Prince Harry has been slammed by Former Royal Security Chief Dai Davies, as the Duke continues his three-day court appeal against the Home Office today.
The Duke of Sussex is fighting his appeal over security in the High Court, after being denied an automatic right to police protection upon visiting the UK.
Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle stepped down as working senior royals in 2020, moving to California for a more "private" life in Montecito with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
In the three years since their exit, Harry has made a select few returns to his homeland, attending the late Queen Elizabeth II's funeral and his father King Charles's Coronation.
Former Royal Protection Officer Dai Davies says Prince Harry 'does not meet the criteria' for protection
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The Duke has also been in the UK in recent years for several ongoing legal battles against news publications, following allegations of information gathering by unlawful means.
Meghan Markle has only returned to the UK once, to be by Harry's side at the late Queen's funeral in 2022.
Discussing Prince Harry's legal challenge over security rights, Dai Davies stated that the royal "does not meet the criteria" needed to enable him the level of protection he demands.
Davies told GB News: "I'd like to see the evidence that has been put forward both by himself and indeed the committee."
"They have had a number of different agencies put their source of intelligence and methodology into the mix. As a consequence of, as I presume, the latest up to date intelligence, they don't think he warrants the level of security as provided by the Royalty Protection Command. That's the basic issue.
Davies continued: "So I really want to see if he feels he has the evidence and let him put it forward. And if there is such evidence, then yes, the Metropolitan Police should provide security if and when he's here on royal related duties. However, he's there on commercial duties and with great respect he should pay for it himself."
Host Jacob Rees-Mogg then recalled attending an event with the Princess Royal, where he suggested that there was minimal security present and "Her Royal Highness drove her own car" to the event.
Prince Harry is taking the Home Office to court in an appeal over British police protection
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Davies revealed: "I suspect you might not have seen the Royalty Protection Officer. Unlike so many countries, they are very, very discreet. And it may well be there were officers who would have advanced it.
"And again, they look like the rest of us. They don't stand out in a crowd, most of them, one or two of them do. But again, the role of the Royalty Protection is to protect and certainly that individual gets protection.
"He wants a firearm unit to detect him. An assistant commissioner who retired said lots of people have been prosecuted. But I can't find any evidence of anyone being prosecuted other than three individuals. They may have been trolled, they may have had this, that and the other, and I welcome anybody telling me I'm wrong and I'll put my hands up.
"But you really have to go back in history to find evidence of a criminal attack on our Royal Family with a gun."
