Prince Harry’s lawyer warned his “life is at stake” over changes to his security after he stepped down from royal duties, as the prince returned to London’s Royal Courts of Justice yesterday for his appeal about changes to his protection in Britain.
Harry, King Charles’ younger son, is trying to overturn a decision by the Home Office – the ministry responsible for policing – which decided in 2020 he would not automatically receive personal police security while in Britain.
“One must not forget the human dimension to this case: there is a person sitting behind me whose safety, whose security and whose life is at stake,” his lawyer Shaheed Fatima told the court as Harry watched on.
She had said in court filings made public on Tuesday that Al Qaeda had recently called for Harry to be murdered and that he and his wife Meghan had been involved in “a dangerous car pursuit with paparazzi in New York City” in 2023.