Prince Harry 'hanging by the skin of his teeth' amid US visa row

The duke's reference to taking cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms in his book Spare prompted a conservative Washington DC think tank to question why he was allowed into the US in 2020.

The Heritage Foundation filed a 13-page motion with the court on Tuesday seeking to reopen the case.

They argue that "iron-glad guardrails" were broken and certain evidence should have been reviewed in court, which was not.

This meant, according to the think tank, that their ability to build a case against Harry's appeal was "severely compromised".

The latest development may see Harry forced out of the US if it is revealed he lied on his visa application forms.

With the US election approaching, there are also fears Donald Trump could kick the duke out of the US if he were to become president.

Royal commentator Phil Dampier told The Sun: "This has been going on for about two years now.

"The Heritage Foundation, which is a think tank in Washington, has really got their teeth into this.

"I think they feel that Prince Harry has been treated differently from other people who've applied for visas to stay in the States.

"Basically I think they're trying to keep this going because we've got the US Election coming up in just a couple of weeks time and of course, if Donald Trump gets back in that could be bad news for Harry and Meghan, because he is very much anti-them.

"I think that's fairly well documented that they don't like him, and he doesn't particularly like them.

"I think up until now Harris very much had the protection of the of the Biden Administration.

"At the moment he's hanging on a bit by the skin of his teeth. It's the sort of thing which, if it goes the other way, it might push him back into coming back to the UK."

Dampier added: "I don't think Meghan, if she had her way, would set foot again in this country.

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"She knows she's fairly unpopular. I think she sort of burnt too many bridges.

"What makes it difficult, of course, is the children. It means that Archie and Lilibet are growing up in America, not seeing, not seeing the King and not seeing their cousins.

"They've lost Frogmore Cottage, of course, which was their home at Windsor, and on his fleeting visits that he's been over recently Harry's been staying in hotels as opposed to royal residences, so it's difficult to know where he'd go."