A report in the Independent states that former US President Donald Trump has declared that Prince Harry has “betrayed the Queen” and that he would be “on his own” if he is elected to a second term this year. “I wouldn’t protect him,” Mr. Trump continued during his speech on Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. He was the Queen’s traitor. That is not excused. If it came down to me, he would be on his own.”
Additionally, he criticised Joe Biden, claiming that the president had been “too gracious” to the Duke of Sussex. In 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle relocated to the United States, where they currently live in California with their two children.
The Prince had recently said on Good Morning America that he had “considered” obtaining American citizenship and that he had “no idea” what was holding him back. “The thought has crossed my mind but is not a high priority right now,” he said.
Mr Trump’s remarks coincide with a new wave of debate around Prince Harry’s immigration status, following the claim made by a US conservative think tank that the Duke cannot have legally entered the country since he had admitted taking illegal drugs in his book ‘Spare’.
The 39-year-old Prince acknowledged using cocaine, marijuana, and psychedelic mushrooms in his best-selling book which was released in 2023, but attorneys for the Department of Homeland Security said he could have fabricated the information to make his book more appealing to the followers of the Royal family.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been under fire from the Heritage Foundation for months, claiming that the documents need to be released due to revelations made by the Duke of Sussex in his memoir. As per the Telegraph, they argued that the Duke of Sussex’s previous drug usage should have prohibited him from entering the United States under federal law and that disclosing his application is in the “immense public interest.”
However, John Bardo, a DHS lawyer, stated that releasing the paperwork would be “an unwarranted invasion of Prince Harry’s privacy.” “The records are particularly sensitive because releasing them, even in part, would reveal Prince Harry’s status in the United States, which Prince Harry has not disclosed. Courts consistently hold that a person’s visa or immigration status is private, personal information exempt from disclosure,” the lawyer argued.
It is to be noted that any application for citizenship would require Prince Harry to surrender his title, under US Citizenship and Immigration Services rules. The US immigration policy mentions that “any applicant who has any titles of heredity or positions of nobility in any foreign state must renounce the title or the position.”
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