Since Prince Harry and Meghan announced that they would retire as the main members of the royal family and fly to the United States to live a "civilian" life, the turmoil caused by the two can be said to be fresh every day, following last year's media interviews, after a number of accusations against the royal family, into 2022, Harry continues to have new trends!
This time, it was alleged that he planned to go into court to sue the British government, accusing the other party of canceling the security guard when he returned to England, and found a lawyer to prepare a complaint and ask the police to re-protect him.
As soon as the news came out, netizens of course scolded one-sidedly, accusing Harry of wanting to enjoy the benefits of the royal family while asking to quit the royal family, which was a bit excessive...
Since announcing his retirement from the front-line royal family, Prince Harry has settled in Los Angeles with Meghan's family of four. In a television interview last year, the two talked about the unfair treatment they had treated the royal family in the past, and suggested that some members of the royal family were racist.
A few days ago, it was pointed out that Harry recently intended to file a complaint with the British government, accusing the British royal government of canceling Harry's security during his time in Britain, and if Harry formally entered the complaint, he would become the first member of the royal family to sue the British Queen's government.
It is said that as early as 2020, when Harry and Meghan announced that they were leaving the royal family, a committee composed of the Home Office Minister, the London Police Royal Protection Unit and royal officials had already determined that they would not provide any more 24-hour protection for The Harry's family. However, when Prince Phila died last year, when Prince Harry flew back to England to attend the funeral, the authorities still sent police officers to the airport to greet Harry and escort him.
However, when Harry returned to China to attend the unveiling of the bronze statue of Diana, he was not protected by the police, and he had to be escorted by his own security guards to leave the event site to the airport. It is said that Harry was quite dissatisfied with the arrangement and asked the royal family and the British government to explain it.
Harry sent a letter to the British government through his lawyer, demanding that he and his family be protected by the police when they were in the UK to protect their personal safety, otherwise they would not be excluded from seeking judicial review.
He said in his lawyer's letter that the identity of the prince made him a security risk from birth, and stressed that he was still the 6th heir to the royal family, and although his role in the royal family had changed, his identity remained unchanged, indicating that the security threats he and his family faced were still undiminished.
He also pointed out that although he had hired a private security team for his family, the private security did not have access to official British security information and failed to provide them with the most comprehensive protection. Harry added that all he wanted was to ensure the safety of the family's life in the UK, so that the two children would have the opportunity to get to know their father's hometown.
He also said he was willing to pay for hiring police protection to ease the burden on taxpayers. However, there has never been a precedent for privately paying for the police, and netizens also described this proposal as unreasonable.
In an interview with oprah last year, Harry had already expressed his dissatisfaction with the royal family's lack of security, accusing: "Our identity has changed, but the risks and threats have not changed, my family has really severed ties with me financially, and I have to pay for security myself." ”
In fact, Prince Harry is by no means the first member of the royal family to be removed from security because of her retirement from the royal family, such as Princess Anne, who has carried out nearly 400 royal activities for the royal family in the past, but she only has security protection when she is on duty, but she does not have 24-hour all-weather protection.
Many netizens believe that Prince Harry's move is unreasonable, but some also say that he is ready to sue the British government. As for the government, it said that it would not make public comments on the deployment of the government and security, but if the two sides really did have a public opinion on Bo Gongtang, what British citizens were most worried about was who would pay for the litigation costs?