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Prince Harry has been granted permission to appeal the UK government's decision to strip him of police protection while in Britain. This follows a High Court ruling that upheld the decision, which Harry is now challenging on the grounds that the policy was not properly followed.
Forty-five mayors in Ecuador have requested police protection in the past year as violence grips the country, with 22 local officials dying in violent circumstances since 2023. The mayors face threats and violence from organized crime groups, with the country's ports becoming hubs for drug smuggling. President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency and designated 22 gangs as terrorist groups after a series of violent incidents, including the recent killing of the 27-year-old mayor of San Vicente and her communications director.
The family of a woman killed by an escaped Pennsylvania convict is under 24-hour police protection and living in fear as the killer remains at large. Danelo Cavalcante escaped from Chester County Prison and has been on the run for a week. The family is barricaded inside their home and has not left due to safety concerns. Law enforcement is conducting an extensive search in heavily wooded areas near Philadelphia. The escapee's dexterity during his escape has led police to focus on trees and waterways as potential hiding spots. A reward of $20,000 has been offered for information leading to his arrest.
Prince Harry's bid to pay for his own police protection in the UK has been denied again in court, potentially damaging his already strained relationship with his father, King Charles III. The British government stopped providing police protection for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle after they stepped back from their senior roles in the royal family in 2020. While Harry lost the case to pay police to protect him in the UK, he could end up with a bigger prize if he wins his court case challenging the decision to deny him government-paid security.
A British judge has ruled that Prince Harry cannot legally challenge the British government's decision not to allow him to pay for police protection while he is in the UK. This ruling is seen as a signal that Harry's entire action seeking automatic police protection for him and his family while on British soil is going down the tubes. The British Home Office argued that allowing wealthy individuals like Harry to buy police protection would undermine public confidence in the police and detract from their core duties. Harry has multiple other lawsuits proceeding at the present time, including a libel action against the publisher of the Daily Mail.
Prince Harry has lost his legal bid to challenge the British government's decision to bar him from hiring his own police protection while in England. The royal and his wife, Meghan Markle, were stripped of their official security detail after stepping away from their royal duties and moving to California in 2020. Despite no longer carrying any official royal duties, the couple continues to be a target of rampant paparazzi in both England and America. Last week, the couple was involved in what they described as a "near catastrophic" car chase with paparazzi in New York.
Prince Harry has lost a legal challenge against the UK government's decision to bar him from paying for police protection during his visits to the UK. The Duke of Sussex and his wife, Meghan Markle, were stripped of taxpayer-funded police protection after they stepped back from being "working royals" and moved to the US in 2020. Harry's lawyers had sought a judicial review of the government's refusal of his offer to hire police officers as his private security detail, but London's High Court ruled Tuesday to deny the review.
A London judge rejected Prince Harry's request to pay for his own police protection when he visits the UK, stating that it could set a precedent and be seen as unfair. The British government stopped providing security after Harry and Meghan Markle quit their royal duties and moved to California in 2020. Harry has four other active legal cases in London courts, all of them against British tabloid publishers over allegations of phone hacking or libel. However, another judge allowed his case to proceed challenging the decision to deny him government-paid security.