Showing posts with label royal duties. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 07, 2023

Prince Harry Claims He Was ‘Forced’ to Step Back from Royal Duties

THE TELEGRAPH: Duke of Sussex disputes suggestion that it was his choice to stop being ‘full time working member of Royal family’, High Court hears

The Duke of Sussex leaves the Royal Courts of Justice in central London during a hearing in March CREDIT: AFP

The Duke of Sussex was “forced” to step back from royal duties and leave the UK, he has told the High Court.

Prince Harry disputed a suggestion, made during his legal challenge against the Government decision to deny him automatic police protection in the UK, that he had chosen to stop being “a full-time working member of the Royal family”.

His barrister, Shaheed Fatima KC, said she wanted to make it “quite clear” that this was not the case.

She read an excerpt from the Duke’s witness statement in which he said: “It was with great sadness for the both of us that my wife and I felt forced to step back from this role and leave the country in 2020. » | Victoria Ward, Deputy Royal Editor | THursday, December 7, 2023