Overview
- Multiple outlets, citing sources close to the Sussexes, report that a new RAVEC risk assessment found Prince Harry meets the threshold for taxpayer-funded armed protection on UK visits.
- Sources say formal approval could follow in the coming weeks, though they caution the decision is not yet public.
- The reassessment was prompted by September incidents involving an alleged stalker during Harry’s UK trip and his subsequent letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
- RAVEC’s process involves the Home Office, Metropolitan Police and Royal Household, with legal responsibility resting with the Home Office; both the government and the Sussexes declined to comment on security details.
- Reports note the only potential obstacle cited by insiders is possible Palace intervention, and Meghan and the children are not expected to join Harry on his imminent UK trip linked to his case against Associated Newspapers.