dpWhen RAVEC informed the Sussexes this would not be the case, hours after they reportedly issued a detailed op note about the engagements they planned to carry out, the Duke of Sussex “was devastated and close to tears,” a source told Vanity Fair.
“He had assumed that because he was bringing the kids, and the king had made a royal residence available to them, he would get what he has been pushing for all along—full-time police protection. That has not been the case,” the source said. “The king has made it clear that while he wants to see his estranged son and grandchildren, he will not intervene in security matters.”
It has been reported that, following Harry’s various appeals through the High Court, RAVEC began a new risk assessment of Harry’s security late last year, but that review has not been concluded.
“From speaking to people close to him, it’s clear he is stressed and very disappointed in RAVEC’s decision not to give his family the security he believes they need to have to be safe when they are traveling,” the source added.
The trip to London and Birmingham will include a visit to the Invictus Games Foundation at Chatham House in London as well as to the Royal Hospital in Chelsea.
It is understood that Prince Harry, who no longer has an official UK residence, has still not responded to King Charles’s offer to stay at the palace, but the monarch’s offer still stands.
