“Being this way is not taking anything from anyone. It’s just the way that we were raised.”
Buckingham Palace has issued a response as Prince Harry’s court battle comes to a close.
"All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion," the palace wrote in a statement, shared by People.
The statement comes hours after three judges rejected Prince Harry’s appeal to restore his access to official security detail when visiting the United Kingdom.
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Prince Harry’s protection was initially downgraded to a case-by-case basis in February 2020 when he and his wife, Meghan Markle, stepped down as working members of the Royal family.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have since moved to California to begin a life in the United States.
In January 2022, Prince Harry filed a judicial review over the Royal and VIP Executive Committee’s (RAVEC) decision to downgrade his security detail when in the UK, per Us Weekly.
Prince Harry lost that case in February 2024 and immediately appealed the court’s decision.
On May 2, that appeal was dismissed by judges Lord Justice David Bean, Lord Justice Andrew Edis and Sir Geoffrey Vos — who described RAVEC’s decision as “understandable and perhaps predictable.”
“It was impossible, I said in my judgment, to say that this reasoning was illogical or inappropriate,” Vos said of RAVEC downgrading Prince Harry’s security. “Indeed, it seemed sensible.”
"The Duke was, in effect, stepping in and out of the cohort of protection provided by RAVEC. Outside the U.K., he was outside the cohort, but when in the U.K., his security would be considered as appropriate depending on the circumstances,” Vos added, per NBC News.
Prince Harry, who is fifth in line to the throne, did not attend the May 2 hearing, per CBS News.
Prince Harry says his father ‘won’t speak’ to him
Not long after the appeal was dismissed, Prince Harry released a new interview with BBC News.
The Duke of Sussex described the decision as “devastating” and revealed how much he “would love reconciliation” with his family — though that could prove difficult in the coming years.
“There's no point in continuing to fight anymore. Life is precious. I don't know how much longer my father has. He won't speak to me because of this security stuff. But it would be nice to reconcile," he said.
Now that he lost his most recent court battle, Prince Harry says a return to the UK would be “impossible.”
"I can't see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point," Harry told BBC News.
"I miss parts of the U.K., of course I do. And I think that it's really quite sad that I won't be able to show, you know, my children,” he added.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle share two children together — Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3.
