Overview
- Multiple UK outlets report that a fresh RAVEC risk assessment has concluded Prince Harry qualifies for automatic armed police protection on UK visits, with a formal decision expected within weeks.
- There has been no official confirmation, as government and Sussex spokespeople declined to discuss security arrangements, citing longstanding policy on operational confidentiality.
- The reassessment followed Harry’s September letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood requesting a review and asking RAVEC to apply its annual risk-review rules.
- Reports say two September incidents involving a known female stalker at the Royal Lancaster hotel and later at Imperial College were flagged to the risk board as evidence of elevated threat.
- Sources caution that palace intervention could still affect the outcome, and separate reports indicate Meghan, Archie and Lilibet are not expected to travel with Harry on an imminent UK trip linked to his Associated Newspapers case.