Prince Harry's visa battle heats up as US cites Trump ruling to keep records private
Authorities have used the former US President's case as a reason to not release further details about the royal.
Details about Prince Harry’s visa arrangements will be kept private after a case involving Donald Trump was cited as a reason not to release them.
Washington DC-based think tank, The Heritage Foundation, has sued Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to release details of the Duke's visa application.
The group is fighting to reveal whether Harry received preferential treatment in his visa application after he admitted in his memoir, Spare, that he previously took drugs.
But now the United States government is using a case involving former US president Donald Trump case as a reason to not share details of Prince Harry's immigration status.
The Trump case involved possible interactions he may have had with the FBI prior to 2015 when he was a private citizen. The information surrounding that case was also sought under a freedom of information request.
John Bardo, a lawyer for the department, said: "They found that President Trump, from when he was a private citizen, his privacy interests outweighed any public interest that there may be in previous interactions he may have had with the FBI.
"And I would argue, if President Trump has a privacy interest in that kind of interaction with the government, Prince Harry's privacy interest is even greater.
"Because he was never a governmental official in this country, has never appeared on a ballot in this country."
Under US law, anyone who has taken drugs, or is labelled as a “drug abuser” is in danger of being deemed “inadmissible” to America.
The rules have prevented other high-profile figures and celebrities from entering the country.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are said to be "worried sick" about being "kicked out" of their new home country if former president Donald Trump becomes the next US president, reports New Idea.
Trump previously hinted to the Daily Express he would possibly revoke the Duke of Sussexes' visa should he win the forthcoming November election.
Prince Harry's US visa application is now under review by a judge. US President Joe Biden's lawyers are currently complying with a court order to move the case forward.
