Overview
- Ravec’s Risk Management Board is reassessing his threat level for the first time since 2020, with a decision expected next month, according to reports.
- The review follows the duke’s formal request to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood for a fresh risk assessment through Ravec.
- Until any change is made, he has no automatic entitlement to armed protection in the UK and must seek case-by-case cover with 30 days’ notice to the Metropolitan Police.
- The duke lost his appeal in May over police protection and has said the ruling prevents him from bringing Meghan and their children to visit safely.
- Officials say the system is rigorous and decline to discuss arrangements, and any restoration of armed protection would be funded by taxpayers when he is in the UK.