FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry looks on during the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo
Britain’s Prince Harry looks on during the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on February 16 (Picture: Reuters)
Prince Harry’s immigration documents have been released, but many questions remain on his status.
The US government complied to an end-of-day Tuesday deadline to share the files but they were heavily redacted.
A Department of Homeland Security lawyer stated that Harry’s visa application followed all ‘applicable rules and regulations’.
The government also stated that Harry would face ‘harm’ and ‘harassment’ if the records were released in full detail, and that it had a duty to protect his privacy.
An excerpt of the documents read: ‘Plaintiffs allege that the records should be disclosed as public confidence in the government would suffer or to establish whether the Duke was granted preferential treatment.
‘This speculation by Plaintiffs does not point to any evidence of government misconduct.’
Conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation sued to make Harry’s files public, seeking to find out primarily if he checked the ‘no’ box on drug use when applying to the US.
The group has been pushing for answers on whether Harry was asked or noted his past drug use in his visa papers before moving to Montecito, California, with his wife Meghan Markle.
The redacted files show ‘the continued assertion that the privacy interests outweigh the public interest’ Pepperdine Caruso School of Lawassociate professor Mary Hoopes, who specializes in immigration, told NBC News.
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