Prince Harry’s High Court showdown with the Home Office will be mostly held behind closed doors due to privacy concerns.
The Duke of Sussex is expected to argue that he was treated unfairly by the Home Office when they denied him the right to automatic police protection in the UK.
Harry’s claim will be heard at the High Court before judge Mr Justice Lane after the royal won the chance to appeal the Home Office’s decision.
A privacy order has been issued over a concern that the vast majority of evidence cannot enter the public domain.
Harry’s claim will be heard at the High Court before judge Mr Justice Lane after the royal won the chance to appeal the Home Office’s decision.
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As a result of this, the vast majority of the hearing that will take place from Tuesday to Thursday this week will be held in private.
The judge said: “The material that needs to be protected in the interests of justice is very tightly entangled with less sensitive details required for the court to properly determine the claim.”
He added: “This means that the bulk of the hearing must be in private.”
It comes as Parliament could consider stripping the couple of their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles under the new legislation proposed.
The vast majority of the hearing that will take place from Tuesday to Thursday this week will be held in private.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s feud with the Royal Family has sparked calls for the UK Government to take the “nuclear option” over their royal titles.
Bob Seely, a Conservative MP, has applied for his Titles Deprivation 1917 Amendment Bill to be listed on the Commons’ Order Paper next week
Seely wrote in the Mail: “In the next couple of weeks, I shall present a Bill in Parliament to strip the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of their royal titles.
“I’m not a republican and support the monarchy, but after the latest instalment of the couple’s feud with the rest of the Royal Family, I believe that Parliament and the Privy Council should consider a nuclear option.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s feud with the Royal Family has sparked calls for the UK Government to take the “nuclear option” over their royal titles.
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He added: added: “My aim is simple: if someone doesn’t want to be royal, that is a decision we respect – but they should not keep the titles and privileges if they trash an institution that plays an important part in our nation’s life.
“Sources close to the Sussexes have stressed that Harry and Meghan are not behind claims made in Omid Scobie’s book. But I suspect that few people believe such denials.”
It comes after King Charles and Kate, Princess of Wales were named as the royals who allegedly “had concerns” regarding how dark Prince Archie’s skin colour would be when he was born in the Dutch version of Omid Scobie’s book Endgame.
Scobie is a royal author who claims to have sources close to the Sussexes but has refuted claims that he has a friendship with Meghan and Harry.
The royals were named in the Dutch version of the book due to an error and thousands of copies of Endgame have been pulled from shelves across the Netherlands.
