Prince Harry loses right to appeal court ruling over UK security protection
nypost.comdecision to strip him and his family of taxpayer-funded UK security protection.The Duke of Sussex, 39, has now been ordered to pay 90% of the UK Home Office’s legal costs for defending the court’s initial ruling.In February, Sir Peter Lane, the judge of the High Court, ruled that there was no unlawfulness in stripping the Sussexes of their security in Feb.
2020.The court found that any departure from the policy was justified and that the decision was not influenced by unfairness.This now means that Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, must pay out of pocket for their family’s security when visiting the UK.On Monday, Judge Lane said Harry should pay most of the Home Office’s legal costs, but noted that the government had committed “breaches” during proceedings which were “sanctionable.”“They have resulted in the case being largely contested by reference to new grounds, which have not been subjected to the normal permission process,” he said in an official order Monday.“The breaches resulted from misapprehensions on the part of the defendant as to the duty of disclosure, which this decision has had to address at some length.
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