Joe Biden’s administration is being sued by a conservative think tank seeking the publication of Prince Harry’s visa application in an effort to determine whether there was “favoritism” over his use of drugs.
The Duke of Sussex moved to America in March 2020, when Donald Trump was still president, as international borders were due to close in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Since then, Harry and Meghan Markle have been living in California and working at their Archewell Foundation, and the prince’s visa application has come under scrutiny over recent admissions in his book Spare that he took drugs including cocaine, cannabis, magic mushrooms, and ayahuasca in both Britain and America.
The Heritage Foundation initially submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in early March, asking for his application form to be published but it was refused citing Harry’s privacy.
Now the think tank has sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and a court filing dated May 1, seen by Newsweek, states: “The media coverage has surfaced the question of whether DHS’s decision to admit the Duke of Sussex into the United States should be reconsidered in light of the Duke of Sussex’s most recent admissions to the essential elements of numerous drug offenses both here and abroad in his 2023 memoir, Spare.”
It added: “This is an action under the Freedom of Information Act to compel the production of information related to DHS’s decisions to admit HRH Prince Henry Charles Albert David George of Wales, the Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton, and Baron Kikell K.C.V.O. (‘HRH’ or ‘Duke of Sussex’) into the United States and to allow him to remain to date.”
The Heritage Foundation argued that the decision on Harry’s visa should be opened up to public scrutiny to allow examination of whether Homeland Security, in general, applies the rules without favor.
“[Media] coverage has directly surfaced questions regarding whether DHS is enforcing the law in a discretionary area consistently, impartially, or is showing favoritism,” the filing states.
The organization said Harry “has a severely diminished privacy interest” due to revelations, including in his book Spare.
