Prince Harry warned he's made one big blunder and 'may now pay the price'
Prince Harry's US visa application has been handed to a judge after a think tank questioned how he was allowed into the country after drug admissions in Spare.
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Prince Harry's 'naive' admission of drug use in his memoir could lead to serious repercussions, a royal expert has warned. The Duke of Sussex caused quite a stir when he confessed to using cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms in his tell-all book, Spare.
This revelation prompted the conservative Washington DC think tank, The Heritage Foundation, to question how he was granted entry into America in 2020 after he quite as a senior member of the Royal Family alongside his wife Meghan Markle.
Following this, Harry's US visa application has been passed on to a judge as The Heritage Foundation initiated a lawsuit against him to ascertain if he lied on his application. Royal author Tom Quinn believes that Harry probably didn't consider the potential fallout when he penned down his drug experiences in his memoir.
Speaking to the Mirror, Mr Quinn said: "It would never have occurred to Harry that being really open about his drug use in Spare might lead to problems with his US Visa application. He's incredibly naive having grown up in a world where everything is done for you and you are automatically given advice and leant on to do the right thing."
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He added: "But with Meghan he suddenly found he could decide what he wanted to do and say without checking with anyone except his wife, and he blundered. He found the freedom exhilarating, but didn't realise it was also dangerous and he may now pay the price."
Tom's remarks follow the submission of Prince Harry's visa application documents to a judge by President Joe Biden's lawyer, in compliance with a court order. The Heritage Foundation initiated the lawsuit after their Freedom of Information Act request was denied, arguing that it was of "immense public interest".
In response to the think tank's argument for the release of Harry's US visa application, lawyers representing DHS stated that the Heritage Foundation "have not demonstrated possible government misconduct or any other public interest that would overcome Prince Harry's privacy interest in these records".
The DHS also clarified that although the Duke is considered a "public official" in the UK, he does not hold the same status in the United States. Their court submissions indicated that DHS had "provided the maximum amount of information that it can provide regarding the records it possesses" without disclosing Harry's immigration status.
In his contentious memoir, Harry discussed his previous cocaine use and confessed it "didn't do anything for me". He further noted: "Marijuana is different, that actually really did help me."