Since stepping down from senior royal duties in January 2020, Prince Harry has found himself in a battle for his family’s protection in the U.K.
Upon losing his former public-funded security personnel after moving from England to California, Harry applied for judicial review in January 2022 to fund his family’s own protection during U.K. visits. (He and his wife, Meghan Markle, share kids Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.)
“Prince Harry inherited a security risk at birth, for life. He remains sixth in line to the throne, served two tours of combat duty in Afghanistan, and in recent years his family has been subjected to well-documented neo-Nazi and extremist threats,” a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex shared at the time. “While his role within the Institution has changed, his profile as a member of the royal family has not. Nor has the threat to him and his family.”
He hit another road bump in February 2024 after the U.K.’s High Court ruled that the British government has the right to determine the level of security non-working royals are permitted to receive when visiting the country.
In December 2025, news broke that Harry’s security needs will reportedly be reassessed for the first time in six years.
Scroll down for a timeline of Harry’s fight to keep his family safe abroad:
