!

Trisher, how is he at risk here and not in America? He is at less risk here than over there. The worries about security didn't seem to bother him at the Superbowl.

It's been suggested what he can do trisher.

I didn't know that Germanshepherdsmum and yes, well put merlotgran.

Harry has offered to pay-they won't let him. He isn't allowed to bring his US security here because apparently 'we don't allow people to wander the street with guns here',
What is he supposed to do? Put himself, his wife and children at risk because this country just likes to wrap things in red tape?

Well put merlotgran.

JillyJosie2

Wow, well done him for standing up and fighting, that's the kind of thing that you learn when you lose your parent early and you're on your own. Why do people think money makes the slightest difference? Could easily make it worse. As for him 'easily being able to slip into the country'! Some hope, he had to leave Afghanistan the army career he loved because of the damn tabloids. They simply don't have a private life, no one in the celebrity or similar bracket does anymore. Appalling. I hope he wins.

Harry’s army career was, in part, thwarted by his academic limitations. He would not have progressed to the higher ranks as promotions would have been awarded to better qualified officers.

Yes he loved active service but he knew it would eventually come to an end.

Judicial review of the decision of a public body is available to anyone ‘aggrieved’ by the decision - at a cost as proceedings are commenced in the High Court.

I can't understand why he's been allowed to take it court in the first place.

Who is paying for this court case? How is Harry allowed to take up the time of courts and the Home Office when he no longer lives here? He and his wife didn't want to live here, fair enough, but I will be damned angry if we, the tax payers are paying for this farce. You know for a couple that wanted privacy, they never seem to be away from the media and our television screens.

If HM is using her private money to support Prince Andrew then its not actually anyone else's business as it wouldn't be in any private arrangement inside any family.

Nice little family is thwarted by nasty British Establishment from coming to see his Great Granny

Nope. He can pay for his own security and come when he likes!

I agree Callistemon, and I feel very sorry for those girls. It must be truly awful for them. It’s good that they’re both married with babies and probably have busy lives which will serve as something of a distraction from their father’s goings on.

That was a reply to Gagajo's post.

If HM wants to use her private money to allow Andrew to settle out of court I should imagine it is because she wants to spare her beloved granddaughters the shame of their father going through a potentially disastrous court case.
I'd do my utmost to protect my grandchildren too.

GagaJo

Of course, let's pity QE for her grandson wanting to pay for security for his family, and not for shelling out millions for her son the pervert ?. Warped priorities.

Gaga I think you’re missing the point.
Metropolitan Police Security is not for hire. By anyone, not even the Queen.
The Queen doesn’t pay for anyone’s security, not even her own.
Harry has said he’ll pay! But the Metropolitan Police Security is simply not for hire.
And he doesn’t want any other security because he says it’s not good enough.
Catch 22.

Jaberwok

Harry knows perfectly well that the Met are not for hire. The fact that he wants to make an issue out of it just proves what a weak, stupid, brain washed fool he has become. He cannot pay for this security himself it simply doesn't work like that for him or anyone else. He could pay for a retired security officer, or hire a security firm to protect his family, but I guess they're not good enough for this entitled idiot. As has been said, he could fly by private jet to a private airport, at an undisclosed time, immediately transfer into a private helicopter and flown to Windsor Highgrove, Sandringham or wherever without being in any danger. Once there he, they will be under royal protection anyway. His mother was killed because she ignored the advice of her security officer, went in a car with a drunk driver, didn't wear a seat belt, and had a boyfriend who,instead of protecting her, actually encouraged this extreme act of foolishness. Bearing in mind how Harry has sought to trash his family for money, including his mother, whatever makes him think that anybody including the RF want him here, when the sole purpose is probably the next episode of Netflix, with him whinging how awful everyone has been to him. I wish he would just SHUT up!

Oof! But well said, jabberwok.

Other members of the RF don't have armed security except on the Firms business, so why is Harry more important than the Wessex's for example? Princess Anne and her family? and so on, answer is, they're not. If they come quietly ,unobtrusively and stay at a royal residence with HM , or PC who has generously invited them to stay at Highgrove, they would benefit from royal protection anyway so what's their problem? Oh Annie this man is delusional ! They were killed because Dodi failed to protect her not because of his colour or religion. As you say though,what about Hasnet Khan?

Germanshepherdsmum

All he has to do is keep his visit purely private. No need to be seen in public. No additional security needed. He is a private citizen and as was said on an earlier thread our police are not available for hire by private citizens.

But of course he and Megain want as much publicity as possible so they have grounds to complain about it ?

And it’s so he has an excuse for not visiting his grandmother so she can meet Lilibet and see Archie agin.
Manipulating whinger.

He could pay for a retired security officer, or hire a security firm to protect his family, but I guess they're not good enough for this entitled idiot.

They are not allowed to carry arms.

If only he would shut up Jaberwok he has said his mother was killed because Dodi wasn’t white, seems he didn’t know about the two years with Hasnet Khan.

Harry knows perfectly well that the Met are not for hire. The fact that he wants to make an issue out of it just proves what a weak, stupid, brain washed fool he has become. He cannot pay for this security himself it simply doesn't work like that for him or anyone else. He could pay for a retired security officer, or hire a security firm to protect his family, but I guess they're not good enough for this entitled idiot. As has been said, he could fly by private jet to a private airport, at an undisclosed time, immediately transfer into a private helicopter and flown to Windsor Highgrove, Sandringham or wherever without being in any danger. Once there he, they will be under royal protection anyway. His mother was killed because she ignored the advice of her security officer, went in a car with a drunk driver, didn't wear a seat belt, and had a boyfriend who,instead of protecting her, actually encouraged this extreme act of foolishness. Bearing in mind how Harry has sought to trash his family for money, including his mother, whatever makes him think that anybody including the RF want him here, when the sole purpose is probably the next episode of Netflix, with him whinging how awful everyone has been to him. I wish he would just SHUT up!

Sorry- first paragraph was a quote

It is interesting that the Sussex Lawyers use his Royal Succession position (6) to demand protection for him and his family. This, I suspect, is from Duchess, who has been reported as saying;
"They can't take his birthright away" without the understanding you have to be a working royal to get protection.
I wonder if Meghan understands the difference between Duty to the Crown and Celebrity.

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*Ithink he would like to be a normal person free to come and go but the media and some very nasty people would not allow it He must have his mums treatment very much in the top of his mind He has said he will pay
I can’t in a million years understand all the vitriol against him for nothing apart from him being seen as a traitor for leaving the country don’t blame his best thing he could have done for his family !!*
People had sympathy for him in wanting to leave and have a quiet family life , until it became obvious that he wanted publicity and was prepared to air his dirty laundry globally