Editing Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (section)

===Drug use and U.S. visa application===
In March 2023, [[the Heritage Foundation]] (HF) sent a dossier on Harry's drug use to different government entities, asking whether he had admitted to past drug use on his U.S. visa application.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/heritage-foundation-prince-harry-visa-b2305263.html|title=Conservative group demands to know if Prince Harry admitted drug use on US visa application|work=The Independent|first=Abe|last=Asher|date=21 March 2023|access-date=22 March 2023|archive-date=21 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321211216/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/heritage-foundation-prince-harry-visa-b2305263.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The following month, they filed a lawsuit against the [[U.S. Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS) demanding his immigration records.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/prince-harry-immigration-records-lawsuit-b2330385.html|title=Right-wing think tank files lawsuit demanding Prince Harry's immigration records|work=The Independent|first=Andrew|last=Feinberg|date=1 May 2023|access-date=2 May 2023|archive-date=1 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501190932/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/prince-harry-immigration-records-lawsuit-b2330385.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 

In March 2024, the U.S. government was ordered to hand over Harry's visa application details to a [[D.C.]] court. The move followed an initial failed freedom of information request that was asked for by the HF from DHS a year earlier.<ref>{{Cite news |author=James Crawford-Smith |date=8 March 2024 |title=Judge orders Prince Harry's visa application information be handed over |url=https://www.newsweek.com/judge-orders-prince-harry-visa-application-heritage-foundation-drugs-1877168 |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=Newsweek |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308165955/https://www.newsweek.com/judge-orders-prince-harry-visa-application-heritage-foundation-drugs-1877168 |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2024, the case brought forward by the HF was closed due to the filing of two sealed orders and a sealed "[[memorandum opinion]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/09/11/prince-harry-us-visa-ruling-hidden-from-public/|title=Prince Harry's US visa ruling hidden from public|work=The Telegraph|first=Victoria|last=Ward|date=11 September 2024|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911051809/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/09/11/prince-harry-us-visa-ruling-hidden-from-public/|archive-date=11 September 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The HF subsequently filed a request to "vacate" the ruling and release confidential correspondence between the judge and DHS.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/prince-harry-visa-drugs-lawsuit-heritage-foundation-homeland-security-1973363|title=Prince Harry's Visa Drugs Headache Isn't Over Yet|work=Newsweek|first=Jack|last=Royston|date=23 October 2024|access-date=26 October 2024}}</ref> Judge Carl Nichols ordered for the redacted versions of the court documents to be released by 18 March 2025.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-harry-visa-spare-court-trump-drugs-b2715995.html|title=Prince Harry's visa files to be made public in days, US judge rules amid drug use claims|work=The Independent|first=Jessica|last=Coates|date=16 March 2025|access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref> 82 pages across seven exhibits that were heavily redacted and did not include the visa application itself were released, though his immigration status was withheld and it was not revealed whether he disclosed his drug use on his visa application.<ref name="Mar18-court">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/prince-harry-visa-immigration-us-hjg0dcm82|title=Prince Harry's US visa documents unsealed after drug claims|work=[[The Times]]|first=Josie|last=Ensor|date=18 March 2025|access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref> Immigration officials argued in the case that HF could "not point to any evidence of government misconduct" while Harry's team stated that he was "truthful" and the documents suggested that he did not receive preferential treatment.<ref name="Mar18-court"/>

In February 2025, new U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] ruled out deporting Harry from the USA, telling the [[New York Post]]: “I’ll leave him alone.”<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-harry-visa-spare-court-trump-drugs-b2715995.html|title=Prince Harry's visa files to be made public in days, US judge rules amid drug use claims|work=The Independent|first=Jessica|last=Coates|date=16 March 2025|access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref>