Legal papers claim Duke of Sussex orchestrated a assembly with Sir Mark Sedwill after he felt his fears weren’t ‘given applicable consideration’.
The Duke of Sussex tried to avoid the Royal family by using lobbying a senior authorities adviser over his security concerns, according to court documents.
Prince Harry supplied to pay for his personal protection at the Royal family’s so-called “Sandringham summit” in January 2020 however felt his worries were “not given suitable consideration”.
Among these at the assembly have been Sir Edward Young, Queen Elizabeth II’s personal secretary, and Sir Michael Stevens, keeper of the privy purse, each of whom promised to get back to him, it is claimed.
Prince Harry used to be no longer aware at the time that Sir Edward was once a member of the Royal and VIP Executive Committee (Ravec), which makes decisions over who is afforded police protection.
But he was once so annoyed by way of the lack of response that he “complained”, felony papers allege.
He orchestrated a assembly with Sir Mark Sedwill, then cabinet secretary and national security adviser to Boris Johnson, before reinforcing his issues with him one week later.
Justin Rushbrook KC, the Duke’s barrister, stated the royal had “believed and hoped” that his offer to pay would be communicated to Ravec.
But he introduced that “it grew to become increasingly clear to him that his concerns, in particular as regards his and his family’s security, were no longer being given proper consideration”.



On Feb 28, 2020, the chair of Ravec wrote to the Royal family mentioning that the Sussexes would no longer be entitled to computerized police protection when in the UK as their diagram to live overseas as non-public residents did no longer “fit readily” into any class of its framework.
Their Metropolitan Police safety was once then immediately withdrawn “at very quick notice,” Mr Rushbrook said.
It was once “not (the Duke’s) desire and it was once towards his wishes” that his family’s protection was once withdrawn “as quickly as it was” at the commencing of what used to be supposed to be a “transitional year” in which he and Meghan were authorised to begin working commercially.
The courtroom documents indicate that only “in due course” did they assume to be in a role to pay for their own security, if necessary.
The statements were made in a formal response lodged with the High Court in defamation court cases towards the Mail on Sunday.
The Duke is suing the newspaper over a story that stated that he had tried to hold “secret” parts of his prison battle with the Home Office and attempted to “spin” the dispute in his favour by claiming he had presented to pay for police protection.
He gained the first stage in July when Mr Justice Nicklin concluded that the article used to be defamatory in parts because it recommended the Prince’s movements have been “discreditable” and that he had intended to “mislead the public”.



The Duke is also embroiled in two separate prison actions against the Home Office over the choice to deny him and his family automatic security.
He gained the proper to a judicial evaluate after arguing he had been denied a “clear and full explanation” of the composition of Ravec and others concerned in its decision-making.
A 2nd application for a judicial review, based totally on his offer to pay for protection, which he claims ought to have induced the Home Office to “quash and retake” its decision, is pending.
The Duke did now not make his provide to pay in my view for his protection without delay to Ravec prior to launching criminal motion in opposition to the Home Office ultimate September, he admitted.
But he considers that “irrelevant” as he had made his function clear at the Sandringham summit, via the Royal household, which was once expected to act as a conduit.
In January this year, his office launched a public declaration declaring that the personal protection crew he and the Duchess used in the US may want to now not replicate the safety needed while in the UK, meaning that they have been unable to return home.



It stated their provide to fund their police safety in my opinion had been dismissed.
Sources close to the couple stated that Ravec’s decision-making had been “unreasonable, opaque and inconsistent”, including that the controversy surrounding their departure from full-time royal duties and the hostility of a vary of extremist groups and fixated people, made the UK surroundings “particularly risky.”
Despite their concerns, the Sussexes flew returned to the UK to undertake various engagements in early September, shortly before the Queen died.
The couple have been flanked by two former Metropolitan Police officers whom they employed to guard them. One of them, Dave Langdown, was a depended on and long-standing member of the Duke’s former royal safety team, who accompanied Harry on his now infamous outing to Las Vegas.

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