Since 2020, the year in which Prince Enrique and Meghan Markle left their official duties as active members of British royalty –—, the youngest son of King Carlos III claims a claim that has led to the courts. This Tuesday, April 8, the judicial hearing has begun in the high court of appeal of London on the appeal that Enrique de England presented after having lost in a first instance a little over a year ago the judicial battle that faces the British government. His presence in court was not expected, but he has finally appeared. The last time he traveled to the United Kingdom was last September to attend some awards.
The Duke of Sussex continues with his legal claim on the level of official protection when he or his family step on British territory, and what he requests is that this protection is carried out by the London Metropolitan Police by virtue of being born in the British royal family and for the high public profile of both him and Judge Vos, sitting with two other superior judges of the Court of Appeals, he will now hear the case of the Duke for two days. Some “highly confidential” tests will be heard in secret, since “they are related to security agreements and threat levels and evaluations for [Enrique] and other public figures, ”explains the British newspaper. “It is obvious that this material would be of interest to anyone who wants to harm a person,” he adds. “When making the 10,000 mile return trip from California to attend court 73, he hopes to demonstrate how critic he considers the result of the case, ”he says for his part
It was in February 2024 when Judge Peter Lane, of the Superior Court of Justice of England and Walespor the withdrawal of the escort service. The judge ruled in favor of the government’s decision to withdraw the permanent security service from which he enjoyed in the United Kingdom. During that first trial, in December 2023, lawyers on behalf of the Ministry of Interior assured Judge Lane that Prince Enrique could continue to enjoy official protection during his visits to the United Kingdom, but specified that he could not do so permanently and automatically, but “with”. In his sentence, the judge defended the offer of a “custom security” for Enrique de England as a “legally correct” solution. Something that obviously does not consider in the same way, hence he decided to resort to it, which is now resolving again in a court in the British capital.
His lawyer, Shaheed Fatima, said Tuesday that the agency that protects royalty and public figures had treated his client on a “tailored” basis that was not applied to any other person. “It means that it has been pointed out by a different, unjustified and unfair treatment,” he said, stating that he did not seek to be treated as it was when he was a working member of the real family, but wanted to be considered on the same basis as other public figures. As the lawyer has also said, his appeal against the British government refers to “to the most fundamental right, that of a person’s security.”
It was the Executive Committee for Royalty and VIP Authorities (RAVEC), the joint agency of the Ministry of Interior and the Metropolitan Police, which ended those police benefits from the moment the Dukes of Sussex moved to Canada first and then to the United States, then, the youngest son of Carlos de England reque They will visit their country of origin. But after the refusal of the Ministry of Interior before this proposal, he undertook legal actions against the Government. In January 2022, through a statement issued by a representative. As stated in the brief, his objective is to “guarantee his safety and that of his family while he is in the United Kingdom so that his children can know his country of origin.” A protection without which he will not be able to return to his home, he denounced, because despite having his American private security body, his legal representatives pointed out that this team has no jurisdiction abroad or access to the intelligence information of the United Kingdom, necessary to keep them safe. “While his role within the institution has changed, his profile as a member of the Royal Family has not done so. Nor does the threat to him and his family,” the letter claimed.
The lawyer Fatima Shahee, who has exhibited on Tuesday the arguments of her client, has argued that the security of the prince “does not seem to have been considered at any formal meeting held by the RAVEC.” Shahee has assured that “there is no official annotation or detailed documents that collect the approach regarding security [del príncipe] nor to the reasoning behind this. ”Among her arguments, the lawyer has defended that the RAVEC did not carry out any evaluation of a” specialized organism on risk management. “
The Duke has made it clear that without a guaranteed security and backed by the State he feels unable to bring his wife or his children back to the United Kingdom, in fact, in September 2022. “It is still dangerous, and all that is needed is a lone actor, a person who reads these things to act according to what he has read and either a knife or acid The reasons why I will not bring my wife back to this country, ”said the Prince in an interview last June. One thing is clear on this trip: it will not be seen with your father,
This new legal process arrives at a time when Prince Enrique is involved in a controversy with the senior beneficial organization, founded by him and the nineteenth prince of Lesoto in 2006. The Charity Commission of the United Kingdom opened last Wednesday, April 2, an investigation into the “proposed concerns”. All this after the two founders of the NGO resigned from their functions after a series of internal disputes that have only worsened in recent weeks with Sophie Chandauka, a lawyer born in Zimbabue who was appointed president of the Board of Directors in 2024. in this common goal ”.
