The Duke said that each time he had visited the UK since June 2021, he had formally requested protective security in advance, giving the required 28-day notice, Victoria Ward reports.
However, the response on every occasion, which is largely redacted in court documents, was branded “wholly inadequate”.
The decision to deny him protection during his flying visit for his father’s Coronation last May was deemed “irrational”.
In response, Sir James Eadie KC, for the Home Office, insisted otherwise.
“Despite the fact that these matters have been explained to the claimant in correspondence and now in evidence, the claimant still fails to engage with the explanation given,” he said. “Ravec’s approach is unchallengeable.”
Sir James also chastised the Duke for comparing himself to other royals and VIPs who receive protective security, branding the argument “inappropriate”.
The Duke has made several high profile visits to the UK since embarking on this legal action.
On each occasion he has been denied the right to police protection, instead travelling with his own private security team from the US.
Most recently, he flew over to see his father, the King in the wake of his cancer diagnosis.
After a 30-minute meeting at Clarence House, the Duke left the royal residence without police outriders and spent the night in a London hotel.
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