In a stroke of legal coincidence, Prince Harry will be the subject of a court case in America on the same day he is due to appear in London’s High Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lawyers are due in a federal courtroom in Washington DC to demand the US government release the Duke of Sussex’s US visa application form, a move which could result in his removal from the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The case hinges on how the Duke of Sussex answered questions about drug-taking on his US visa form when he applied for a visa allowing him to move to America in March 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An American conservative political research group, the Heritage Foundation, has filed a lawsuit against America’s Department for Homeland Security (DHS) to establish if the correct rules were followed in granting the duke his visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his Netflix series and in his memoir, Spare, Prince Harry admitted to having used cocaine, marijuana and magic mushrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under US law, admission of, or evidence of past drug use, can be grounds to reject a visa application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lawyers for the Heritage Foundation point to two key questions in the US DS160 visa form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first asks: “Have you ever been a drug abuser or addict?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second asks: “Have you ever violated, or engaged in a conspiracy to violate, any law relating to controlled substances?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘There’s a real serious question as to whether or not he should have been admitted’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking to Sky News ahead of the court hearing, the counsel for the Heritage Foundation, Sam Dewey said: “The government has taken the position that ‘there’s nothing to see here’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We’ve taken the position that no, if you look through all the details of his admissions, you look at the drug laws, you look at the laws on admissions, there’s a real serious question as to whether or not he should have been admitted.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He continued: “The alternative, if he didn’t disclose the drug use – then there’s a very serious question as to whether or not proceedings should have begun against him for that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking on behalf of his client, Mr Dewey said the Heritage Foundation’s case was overwhelmingly in the public interest and based on a wider suspicion that the DHS is not acting according to procedure when granting visas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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