Prince Harry is “horribly stressed” over his US visa case, a royal expert claims. The Duke of Sussex could be in hot water over his US visa application, as American conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation launched legal action in an attempt to have the official documents made public.
They claim the 39-year-old Duke either lied about his previous drug use on his visa application or has been given special treatment by the US government and now, a judge overseeing the case has ruled that the visa application will be reviewed in private. There was uproar when Harry confessed to using drugs, including cocaine, in his memoir Spare which was released in 2023, three years after he had his visa to live in the US granted. The Heritage Foundation subsequently launched a lawsuit to determine if Harry had lied in the application, and the Department of Homeland Security refused to make the documents public over privacy concerns.
As the court case rumbles on in Washington D.C., royal expert and author Tom Quinn has claimed Harry will be feeling the pressure of the legal drama. “He may get special treatment, but his upcoming court case could just as easily jeopardise his status in the States,” Quinn exclusively tells Mirror. “He could even be asked to leave the country if what he said on his immigration forms fails to match his claims in Spare. According to the couple’s friends, Harry is horribly stressed but as ever he has hired the best lawyers money can buy.”
Quinn also suggested that Harry was “naive” in thinking that revealing his previous drug use in his memoir would have no implications. “It would never have occurred to Harry that being really open about his drug use in Spare might lead to problems with his US Visa application,” Quinn continued. “He’s incredibly naive having grown up in a world where everything is done for you and you are automatically given advice and leant on to do the right thing.”
The royal author blamed Harry’s wife Meghan Markle for giving the prince newfound confidence in himself, which prompted him to make the startling confessions in his memoir. “But with Meghan he suddenly found he could decide what he wanted to do and say without checking with anyone except his wife, and he blundered,” Quinn added. “He found the freedom exhilarating but didn’t realise it was also dangerous and he may now pay the price.”
Campaigners from the Heritage Foundation have ramped up their demands to have Harry’s visa application made public after the US Ambassador Jane Hartley insisted the Duke of Sussex would not be deported during President Joe Biden’s tenure in the White House. She made the comments after former president Donald Trump asserted he would deport Harry, as he would do any other citizen, that was found to have lied on their visa application.
