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Prince Harry<\/a>’s fight to have his official, armed full-time security reinstated when he visits the U.K. appears to have taken a step forward.\n<\/p>\n Insiders tell PEOPLE there are \u201cpositive\u201d noises coming from the government regarding a reversal of the decision<\/a> not to grant Harry security, and they are cautiously hopeful that the decision to upgrade his cover will go ahead.\n<\/p>\n It follows a report that an official review has found that Harry, 41, meets the criteria for inclusion in the taxpayer-funded security cover.\n<\/p>\n Neil Mockford\/GC Images<\/p>\n After several years of the Duke of Sussex’s campaigning \u2014 including a high-profile court battle which he lost \u2014 a full-scale review was granted in December<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n That meant an official risk assessment was carried out by the body that draws up the roster for who gets security \u2013 the royal and VIP executive committee (Ravec.) Ravec is made up of members of the government\u2019s Home Office, the Metropolitan Police and the royal household.\n<\/p>\n Prince Harry waves as he departs an engagement in London in Sept. 2025.<\/p>\n Suzanne Plunkett – Pool\/Getty\u00a0<\/p>\n On Jan. 4, The Mail on Sunday <\/a>reported that the committee had found that the criteria for the top-level security measures had been met. A source close to Harry was quoted as saying, \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s now a formality. Sources at the Home Office have indicated that security is nailed on for Harry.\u201d\n<\/p>\n There is now a belief that, barring a last-minute intervention from opponents, the duke will be granted the armed guards and institutional backup he used to get when he was a working royal.\n<\/p>\n Harry has repeatedly said that without such security cover, he is unable to bring his wife,\u00a0Meghan Markle<\/a>, 44, and their two children,\u00a0Prince Archie<\/a>, 6, and\u00a0Princess Lilibet<\/a>, 4, to the country of his birth \u2014 insisting he doesn’t feel safe\u00a0<\/a>doing so.\n<\/p>\n Prince Harry and Meghan Markle carrying their two children Princess Lilibet, left, and Prince Archie, right, at their former Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage. This reversal could pave the way for Harry to bring his children, who are being raised in California, to the U.K. to be reunited with his father,\u00a0King Charles<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n It emerged on Oct. 6 that\u00a0a female stalker<\/a>\u00a0came within feet of Prince Harry on a couple of occasions when he was on a charity visit to the U.K. in September 2025.\n<\/p>\n Harry lost his full security cover when he and Meghan stepped back from frontline royal duties<\/a> in 2020. In May 2025, he lost an appeal<\/a> over the issue. It emerged during that case that he and Meghan, 44, and the family had not had an assessment since 2019.\n<\/p>\n But in October 2025, Harry made another approach, making a personal appeal to the British government minister in charge of policing and crime prevention in Britain,\u00a0the Home Secretary\u00a0Shabana Mahmood<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n In an interview in May, following the failure of his appeal, Harry\u00a0implied to the BBC\u00a0<\/a>that he believed his father,\u00a0King Charles<\/a>, could influence the decision despite the fact that the palace has\u00a0consistently denied<\/a>\u00a0that the King, 77, has the power to have that security reinstated.\n<\/p>\n Meghan Markle and Prince Harry enjoying a night out at at Dodgers Stadium in Oct. 2025.<\/p>\n Joe Scarnici\/MLB Photos via Getty\u00a0<\/p>\n Then, in December, the full-scale review of the Duke of Sussex\u2019s security by the official body that assesses how royals and VIPs are guarded commenced.\n<\/p>\n Harry is due back in the U.K. later this month for a court case over his legal claim against Associated Newspapers, the owners of the publishers of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday and Mail Online.\n<\/p>\n
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