Overview
- RAVEC’s Risk Management Board is gathering evidence from police, government departments and the duke’s team for the first reassessment since 2020.
- The process will re-evaluate whether he should receive automatic police protection when visiting the UK, rather than the current case-by-case approach.
- Harry previously lost a court bid to overturn the 2020 change, and officials reiterate that operational details will not be disclosed for security reasons.
- Backers cite his Afghanistan service and a memoir passage about killing 25 Taliban as increasing his risk, while critics frame the push as a bid to revive his public brand.
- He has offered to fund policing but the Metropolitan Police are not for hire, and the outcome could shape whether Meghan, Archie and Lilibet visit Britain for the first time since 2022.