Homeland Security REFUSES to release details about Prince Harry’s visa over his ‘right to privacy’
US refuses to release details of Prince Harry’s visa application after drug abuse revelations calling for his ‘right to privacy’ despite his life in the spotlight and a six-part Netflix documentary with wife Meghan Markle
- The Department of Homeland Security rejected a second freedom of information request to release the material
- The DHS had rejected an initial application. It said that while Harry was a ‘public figure’ it doesn’t mean he would ‘forfeit all rights to privacy’
The US government has declined to disclose details of Prince Harry’s US visa due to his “right to privacy” documents.
The Department of Homeland Security rejected a second freedom of information request to release the material.
It was created by the Heritage Foundation think tank to see if Harry lied about past drug use in the immigration papers.
He admitted to using illegal substances in his memoir Spare and his Netflix slow, a fact that usually prohibits US entry unless there is a special dispensation.
The DHS had rejected an initial application. It said that while Harry was a “public figure,” it didn’t mean he would “forfeit all rights to privacy.”
Prince Harry appears before the High Court in London. The US government has now declined to disclose details of Prince Harry’s US visa due to his “right to privacy,” documents show.
This is the part of the visa application that Prince Harry would need to complete in order to enter the United States
The royal couple will be photographed together in September 2017
Prince Harry declined to comment.
In June, it was reported that Heritage Foundation lawyers had gone to court to try and force the Department of Homeland Security to respond more quickly to their request for information about the Duke of Sussex.
Judge Carl Nichols refused to issue an injunction, urging the US government to somehow answer the conservative think tank.
Lead attorney Samuel Dewey shared a letter from DHS senior director Jimmy Wolfrey refusing to confirm or deny that the duke’s papers were on file.
In an angry statement posted online, Nile Gardiner of the Heritage Foundation responded to the decision.
“This argument makes no sense, but it’s not surprising because it comes from the zero-transparency Biden administration,” Gardiner said.
Prince Harry admitted to taking drugs in his memoir Spare, which was released early this year
“The attempts by the Department of Homeland Security to block the Heritage Foundation’s Freedom of Information request are unacceptable, and we will contest their position,” Margaret Thatcher, former senior aide to ex-British Prime Minister, added. .
In his book Spare, Harry admitted that he had previously used marijuana, cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have positioned themselves as public figures in the US since parting ways with the British royal family in 2020.
A drug use permit does not automatically mean you will be deported from the United States.
Any denial of entry can be reversed after a personal interview at a US consulate or official immigration office, where a waiver can be issued.
There is a history of authorities releasing immigration documents on public figures.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services website has an electronic reading room that contains the files of some celebrities.