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Prince Harry court case: The legal claims the Duke of Sussex has been involved in

The Duke of Sussex has lost his High Court challenge against the government over its decision to reduce his publicly-funded protection when he is in the UK.

Prince Harry’s lawyers had argued he was being “singled out” and treated “less favourably” in the decision by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) in 2020.

The decision was made in the same year Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, decided to “step back as senior members of the royal family’ as they bid to become financially independent.

However, a ruling by retired High Court judge Sir Peter Lane on 28 February rejected Prince Harry’s case, concluding that Ravec’s approach was not irrational nor procedurally unfair.

The duke has since

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