Prince Harry’s drug admissions that prompted long-running row over US visa

After a think tank questioned why Prince Harry was allowed into the country after admitting to using drugs in the past, Prince Harry is facing facing a lengthy legal battle in which files relating to his application for a US visa will be made public today.

Prince Harry is braced for the release of private documents related to his US visa application amid a long-running legal row. A judge in America has ordered the release of the documents as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information (FOI) request brought by conservative US think tank the Heritage Foundation.

Harry’s reference to taking cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms in his controversial memoir Spare prompted the Washington DC organisation to question why he was allowed into the US in 2020 after quitting as a working royal. We take a look at what he’s said about his drug use in the past…

Cannabis

One drug that Harry admits taking in Spare is cannabis and in the book, he recalls his introduction to it while he was at Eton College. He said: “I don’t remember how we got the stuff. One of my mates, I expect. Or maybe several.

We would install a surprisingly thoughtful, organized assembly line in a tiny upstairs bathroom whenever we found ourselves in possession. Second and third boys sat in the empty bath, legs dangling over, waiting their turn, while the second boy leant against the window.

“You’d take a hit or two, blow the smoke out of the window, and then move on to the next station, in rotation, until the spliff was gone,” you might say. Then we all headed upstairs and giggled ourselves silly over a new show episode or two. “Family Guy”

Later in the book, he also recalls rolling a joint while he and Meghan were staying at Tyler Perry’s house after they fled to the US. In the book, Harry recalls how he and Meghan loved Tyler’s house describing it as ‘Xanadu’.

He also explains how, when everyone went to sleep, he would find himself checking the windows and doors around the house while security concerns were in his head. And he states in his memoir, “Then I’d roll a joint and sit on the balcony or the edge of the garden.”

The house looked across a hillside full of frogs and down onto a valley. I would take their late-night show and take in the floral air. I returned to Botswana because of the frogs, smells, trees, and the sky’s big stars. For those over the age of 21, cannabis is permitted for recreational use in California.

Cocaine

Harry also mentioned his drug use in Spare and said he had been offered a line at someone’s country house during a shooting weekend, and that he had since done a few more. Although it appeared to everyone around me to be making me feel special, it wasn’t very enjoyable and it didn’t make me feel particularly happy. However, it did make me feel special, which was the main goal.

“Feel. Different . I was a 17-year-old boy who was incredibly uneasy and willing to try almost anything to alter the status quo. I kept telling myself that, regardless. At a meeting with Dr. Gabor Maté, he said, “That didn’t do anything for me.” More of a social issue, perhaps?

Psychedelics

Harry also mentioned using hallucinogens at the same time, saying: “It was the removal of life’s filters — these layers of filters. It made it all for me, allowing me to relax, feel at ease, and feel less burdened for a while. He said, “I started doing it for recreational purposes before realizing how beneficial it was for me.”

Harry continued, “I would say that one of the fundamental aspects of my life was the one that helped me deal with the traumas and the pains of the past.”

Source: Mirror