Prince Harry has still not been given any state-funded security despite his high-profile return to the UK with his wife and children.<\/p>\n
A former police officer who used to protect the then-Prince Charles said that was putting the Sussex family “in danger”. <\/p>\n
The Duke of Sussex landed in Birmingham with Meghan, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet on Wednesday for the start of their new life based in Britain, but they\u2019ve been told their protection will not be increased beyond being given the phone number of a police liaison officer.<\/p>\n
The former Metropolitan Police protection officer who was responsible for King Charles when he was the Prince of Wales told ITV News that the decision was “incredible”.<\/p>\n
Scott Hamer, a former royal protection officer, said the decision not to provide the Sussex protection is ‘incredible’<\/p>\n
A phone number is “not protection”, said former royal protection officer, Scott Hamer. “It\u2019s a fudge.”<\/p>\n
“I have been involved in protection for 25 years; I find it absolutely incredible,” Mr Hamer said.<\/p>\n
Prince Harry\u2019s lawyers have written to the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, asking her to personally intervene in the process. <\/p>\n
Harry\u2019s team believes the risk factors have significantly changed now the family is resident in the UK. <\/p>\n
Harry and Meghan have not shared the location of their new British home, nor the name of the school their two children will attend from September.<\/p>\n
“We currently have eight non-working prime ministers who are in receipt of police protection that is paid for by the public,” Mr Hamer said. “The threats and risks to Prince Harry are far greater.”<\/p>\n
He said: “I am not privy to the intelligence regarding Liz Truss, but having been prime minister for 49 days\u2026 if we are basing this purely on threat and risk, which it should be, I would argue that Prince Harry should be in receipt of protection.”<\/p>\n
Harry and Meghan\u2019s return to the UK, after quitting their royal roles six years ago and moving to California, has reignited the debate about the level of publicly funded protection he should be given by the state.<\/p>\n
The Duke told ITV News earlier this year that he does not recognise the term \u201cnon-working royal\u201d as it has been used to avoid granting his family proper protection. He was speaking on a trip to Ukraine, where he said he was born into the Royal Family so would always be committed to a life of service.<\/p>\n
Following the murders of three politicians, including Anne Widdecombe in July, the home secretary promised a review of security for high-profile public figures.<\/p>\n