Just hours after losing his well-known legal struggle to replace police protection while in the UK, Prince Harry took a scathing stab at those who had downgraded his security status, saying he had “explosed surprising truths.”
Because the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) confirmed that he should be given a different degree of security, the California-based royal had opposed the Home Office’s decision to disband his High Court claim.
However, that argument was expeled by Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, who supported Ravec’s initial decision.
Prince Harry seemed to criticise his father, King Charles III, in an unusual interview with the BBC on Friday. He revealed that when he learnt that the Royal Household was a member of the “secretive” committee, his “jaw dropped.”
He indicated that the King and Sir Clive Alderton, the King’s private secretary, who worked on Ravec, could have done more.
Harry told the BBC: “There is a lot of control and ability in my father’s hands.”
“Ultimately this whole thing could be resolved through him.”
Hours later, he reinforced that assertion in a statement criticising Ravec’s choice once more, calling it “a reckless action” that “knowingly put me and my family in harm’s way.”
Harry added: “This legal action has been a last resort, but one that has uncovered shocking truths, starting with the fact that the Royal Household are key decision-makers on RAVEC and my sole representation for matters regarding my safety.”
“In this process I’ve also learned the names of all those involved, many of whom retired immediately after playing their part.”
He continued: “To this present day, the Royal Household remain my sole representation on RAVEC for evert visit and could call for this assessment to be done at any point.”
“The only possible conclusion that can be drawn is they choose not to, because they know the outcome would prove that my security should never have been removed in the first place.”
Harry feels that since Megxit five years ago, he has been “singled out” and “badly treated” for “unjustified, inferior treatment.”
His lawyer had confirmed that the royal’s life was “at stake” since the Met Police had deleted their armed escorts while he was in the UK.
However, the duke’s “grievance” at reduced security had not “translated into a legal argument,” according to Sir Geoffrey Vos, the Master of the Rolls, and he finally failed.
When Harry and Meghan resigned as senior royals and moved out the country, he announced that the initial security decision had been a “predictable” and even “sensible” response to Megxit.
It would have been ‘improper’ for the monarch to interfere with Harry’s security plans, according to a source close to the Buckingham Palace.
According to him, he has had “so many conflicts” with his family, some of whom “may never forgive” him for publishing a book. He also said that he will not be bringing his wife or kids back to the UK.
