Duke of Sussex security to be reviewed

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The Duke of Sussex lost his argument in the Court of Appeal in May for automatic taxpayer security: the current arrangement is that his security needs are assessed on a case-by-case basis provided he gives notice.

He has recently been in touch with the new Home Secretary, and the latest update is that RAVEC has asked its Risk Management Board (RMB) to reassess his threat level.

Telegraph archive link

Give it a rest, Harry. I’m so sick of his entitlement and expecting the British tax payer to pay for this.

I’m not against a review if the aim is to shut this down once and for all. The government will be able to say they’ve exhausted all avenues and he’s had a fair hearing. I’d be pretty disgusted if they roll over and offer him enhanced protection at the taxpayer’s expense.

WHEN will he stop arguing about the word ‘NO’? Spoilt brat!

God he is a petulant manchild and his sense of entitlement is breathtaking. 😡

🤦🏼‍♀️ ffs Hazza, just get on with your life

He’s obsessed. He has perfectly good security when in the uk that’s based on the actual threat levels. I don’t get why that’s not enough for him.

What if they say there is no real threat? I don’t really get this - what does he actually want? If he’s here him and his family get security right? What more does he want?

I think if they really wanted to bring their kids here for a holiday or whatever they would have found a way.

And yet they travel to weird countries on their quasi royal tours

Arrogant

he gets security just not on his terms.

They can review it as much as they like. If Harry wants IPP status it is always going to fail because he simply isn't important politically. Those rules are set internationally not domestically and he can't change them.

Considering he had no problem knocking on random doors in London on his previous visit, he can’t be that fearful.

I actually think it’s fair that the risk assessment is reviewed as it hasn’t been for a long time. It doesn’t necessarily mean that he will be awarded IPP status or get close protection without having to give notice or whatever. No one wants anything bad to happen to him or his family.

The headline said he’d won something to do with getting taxpayer money, bloody annoying.

Wasn't the issue that he wanted armed bodyguards, and we dont do that here - unless you are a working royal?

I wonder if he’s made a deal with Labour to needle Trump at every opportunity in exchange for a security review (just kidding).

It did occur to me - not that he'd made a deal, but that he might have been trying to increase his profile to suggest the risk was still there.

What's the point? He lost the case to 24/7 security, but that he still needed to give 28/30 days notice (which his judicial review was about) unless he's planning to come for Xmas is the only reason that a current assessment is being undertaken, exactly as it would have been done prior to the JR.

If he is deemed to need security by RAVEC for a visit it will be provided.

So just media generating clicks? Though interesting he has written to the Home Secretary.

So potentially he has not "won" anything. Despite the telegraph's assertion.

Still I'm watching with interest it would be a bad mive from the H.S to undermine the J.R and RAVECs decision making, that said if the update is due because he's visiting within the month then yes that would be in line. However much it feels unfair for multi mliionaires to receive such funding when I have supported domestic abuse victims relentlessly stalked and threats made to their life don't receive any prote tuon whatsoever.

If a court ruled it wasn’t necessary, why are the government overruling the judges decision ?

I don’t think they are. They are just asking for the risk to be reviewed again and the same conclusion may well be reached. I don’t think anyone ever said he wasn’t at some sort of risk. Just not enough to warrant the level of security he is asking for. I think they just want to shut him up. Although I doubt he will go quietly

I really don’t see why people are frothing at the mouth over this. Of course his risk level should be reviewed if it hasn’t been since 2020. Lots has changed since then. And response and cover should be in line with current day risk.
At present Harry does not feel safe bringing his wife and children to the UK. That is an issue. Nobody should be feeling like it isn’t safe to bring your family back to this country. That doesn’t mean however that they should be given round the clock or indeed any police protection. But the current risk level should be established and appropriate measures put in place.

Their traveling to other countries is immaterial as you have zero idea what the security arrangements were there.

People just want to pile on the hate.

Rather than ruling on the necessity I thought it was about whether Ravec followed the correct procedure Thedom?

I can quite see reviews being carried out regularly as a matter of course, and only hope this is the media grabbing hold of that and making a story out of it rather than anything else

This may be due to a change in the Home Secretary, but it is also possible that whilst the court case was going on, the government could not give way on a point of principle as this would have undermined their whole argument in court. Now that Harry is no longer pursuing his father's government the way is open for a more flexible approach. They may still come back and say 'no change' but H will have even less reason to complain (no doubt he'll find one).

Of course no-one wants anything bad to happen to him or his family!
Which is why he has excellent security on his visits to the UK. Paid for by the taxpayers.

It doesn't matter what he "feels" or what he "thinks".
It's up to the professionals, not the whim of an entitled fool.