King Charles fears ‘serious legal jeopardy if he buries hatchet with Prince Harry’

According to some, King Charles’ concerns about burying the hatchet with Prince Harry stem from the claim that it could “put serious legal jeopardy” on hold.

Since Harry and wife Meghan Markle left their royal roles over the course of four years and relocated to the US, their relationship has been rocky, especially since their father and son have been married. Last year, Harry also released his explosive memoir Spare, where he railed against his royal relatives, most notably his father and brother, Prince William.

As Harry tries to discuss his security arrangements with his father in the UK, it’s been reported that the two are no longer speaking on phone. After automatically losing his police protection when he resigned as a working royal, the Duke has been at odds with the Home Office over his security when he travels to the UK.

He lost his subsequent legal battles to get it reinstated for his wife Meghan and their two children, and he is preparing to file an appeal. The King may be in an awkward position if he is dragged into Harry’s legal row, according to a constitutional expert.

In a recently updated version of the book, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story by Robert Hardman, which being serialised in the Daily Mail, an advisor is quoted as saying: “Here you have the infelicitous situation where the King’s son is suing the King’s ministers in the King’s courts. That is pulling the King in three directions. You also have the situation where the King’s son publishes accounts of private conversations, some of which have been, shall we say, wrong”.

According to some, the adviser refers to a scene from Spare where Harry recounts being informed of the Queen Mother’s passing. He claims he was called while attending Eton High School with the news. Harry and Charles and William were actually skiing during the holidays.

Imagine the situation if the Prince spoke to his father about his court case, or worse, if it was a conversation that wasn’t entirely accurate, the adviser says. There would be serious legal jeopardy. Harry would only have to say, ‘ My father said this ‘ and a court case could collapse. That’s not just awkward. That’s bad. When you are the head of state and the judiciary, and because it is His Majesty’s Government, that is serious legal and constitutional risk.

Harry believes his father could help with the reinstatement of his security, according to a source close to the palace, which has been flagged as “wholly inaccurate.” A friend of Harry’s told the magazine earlier this year: “He gets ‘ unavailable right now’. His calls go unanswered. He has tried to reach out about the King’s health, but those calls go unanswered too”. While another friend stated that Harry is afraid of his father and feels that he is the only one who can control him, another source added that Harry is “determined to protect his own family at all costs.”

Harry filed a lawsuit in response to a ruling from the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) in February 2020, which stated that he would no longer receive the “same degree” of publicly funded protection while residing in the country. Ravec’s decision came as a result of a change in the duke’s ‘ status ‘ after he stopped being a “full-time working member of the royal family”, a judge was told.

In February, retired High Court judge Sir Peter Lane rejected the duke’s case that he was “singled out” and treated “less favourably” by the decision and concluded Ravec’s approach was not irrational nor procedurally unfair. The Duke “hopes to obtain justice from the Court of Appeal,” according to a legal representative for Harry following the ruling.

Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, Harry’s children, cannot “feel at home,” according to a High Court hearing where it was held. Harry said at a previous hearing in the case, “My wife and I felt forced to step down from this role and leave the country in 2020. The UK is my home.

Both where my children currently reside in the United States and where they are rooted in the UK are important to their heritage. If it’s impossible to keep them safe on British soil, that won’t happen. Given my life experiences, I am reluctant to put myself in harm’s way either way because I can’t put my wife in such danger.

Source: Mirror