Harry FINALLY cut ties with Britain: Exiled prince lists US as primary residence for first time – amid deportation fears over past drug use
Shortly after announcing his and Meghan’s decision to step back from royal duties in 2020, the Duke of Sussex declared at a charity event: ‘The UK is my home and a place I love. That will never change.’
Four years later, a lot seems to have changed.
The Daily Mail can reveal that Prince Harry has updated his details in this country to clarify that he no longer lives in Britain.
Documents published today by Companies House for ‘Prince Henry Charles Albert David, Duke of Sussex’ state that his ‘new country/state ordinarily resident’ is now the US. It was previously registered as Great Britain.
The change comes as pressure mounts on US President Joe Biden’s administration to release Harry’s visa details after campaigners seized on comments from the US ambassador in London that he would not be deported while the Democrat was president.
Prince Harry, pictured with Meghan Markle at a polo event in Florida on April 12, has listed the US as his primary residence for the first time
The Sussexes’ mansion is worth $14 million and has six bedrooms and seven bathrooms
The publicly visible document showing that Prince Harry is now in the United States
The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation in Washington DC, which has gone to court to demand the release of the dossier, submitted Jane Hartley’s comments as part of its case.
The new details, filed with Companies House for Harry’s eco-travel company Travalyst, also raise serious questions about whether he can remain as State Counselor, one of seven members of the Royal Family who can replace the Monarch when he is abroad or not feeling well. .
By law, state advisers are required to have a British residence, but Harry does not have a home here after King Charles asked the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to vacate Frogmore Cottage, a gift from the late Queen Elizabeth.
Dr. Craig Prescott, an expert on constitutional law, said last year: ‘We are really in uncharted waters here: the situation surrounding Prince Harry is not something that the law easily takes into account.
‘The idea of the King’s second son choosing a life outside of royal duties is not something the law has considered, and I would imagine Buckingham Palace would be concerned about that.
The king had the opportunity to depose him last year with the law on the State Council, but decided not to do so.’
Until 2022, the State Advisors were Queen Camilla, Prince William, Harry, Prince Andrew and his eldest daughter Princess Beatrice.
However, many found this situation inappropriate as Harry, the Duke of York and Beatrice are not working royals.
Harry with Charles in Windsor around the time of the Queen’s funeral
Later that year, the king asked Parliament to add his sister, Princess Anne, and youngest brother, Prince Edward, to the list.
It was reported that the King decided not to remove Harry and Andrew because he did not want to escalate tensions in the family and believed it was unlikely that either would ever be needed to replace him.
However, last year courtiers were keen to ensure William returned to Britain from a solo trip to New York before the King and Queen left for their state visit to France on the same day.
The situation has since become even more urgent due to the king’s cancer treatment.
Harry challenged the Home Office’s decision to withdraw his right to automatic protection from the Metropolitan Police when in Britain, even though he has offered to pay for it himself.
After the decision was made, Harry’s legal representative said he was ‘unable to return home with his family’ because it is too dangerous.
He has since lost the case and may lose it faces a bill of around £1 million when his own legal costs are taken into account.
A judge rejected a bid to halve the amount he was ordered to pay, saying the Duke of Sussex had “completely lost” his case.
Separately, Sir Peter Lane has also rejected the Duke’s request to appeal the ruling, describing part of it as ‘downright hopeless’.
The Heritage Foundation has urged the Department of Homeland Security to open its file on Harry under U.S. freedom of information laws.
After admitting to cocaine use in his memoir, Spare, he faced questions about how he could have moved to the US, where admitting to drug use can block a visa application.
Harry and Meghan on a couch in their Montecito home