Prince Harry has told of the tough task he faced regarding so that she would receive protection when she joined the .

The duke while in the UK and said in the TV interview he “can’t see a in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK”. He against the dismissal of his High Court claim against the Home Office, over the decision of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) that he should receive a different degree of protection when in the UK.

Harry’s level of security changed in 2020 when he and Meghan stepped down as working royals and moved to California for financial and personal freedom,

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But looking back before that, he told of the tussle he had with Ravec, which has delegated responsibility from the Home Office for royal security, to get Meghan protection.

“In November 2017, before the Royal Household’s role on Ravec was known, this secretive committee concluded that when my wife would join the royal family, she should not receive protection,” he said, as part of a long statement given following the dismissal of his appeal. "Only when I asked for the name of the person willing to carry that risk, did they reverse the decision.

“In 2020, Ravec refused for the first time to conduct the required annual risk, threat and impact assessment that their own policies demand. The intention of this assessment is to be objective, and free from bias and interference to confirm the security required. The result was stripping me of the protection I’ve had since birth, whilst signalling to all other governments to do the same. This reckless action knowingly put me and my family in harm’s way. Life is precious and I understand the fragility of it.”

And in an interview with the following the court decision he said “this at the heart of it, is a family dispute”. He also talked about his relationship with his father and that he hopes for “reconciliation”.

“But 2020, when that decision happened, I couldn’t believe it. I actually couldn’t believe it,” Harry told the BBC of when he had the different level of protection taken away.

He added: “I thought, with all the disagreements and all of the chaos that’s happening, the one thing that I could rely on is my family keeping me safe. And not only did they decide to remove my security in the UK, but they also signalled to every single government around the world not to protect us.”

He continued: “Everybody knew that they were putting us at risk in 2020 and they hoped that me knowing that risk would force us to come back.”

The duke said the protection given to members of the monarchy was a form of “control”, saying: “I think what really worries me more than anything else about today’s decision, depending on what happens next, it set a new precedent that security can be used to control members of the family. And effectively what it does is imprison other members of the family from being able to choose a different life.”

Ex-BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond writes in the Daily Express that Harry “says he can only come back to the UK with his family if he is invited, because then he would get the security he believes he needs”.

She continues: “But this bombshell of an interview is unlikely to bring that invitation any closer. And that’s because at the root of the rift is the question of trust. Harry’s father and brother do not trust Harry to keep conversations private. And this loudspeaker of a diatribe against them is not going to make them change their minds.”