Prince Harry came under scrutiny after admitting to drug use in his memoir ‘Spare’.
Prince Harry’s visa documents have been released as the Duke of Sussex faces calls to be deported from the US. The heavily redacted court documents were released on Tuesday after Judge Carl Nichols previously ruled that some of the visa documents should be made public. The heavily redacted court documents read: “Plaintiffs allege that the records should be disclosed as public confidence in the government would suffer or to establish whether the Duke was granted preferential treatment.
“This speculation by Plaintiffs does not point to any evidence of government misconduct. The records, as explained above, do not support such an allegation but show the regulatory process involved in reviewing and granting immigration benefits, which was done in compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1103 and applicable rules and regulation.”
The documents have been made public after repeated calls from The Heritage Foundation think tank following the release of Harry’s memoir Spare in 2023.
This is because in the bombshell memoir, The Duke of Sussex – who quit royal life in 2020 and moved to America – admitted to previous drug taking in his younger years.
This led to questions over how he was able to obtain a US visa, with previous drug use often being a reason for visas being declined.
The think tank group suggested the prince may have either lied about using drugs on his visa application or been given special treatment by the previous White House administration under President Joe Biden.
Prince Harry and his family live in Montecito in California (Image: Archewell)
As reported by The Times, Harry’s team have maintained he was “truthful” in his visa application.
Since 2020, the prince has been living in Montecito with his wife Meghan Markle, 43, and their two children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.
Concerns about the prince’s US visa and its future have been heightened over the last few months after Donald Trump became US President for the second time.
Trump has made it clear that he dislikes both Harry and Meghan after they quit the Royal Family in 2020, with the president believing they upset the late Queen Elizabeth II, who he was fond of.
The president once said he would not protect Prince Harry in his visa woes as a result of this. He told Daily Express US before being elected for the second time: “I wouldn’t protect him. He betrayed the Queen. That’s unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me.”
However, earlier this year Trump then said he did not want to get involved in the visa situation. He told the New York Post: “I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.”
