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The case concerns a decision by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) that he should receive a different degree of protection when in the UK. Sir Geoffrey Vos, Lord Justice Bean and Lord Justice Edis will deliver the judgement.

At a two-day hearing in April, barristers for the duke told the Court of Appeal that he was “singled out” for “inferior treatment”. They argued his safety, security and life are “at stake”.

Ravec has delegated responsibility from the Home Office over protective security arrangements for members of the Royal Family and others.

Prince Harry is understood to be keen to bring his children, Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three, to the UK.

“Safe visits would enable his children to know his home country and enable him to better support his charities,” an insider told Hello!.

Last year, retired High Court judge Sir Peter Lane ruled that Ravec’s decision, taken in early 2020 after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit as senior working royals, was lawful.

The Home Office, legally responsible for Ravec’s decisions, opposes the appeal.

Shaheed Fatima KC, representing the duke, told the court that Harry and Meghan “felt forced to step back” from their roles as senior working royals.

She said they felt “they were not being protected by the institution”. After Ravec’s decision, al Qaida called for Harry “to be murdered”, the court heard.

His security team was informed that the terrorist group had published a document saying his “assassination would please the Muslim community”, Fatima added.

She argued Ravec did not get an assessment from the “risk management board, or the RMB”. Instead, they created a “different and so-called ‘bespoke process'”.

“The appellant does not accept that ‘bespoke’ means ‘better’,” she said. “In fact, in his submission, it means that he has been singled out for different, unjustified and inferior treatment,” Fatima told the court.

She added that the duke was not seeking automatic entitlement to his previous level of protection. Rather, he wanted “to be considered under the same process as any other individual”.

Sir James Eadie KC, for the Home Office, argued the duke’s appeal “involves a continued failure to see the wood for the trees”. He said Ravec treats Harry in a “bespoke manner” which was “better suited” to his circumstances.

“He is no longer a member of the cohort of individuals whose security position remains under regular review by Ravec,” Sir James added.

Harry attended both days of the hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice. During the proceedings, he could be seen taking notes and talking with part of his legal team.