This meant that they would not automatically be entitled to police protection on their visits to Britain. This is something Harry has tried to argue against in court, with the duke losing these battles and instead having to wait for the Government to conclude a full risk assessment for his case.

While Harry has previously argued that he feels the UK is unsafe for his family without police protection, a similar view has been echoed by his friend Alex Rayner, who went to the North Pole with Harry on a charity trek in 2012. Rayner told Richard Eden for The Daily Mail: "Harry is a royal who’s significantly served in the Armed Forces. To ask him to pay for it (security) privately feels a tiny bit spiteful, given that there are other members of the Royal Family who receive it who do far less."

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