Harry suing the home office

TooEarlyForMe · 2022-03-18T15:11:43+00:00

Does he realise where the money they would have to pay him if he was successful in suing, would come from? The British public Thanks Harry.

DrManhattan · 18/03/2022 15:17

Yeah, he just needs to go away now.

TheHoptimist · 18/03/2022 15:23

He wants protecting- you cant but the protection he needs in the UK.

He was born into a society base don a monarchy where his life was at risk from the moment her was born (relatives of his were killed in IRA bombings)

He is a victim. Just look at the images of the Queen, Charles, William and George. George has been born into a life that in other contexts might be called modern slavery. He has no choice in how he will live his adult life, like his father and grandfather.

Harry opted out of that life but he is still a massive terrorism target, and even more so at the moment. He didn't choose to be born and he didn't choose to be put at constant risk by his parents and grandparents.

gamerchick · 18/03/2022 15:26

He needs all the money he can get. It is getting tiresum this constant suing.

iklboo · 18/03/2022 15:26

Harry opted out of that life but he is still a massive terrorism target, and even more so at the moment. He didn't choose to be born and he didn't choose to be put at constant risk by his parents and grandparents.

Which is why the British tax payers shouldn't fund his security. Especially when he is far better off than most of us.

thebellsesmereldathebells · 18/03/2022 15:26

I've got not time for him - for any of them - but in this, I think he has a valid point.

He didn't have a choice about being born into a high-profile family who are undeniable targets for terrorism etc. He has made a choice to reduce his involvement with the "work" of that family, but he doesnt have a choice to take the target off his back (and the same applies to his wife and children).

If something terrible did happen to him and his family because the British State decided to prove a point by not giving him protection, MN would be full of people bleating about whose fault it was.

Billandben444 · 18/03/2022 15:27

George has been born into a life that in other contexts might be called modern slavery
Well, that's worth a belly laugh 😂

TheHoptimist · 18/03/2022 15:32

@iklboo

Harry opted out of that life but he is still a massive terrorism target, and even more so at the moment. He didn't choose to be born and he didn't choose to be put at constant risk by his parents and grandparents.

Which is why the British tax payers shouldn't fund his security. Especially when he is far better off than most of us.

He has no choice about the life he will lead. That is exploitation.

How would you feel if your child was told at birth their only option was to be priest. Or a cleaner?

It isnt fair and it isnt acceptable in a modern society.

Indoctrination of a child would be illegal in another context
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50879901

berlinbabylon · 18/03/2022 15:32

He didn't have a choice about being born into a high-profile family who are undeniable targets for terrorism etc. He has made a choice to reduce his involvement with the "work" of that family, but he doesnt have a choice to take the target off his back (and the same applies to his wife and children

I agree with you to an extent, but does Zara Tindall have paid-for protection. And if not, why not? And if not, why does Harry need it?

TheHoptimist · 18/03/2022 15:33

@iklboo

Harry opted out of that life but he is still a massive terrorism target, and even more so at the moment. He didn't choose to be born and he didn't choose to be put at constant risk by his parents and grandparents.

Which is why the British tax payers shouldn't fund his security. Especially when he is far better off than most of us.

Isnt his argument that you cant buy private armed security in the UK?

(although I image there are a few Russian crews short of a bit of work in London)

TheHoptimist · 18/03/2022 15:33

And didnt he offer to pay?

ForTheLoveOfSleep · 18/03/2022 15:35

He didn't have a choice about being born into a high-profile family who are undeniable targets for terrorism etc. He has made a choice to reduce his involvement with the "work" of that family, but he doesnt have a choice to take the target off his back (and the same applies to his wife and children).*

Yeah. He could just live quietly and fade into the background like they wanted.... But low and behold the $$$$ Spotify, Oprah, Netflix etc proved too difficult to resist 🙄 So why not hit the Home Office up for some spare change too.

thebellsesmereldathebells · 18/03/2022 15:35

Zara Tindall isn't ever going to be the King's son. She's much less of a target than he is.

As I said, I've no time for any of them, they're an utterly odious family - and I agree with the point that it's unacceptable in a modern democracy (which we aren't but should be) for anyone to be born into a role and given no choice about their future.

Pixiedust1234 · 18/03/2022 15:39

@TheHoptimist

And didnt he offer to pay?

If his offer of payment had been accepted it would open the floodgates for all VIPs, foreign and domestic, to have the right to "buy" our police protection squads. Yea, no thank you.

catscatscatseverywhere · 18/03/2022 15:40

This guy is in his own cuckoo land.

TheHoptimist · 18/03/2022 15:41

@ForTheLoveOfSleep

* He didn't have a choice about being born into a high-profile family who are undeniable targets for terrorism etc. He has made a choice to reduce his involvement with the "work" of that family, but he doesnt have a choice to take the target off his back (and the same applies to his wife and children).*

Yeah. He could just live quietly and fade into the background like they wanted.... But low and behold the $$$$ Spotify, Oprah, Netflix etc proved too difficult to resist 🙄 So why not hit the Home Office up for some spare change too.

How could he live quietly with no income?

He offered to pay. He wasn't asking anyone to fund it.
He wants armed protection in the UK.

Daenerys77 · 18/03/2022 15:42

Of course he has a choice. He (and his wife) could have plastic surgery, change their names and move to somewhere quiet and out of the public eye where they could live comfortably on the money he inherited from his mother.

Chilledchablis1 · 18/03/2022 15:44

@ thebellsesmereldathebells
He could drop his title and live a private life ?

If he wanted to attend PP’s Thanksgiving Service he would be under Royal Protection . Lots of other members of the RF ( both from here and overseas ) are attending so why not H ?

Nightlystroll · 18/03/2022 15:45

He has no choice about the life he will lead.
That is exploitation.

Not only does he have a choice but he made it. He chose to go live in California and sell stories about his life and family. Which, if anything, shows him doing the exploiting. And he says he's happy now.

But every choice has consequences. The problem with Harry is that he had been so spoiled and protected all his life, that he is used to having no consequences for his behaviour and so now feels badly treated. But he wanted to live in the real world...

SamphiretheStickerist · 18/03/2022 15:45

Oh this is a tangled web someone is weaving!

According to USA news last year Harry was suing because he was not allowed to pay for police protection

www.nbcnews.com/news/world/prince-harry-legal-fight-pay-uk-police-protection-rcna12396

But no. It seems this is not what happened

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10526793/Prince-Harry-begins-High-Court-legal-battle-against-Home-Office.html

Only one thing is for certain, it isn't as simple as stated in the OP!

Chilledchablis1 · 18/03/2022 15:45

@ TheHoptimist

He offered to pay but that’s not the way armed protection works in this country !

BlanketsBanned · 18/03/2022 15:45

When he is on duties or accompanying the RF there will be plenty of security for everyone, when he is on his own he can opy for private protection, he must have many old army mates to help. Whats the point of suing, the taxpayer will not want to pay for him. He can use a private plane and keep a low profile and take some responsibility for himself for a change.

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ForTheLoveOfSleep · 18/03/2022 15:47

@TheHoptimist Yes he did offer to pay and was told no. So now he's suing an agency funded by the british public because he didn't get his way? He can't just expect to privately hire government agencies of a country he has all but abandoned because his wife thought she'd be living a fucking Disney movie if she married him.

Blossomtoes · 18/03/2022 15:47

Isnt his argument that you cant buy private armed security in the UK?

No, his argument is that you can’t buy the intelligence the Met uses to protect the Royal family and the HO is, quite rightly, refusing to fund security at the expense of the tax payer. He wants his bread buttered both sides and then jam on it and is throwing his toys out of his pram because he’s not getting his own way.

Nightlystroll · 18/03/2022 15:48

He offered to pay. He wasn't asking anyone to fund it.

There are a limited amount of protection officers. You could have Kanye West or Lady Gaga coming here and demanding 24hr protection officers that they could flaunt at award ceremonies, etc. They'd end up being hired out like props and flunkies.