![]() So, although recollections may vary, I’ve come to the conclusion there’s a pudding being over-egged here. I also suspect the judge won’t appreciate the performative outrage coming from the Sussex camp over events in New York. I’m not sure the British public are ready for a ruling which would allow the international mega-rich to hire themselves tooled-up coppers in armoured Jaguars for the weekend. I suspect this was intended to cover events like football matches, but Harry’s legal team have decided to (as we used to say in the police) ‘give it a run.’ Harry’s even offered to pay, his lawyers having discovered an arcane provision under the Police Act 1996 whereby a chief constable can charge for ‘special police services’. Nonetheless, the allegation will (and has) been made that the timing is convenient – he’s currently challenging a decision not to provide the Sussexes with police protection when they visit the UK. Of course Harry would be hyper-alert to a scenario such as the one that unfolded in New York. I also appreciate how the perception of threat is impacted by trauma you’d need a heart of stone not to sympathise with someone whose mother died being pursued by paparazzi photographers. Now, I’m not suggesting Harry doesn’t have valid security concerns - of course he does. I’ve spent a fair bit of time sitting in New York traffic, so assumed the only people capable of arranging a car chase in the ever-congested Big Apple were Hollywood movie producers. I followed the news of Prince Harry’s car chase across Manhattan with interest.
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