The U.S. government on Tuesday released documents related to a legal battle over Prince Harry’s 2020 visa application but redacted large portions, citing privacy protections and a lack of evidence that he received special treatment.
The release follows a lawsuit by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, which filed a Freedom of Information Act request to determine whether the British royal disclosed his past drug use—something he admitted to in his memoir Spare.
More than 80 pages of court filings and transcripts were made public, with large sections blacked out. Immigration officials argued that the public interest did not outweigh Harry’s right to privacy.
"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... does not point to any evidence of government misconduct," wrote Jarrod Panter, an official at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
In Spare, released in 2023, Harry admitted to using cocaine and marijuana. U.S. immigration laws can bar entry to individuals with past drug use, raising questions over how his application was handled.
Harry and his wife Meghan Markle left their royal duties in 2020 and moved to the United States. Neither Harry nor the Heritage Foundation has commented on the document release.
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Canada’s economy contracted 0.2 % in February, its first monthly decline since November, as slumps in mining, oil and gas extraction, and construction dragged overall output lower, Statistics Canada said.
U.S. President Donald Trump is closing in on a minerals deal with Ukraine, part of his plan to end the war.
Romanians vote Sunday in a rerun presidential election with far-right eurosceptic George Simion leading the polls, a potential upset that could unsettle markets and raise alarms in the EU and NATO.
Iran plans to meet with representatives from Britain, France, and Germany in Rome on Friday, ahead of a new round of nuclear talks with the United States scheduled for Saturday, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.
Canada’s economy contracted 0.2 % in February, its first monthly decline since November, as slumps in mining, oil and gas extraction, and construction dragged overall output lower, Statistics Canada said.
U.S. President Donald Trump is closing in on a minerals deal with Ukraine, part of his plan to end the war.
Romanians vote Sunday in a rerun presidential election with far-right eurosceptic George Simion leading the polls, a potential upset that could unsettle markets and raise alarms in the EU and NATO.
Iran plans to meet with representatives from Britain, France, and Germany in Rome on Friday, ahead of a new round of nuclear talks with the United States scheduled for Saturday, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has announced the upcoming release of a documentary film about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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