When Prince Harry stopped being a working royal, so did his security in the U.K, a judge in London ruled.
On Wednesday, Justice Peter Lane ruled the prince’s security, which would be provided on a “case-by-case basis was not unlawful, irrational or unjustified,” the Associated Press reported.
Prince Harry claimed he and his family should receive government-funded security while in the U.K. because “of hostility toward him and his wife on social media and relentless hounding by news media,” according to the AP.
The Duke of Sussex’s lawyer claimed a risk analysis would have been done to determine the need for security.
The AP reported, “The committee that made the decision to reject his security request considered the wider impact that the ‘tragic death’ of his mother, the late Princess Diana, had on the nation, and in making its decision gave greater weight to the ‘likely significant public upset were a successful attack’ on her son to happen, attorney James Eadie said.”
Prince Harry is not afraid to take entities to court, whether government or media.
The prince won a lawsuit last year against the publisher of the Daily Mirror regarding phone hacking.
According to the AP, Prince Harry was to be reimbursed for all his legal fees and receive an interim payment of $505,000.
Prince Harry lost another case involving security when he offered to pay for security while in the country.
“A judge denied that offer after a government lawyer argued that officers shouldn’t be used as ‘private bodyguards for the wealthy,’” the AP reported.
