Prince Harry appeals the loss of his UK security detail

Prince Harry wants his British security detail restored and is taking his case to an appeals court.

Harry, whose titles include the Duke of Sussex, lost his government-funded protection in February 2020 after he stepped down from his role as a working member of the royal family and moved to the US.

His lawyer is scheduled to challenge a lower court ruling today at the Court of Appeal in London.

A High Court judge ruled last year that a government panel’s decision to provide "bespoke" security for Harry on an as-needed basis was not unlawful, irrational or unjustified.

Harry had claimed he and his family are endangered when visiting his homeland because of hostility aimed at him and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on social media and through relentless hounding by news media.

Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles III, has bucked royal family convention by taking the government and tabloid press to court, where he has a mixed record.

He lost a related court case in which he sought permission to privately pay for a police detail when in the UK, but a judge denied that offer after a government lawyer argued officers shouldn’t be used as "private bodyguards for the wealthy".

He also dropped a libel case against the publisher of the Daily Mail for an article that said he had tried to hide his efforts to continue receiving government-funded security.

But he won a significant victory at trial in 2023 against the publisher of the Daily Mirror when a judge found that phone hacking at the tabloid was "widespread and habitual".

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