Prince Harry can sue government over security concerns in UK, judge rules

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Prince Harry can now take the British government to court over his security arrangements, a judge in London ruled. When Harry and wife Meghan Markle gave up their status as senior royals and moved to California in 2020, they lost publicly funded U.K.

police protection. The Duke of Sussex now wants to pay for his own police security for when he visits his family in Britain and is challenging the government’s refusal to allow it.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle asked to pay for their own security, and the government denied their request. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) A hearing can now take place at the High Court in London, after Judge Jonathan Swift ruled in Prince Harry's favor Friday.

Some parts of Harry's arguments were dismissed, but Judge Swift determined his case deserved to be heard. The judge said "a conclusion at the permission stage that a case is arguable is some distance from a conclusion that the case will succeed at final hearing."  While he has been granted permission to sue the U.K.

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