Prince Harry’s legal team told the court that he and Meghan Markle “felt forced to step back” from their senior royal roles in 2020, believing the royal institution was not offering them adequate protection.

Today, Harry appeared at the Court of Appeal in London to support his ongoing legal fight over the security arrangements provided to him in the UK.

The Duke of Sussex traveled over 5,000 miles from California to attend the two-day appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice.

He is contesting a previous decision about whether he, Meghan, and their children, Archie and Lilibet, are entitled to publicly funded security when they are in Britain.

Shaheed Fatima KC, speaking on behalf of Prince Harry, argued in court that the Duke was unfairly treated when his top-tier police protection from the Metropolitan Police was taken away.

She stated that the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) didn’t follow its own guidelines when it made the decision in February 2020.

Instead, according to her, Ravec came up with a separate and so-called “bespoke process.”

“The appellant does not accept that ‘bespoke’ means ‘better’,” Ms Fatima told the court. “In his view, it means he was treated differently — in a way that was unjustified and inferior.”