Prince Harry's visa application answers regarding past drug use should not be disclosed because it is "private personal information", lawyers on behalf of the US Department of Homeland Security have said.The Duke of Sussex's reference to taking cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms in his memoir Spare prompted a conservative Washington DC think tank to question why he was allowed into the US in 2020.The Heritage Foundation brought the lawsuit against the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) after a Freedom of Information Act request was rejected - claiming it was of "immense public interest".In response to the think tank's submissions that Harry's US visa application should be released, lawyers on behalf of DHS said the Heritage Foundation "have not demonstrated possible government misconduct or any other public interest that would overcome Prince Harry's privacy interest in these records".The DHS also said despite the duke being a "public official" in the UK, he is "not a public official in the United States".Their submissions to the court said DHS had "provided the maximum amount of information that it can provide regarding the records it possesses" without revealing Harry's immigration status.In his controversial memoir, the duke said cocaine "didn't do anything for me", adding: "Marijuana is different, that actually really did help me." Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. The Heritage Foundation's lawsuit argues that US law "generally renders such a person inadmissible for entry" to the country.In the DHS's response to the legal claim, they said: "Much like health, financial, or employment information, a person's immigration
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