Prince Harry’s drug use visa case could make his life very awkward under Trump
Prince Harry’s drug use visa case could make his life very awkward under Trump
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Prince Harry’s drug use visa case could make his life very awkward under Trump
Prince Harry’s drug use visa case could make his life very awkward under Trump
Posted by theipaper
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In courtroom 17 of Washington DC’s imposing E Barrett Prettyman building, Prince Harry’s future and transatlantic diplomatic relations could be on the line on Wednesday.
If the court case reveals that the Duke of Sussex was not honest about his past drug use when applying for his US visa, the consequences could stretch far beyond any personal embarrassment, causing further headache for the Royal Family but also Downing Street.
Judge Carl J Nichols has summoned lawyers for the right-wing Heritage Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security to the US district court in the federal capital for the first hearing during Donald Trump’s second term as president of a lawsuit in which the conservative think tank is seeking the Duke’s immigration records.
Trump has said he will not intervene to help Harry if the records are made public and show, as the foundation suspects, that Harry did not tell the truth about his history of drug misuse. It might have prevented him getting a visa to stay in the US with his American wife, Meghan, in March 2020 after they left Britain and then moved on from a Canadian bolthole.
As far-fetched as it sounds, in theory it could lead to Harry being deported from the US, if the judge is persuaded by the foundation to overturn his earlier decision in September last year that Harry’s documents should remain private and they show the fifth-in-line to the throne lied about his previous use of drugs such as cocaine, cannabis, magic mushrooms and ayahuasca, as recorded in his memoir *Spare*.
It remains quite a big if but the prospect of Harry being deported, while undoubtedly the cause of some schadenfreude among courtiers who claim their lives were made a misery by him and Meghan before they left these shores five years ago, is a potential diplomatic embarrassment for the King and the Royal Family.
It risks causing such awkwardness that it damages the longstanding friendship between the 76-year-old monarch and Trump, 78, and possibly along with it, Sir Keir Starmer’s hopes of using the US president’s admiration for the monarchy as a way of bolstering the special relationship and perhaps avoiding a trade war.
The King, like Prince William, is thought to be barely on speaking terms with Harry at the moment but expelling him would hardly serve as a good backdrop to the Government’s mooted plan to send the monarch and Queen Camilla to the US on a state visit or have them invite Trump to the UK.
Harry, 40, and Meghan, 43, are believed to be buying a house in Portugal that could serve as a European refuge for the couple but any thoughts of returning to live in the UK may hinge on a forthcoming court case in which he is challenging the Home Office over its refusal to guarantee him and his family police protection. That court case, an appeal seeking to challenge the refusal of His Majesty’s government to give the Sussexes automatic protection, is, however, considered to be the biggest cause of tension between the King and his younger son at the moment.
Rich people dont need to worry about the law in the US
Hope we don’t get the muppet back again
The publicity afforded to his and his wife’s irrelevant musings astounds me
Good , no sympathy, follow the rules like the little people 👍
Why the fuck would Heritage Foundation seek those documents beyond being total 100% cunts that they are? Those motherfuckers stick their dirty fingers everywhere they can.
If court makes those documents public Harry should sue to see Musk’s citizenship application, where he clearly lied about working while on student visa, which is a felony. Then have his citizenship removed and get his ass deported.
That’s not how our immigration laws work. Harry’s immigration lawyers have a lot of precedents to work with. Before they can expel Harry, they will have to expel Musk
Who the F are Heritage Foundation and why are they so obsessed with Harry?
I hope they have a back up plan, Portugal might be a great place to escape the shithole that is US
Trump was at Epstein mansion many times. He is a rapist and a sex offender. So….
Yeah I don’t think it will. Trump apparently loves the Royal family, so I can’t imagine him doing anything.
Do you know who his dad is.
As a Green Card holder, I don’t recall there were any questions concerning recreational drug use when I got mine back in 2002. Also, I’m very glad there was no social media back then to show any incriminating pictures.
There is no rule of law in America
Doubt it. He’s an extremely privileged white dude whose father is King.
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