Prince Harry has headed home to the U.K. for an appearance in court, as he looks to overturn a decision that he would automatically no longer receive British security detail once he stood down from royal duties.
The decision was made by the British government, and saw him and his wife the Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, stripped of their tax payer funded security detail when they both stepped down from being working members of the royal family back in 2020.
The decision was made by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures, known as RAVEC.
The High Court in London already ruled the decision was lawful last year, and refused permission to challenge that ruling in a higher court, but the Court of Appeal agreed to hear the case, which is where it sits now.
The Duke of Sussex and his lawyer, Shaheed Fatima, launched the legal proceedings by stating at the hearing he had been “singled out for unjustified and inferior treatment", and that his trips home to the U.K., from California where he, his wife and two children now live, were so rare in part due to these security concerns.
Sir James Eadie, the government's senior barrister, led the opposing side with the explanation that Prince Harry hasn't had his security completely removed and that due to no longer being a working member of the family and living overseas, the security was not to be provided "on the same basis".
The second most senior judge in England and Wales, Geoffrey Vos, who is one of three judges overseeing the case, said that while he wanted as much evidence to be as open as possible, some would not be able to be heard by the public due to security concerns.
