Prince Harry has claimed the scrapping of his police protection was to prevent him and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, from leaving the Royal family to start a new life.
The Duke told The Telegraph the decision was "difficult to swallow", having previously hinted that it was at the core of the rift with his father, King Charles.
Prince Harry is seeking to overturn a decision that stripped him of automatic state security following his withdrawal from royal duties in 2020.
However, the Duke said he viewed the removal of their security as a means of trying to force them back into Britain and Establishment life with The Firm.
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, leaves the High Court after attending the second day of appeal hearing
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Prince Harry said: "We were trying to create this happy house."
The Duke has argued that the Royal and VIP Executive Committee (Ravec), which determines security arrangements, did not follow its own policy.
He said that he had been singled out for "unjustified and inferior treatment."
Much of the original hearing, and last week’s appeal, was conducted behind closed doors because of “highly confidential” evidence relating to security arrangements.
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Prince William and Prince Harry are not on speaking termsPAHarry, 40, regularly conferred with his legal team on the final day of the two-day hearing on Wednesday, at times shaking his head, as the government's lawyers argued that it was the right decision to adopt a "bespoke" approach to his security.
"The basis for the decision-making and the bespoke approach being adopted was that it had positive advantages from a security assessment point of view," James Eadie, representing the Home Office, said.
After part of Wednesday's hearing concerning specific security arrangements was heard in private, Fatima said the case was incredibly important to him.
"His presence here and throughout this appeal is a potent illustration, were one needed, of how much this appeal means to him and his family," she said.
Prince Harry suggested he would find it hard to forgive his treatment, adding that his "worst fears have been confirmed" by secret evidence he had heard in court.
