How Taylor Swift Could Help Prince Harry Win His Security Case Appeal

The case is set to be heard again next spring.

Prince Harry could have an unlikely ally in his security case against the U.K. government. 

It's been more than four years since the royal has been fighting for his and his family's right to security when they visit England, but the courts ruled against him in February 2020 after he and Meghan Markle stepped down as working royals. However, Harry is appealing the decision and might be using Taylor Swift's name to get his case overturned. 

The new case is set to be heard next spring and a source with knowledge of the situation claims that Harry has "less protection than Taylor Swift in the U.K." In case you forgot, the pop star was given police escorts to all of her Eras Tour concerts at Wembley Stadium in August in the wake of a terror plot that forced her to cancel three of her shows in Austria.  

“The Government’s decision to provide Taylor Swift with armed police escorts during her August 2024 Wembley Stadium performances highlight significant inconsistencies in how protection decisions are made by U.K. authorities, raising questions about the transparency and consistency of the process,” the insider told People, adding: “Clearly Prince Harry is being treated completely differently to everyone else." 

The source explained that the case “demonstrates the need for a more systematic and transparent approach to protection decisions, ensuring both public safety and equitable application of security resources.”

Meanwhile, a separate insider told the Telegraph: "The decision to provide a police escort for Taylor Swift has exposed troubling inconsistencies in how protection decisions are reached."

They continued, "Whilst Prince Harry is denied protection despite consistent, long-standing and well-documented threats, we saw extraordinary measures being taken here–including the Met seeking counsel from the Attorney General–for a visiting performer–because that performer’s manager and parent threatened to pull her out if she wasn’t given the protection they wanted for her."

The Metropolitan Police previously issued a statement in regard to the situation. “The Met is operationally independent. Our decision making is based on a thorough assessment of threat, risk and harm and the circumstances of each case," they explained. "It is our longstanding position that we don’t comment on the specific details of protective security arrangements."

Last year, Harry revealed that he felt "forced" to leave the U.K. over security concerns and that he refused to "put my wife in danger."

"It was with great sadness to both of us that my wife and I felt forced to step back from this role and leave the country in 2020," he said in the statement, according to a report from ITV. "The U.K. is my home. The U.K. is central to the heritage of my children and a place I want them to feel at home as much as where they live at the moment in the United States. That cannot happen if there is no possibility to keep them safe when they are on U.K. soil."

His statement finished, "I can't put my wife in danger like that, and given my experiences in life, I'm reluctant to unnecessarily put myself in harm's way, too."