Prince Harry "believed he was a greater security risk" than Princess Diana due to "racism", court documents have revealed.
The Duke of Sussex told the head of the Home Civil Service in a letter that by removing his security, his family would be put in "a position that no one was willing to put my mother in 23 years ago".
Harry, 39, said they were "additional layers of racism and extremism".
He demanded that "someone is comfortable taking accountability" for what could happen to his wife Meghan Markle, 42, and their children Prince Archie, four, and Princess Lilibet, two.
Prince Harry believes he was at a 'greater security risk' than his late mother
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The precise details of what Prince Harry perceived to be the biggest threat against his family were redacted from court documents on Wednesday.
The same document noted that the leader of Al Qaeda called for Harry to be killed following his memoir Spare, where he wrote about killing Taliban fighters.
The documents were released after the High Court rejected the duke's challenge against the Home Office to downgrade his taxpayer-funded personal security when he visits the UK.
In a letter written to Sir Mark Sedwill, who was Cabinet Secretary at the time, Harry's representative Fiona Mcilwham "expressed the claimant's disbelief that such important conversations were being had without any attempt by anyone to consult the claimant".
Prince Harry argued that he was put into a 'position that no one was willing to put my mother in 23 years ago'
GettyShe wrote the duke "could not see how he could have his security removed, unless the current risk to him and his family had decreased".
In the letter, Mcilwham said Harry asked "who would be willing to put him and his family in a position of extreme vulnerability and risk".
Harry claimed this was "a position that no one was willing to put my mother in 23 years ago – and yet today, with greater risk, as mentioned above, with the additional layers of racism and extremism, someone is comfortable taking accountability for what could happen".
He added: "I would like that person’s name who is willing to take accountability for this choice please …"
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Harry launched legal action against the Home Office following a 2020 decision by RavecPAHours after the High Court's ruling, Prince Harry's spokesperson announced the duke would seek to appeal the verdict.
Prince Harry originally took legal action over the move by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) after being told he would no longer be given the "same degree" of publicly-funded protection when in the UK.
His lawyers had claimed he was "singled out" and treated "less favourably" in the February 2020 decision by the body, which falls under the Home Office's remit.
