Prince Harry has reportedly scored a bombshell victory in his long-running battle over his security arrangements while in the UK.

The Duke of Sussex wrote to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood shortly after her appointment and submitted a formal request for a risk assessment to the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), which is overseen by the Home Office, a source close to the duke said in October. The Home Office has now reportedly ordered a threat assessment for the first time since 2020.

It comes after the duke lost an appeal in May challenging the dismissal of his High Court claim against the Home Office over the decision of Ravec that he should receive a different degree of taxpayer-funded protection when in the country.

The legal challenge

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