Editing Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (section)

==Personal life==
===Bachelorhood===
[[Chelsy Davy]], the daughter of Zimbabwean South Africa-based businessman Charles Davy, was referred to as Harry's girlfriend in an interview conducted for his 21st birthday, and Harry said he "would love to tell everyone how amazing she is but once I start talking about that, I have left myself open.... There is truth and there is lies and unfortunately I cannot get the truth across."<ref>{{cite news|last=Bates|first=Stephen|title=Harry at 21 on Camilla, the media and Aids children in Africa|url=https://www.theguardian.com/monarchy/story/0,,1570161,00.html|work=The Guardian|date=15 September 2005 |access-date=14 October 2008 |archive-date=11 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211131114/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/sep/15/monarchy.stephenbates|url-status=live }}</ref> Davy was present when Harry received his [[Operational Service Medal (United Kingdom)|Operational Service Medal]] for Afghanistan<ref name="PeopleMedal"/> and also attended his graduation ceremony when he received his flying wings from his father.<ref name="The Daily Telegraph" /> In early 2009, it was reported the pair had parted ways after a relationship that had lasted for five years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prince Harry and girlfriend split|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7849307.stm|work=BBC News |date=24 January 2009|access-date=26 March 2010|archive-date=16 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216043441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7849307.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>

In his 2023 memoir, Harry states that months after breaking up with Davy he was introduced to [[Caroline Flack]], whom he described as "funny", "sweet", and "cool".<ref name="Spare-Flack">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/harry-book-caroline-flack-relationship-b2257848.html|title=Prince Harry opens up about 'tainted' romance with late Caroline Flack|work=The Independent|first=Maanya|last=Sachdeva|date=7 January 2023|access-date=7 January 2023|archive-date=7 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107143453/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/harry-book-caroline-flack-relationship-b2257848.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The two saw each other for a while before press intrusion "tainted" their relationship "irredeemably" according to Harry.<ref name="Spare-Flack"/> Flack had discussed the relationship in her own autobiography as well.<ref>{{cite book|first=Caroline|last=Flack| title = Storm in a C Cup: My Autobiography|publisher=Simon & Schuster UK| year = 2015| isbn = 978-1-471-15438-6 |pages = 193–194}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/celebrity/caroline-flack-on-her-relationships-with-prince-harry-and-harry-styles/|title=Harry Styles' Ex-Girlfriend Opens Up About Her Rumored Romance with Prince Harry|magazine=People|first=Andrea|last=Park|date=11 October 2015|access-date=11 March 2023|archive-date=4 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304193530/https://people.com/celebrity/caroline-flack-on-her-relationships-with-prince-harry-and-harry-styles/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2012, Harry's cousin [[Princess Eugenie]] introduced him to [[Cressida Bonas]], an actress and model who is the granddaughter of [[Edward Curzon, 6th Earl Howe]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Eden|first1=Richard|last2=Pearlman|first2=Jonathan |title=Prince Harry set to marry Cressida Bonas, say friends |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/10358395/Prince-Harry-set-to-marry-Cressida-Bonas-say-friends.html|work=The Telegraph|date=5 October 2013|access-date=11 March 2014 |url-access=subscription|archive-date=11 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311122815/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/10358395/Prince-Harry-set-to-marry-Cressida-Bonas-say-friends.html|url-status=live }}</ref> On 30 April 2014, it was reported that the couple had parted amicably.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas in 'amicable split' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27219684|work=BBC News|date=30 April 2014|access-date=1 May 2014 |archive-date=1 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501084743/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27219684|url-status=live }}</ref>

===Marriage and family===
{{further|Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle}}
[[File:Harry and Meghan on Christmas Day 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|With Markle on Christmas Day, 2017]]
In mid-2016,<ref name="People-date">{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/prince-harry-meghan-markle-romance-timeline/|title=Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Relationship Timeline|magazine=People|first=Jessica|last=Sager|date=8 December 2022|access-date=10 December 2022|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209214020/https://people.com/royals/prince-harry-meghan-markle-romance-timeline/|url-status=live}}</ref> Harry began a relationship with American actress [[Meghan Markle]].<ref name="Cambridge">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/26/duke-cambridge-approved-prince-harrys-plea-trolls-leave-meghan/|title=The Duke of Cambridge approved Prince Harry's plea to trolls to leave Meghan Markle alone|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|work=The Telegraph|date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912063947/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/26/duke-cambridge-approved-prince-harrys-plea-trolls-leave-meghan/|archive-date=12 September 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/27/harry-meghan-blind-date-engagement-words/ |title=Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engaged: 'She didn't even let me finish!' Couple describe 'sweet, natural and very romantic' proposal|last=Furness|first=Hannah|date=27 November 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127233239/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/27/harry-meghan-blind-date-engagement-words/|archive-date=27 November 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-wedding-marriage-engaged-1.4417681 |title=Prince Harry, actress Meghan Markle engaged|work=CBC News|date=27 November 2017|access-date=21 December 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127144359/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-wedding-marriage-engaged-1.4417681|archive-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> According to the couple, they first connected with each other via [[Instagram]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/royals/harry-meghan-first-met-instagram-rcna60719|title=Harry and Meghan first met on Instagram after he saw her with a dog-ears filter|work=Today|first=Lindsay|last=Lowe|date=8 December 2022|access-date=9 December 2022|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209055838/https://www.today.com/popculture/royals/harry-meghan-first-met-instagram-rcna60719|url-status=live}}</ref> though they have also said that they were set up on a blind date by a mutual friend in July 2016.<ref name="People-date"/> On 8 November, eight days after the relationship was made public by the press, the prince directed his communications secretary to release a statement on his behalf to express personal concern about pejorative and false comments made about his girlfriend by [[mainstream media]] and [[internet trolls]].<ref name="Vallance-2016">{{cite news|url=https://www.royal.uk/statement-communications-secretary-prince-harry|title=A Statement by the Communications Secretary to Prince Harry|last=Vallance |first=Adam |date=8 November 2016 |work=The Royal Family |access-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927052849/https://www.royal.uk/statement-communications-secretary-prince-harry|archive-date=27 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="Guardian on smear">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/08/prince-harry-lambasts-press-over-meghan-markle-coverage|title=Prince Harry attacks press over 'wave of abuse' of girlfriend Meghan Markle|work=The Guardian|first1=Robert|last1=Booth|first2=Lisa|last2=O'Caroll|date=8 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907173906/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/08/prince-harry-lambasts-press-over-meghan-markle-coverage |archive-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> In September 2017, Prince Harry and Markle first appeared together in public at the [[Invictus Games]] in Toronto.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41376139 |title=Meghan Markle attends Invictus Games|date=24 September 2017|work=BBC News Online|access-date=26 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927085407/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41376139 |archive-date=27 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/prince-harry-meghan-markle-make-official-public-appearance/story?id=50007178|title=Prince Harry, Meghan Markle make first official public appearance|date=26 September 2017|work=ABC News|access-date=26 September 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925041954/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/prince-harry-meghan-markle-make-official-public-appearance/story?id=50007178|archive-date=25 September 2017}}</ref> Their engagement was announced on 27 November 2017 by Harry's father.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle are engaged to be married |url=https://www.royal.uk/prince-harry-and-ms-meghan-markle-are-engaged-be-married |date=27 November 2017|website=The Royal Family|access-date=15 August 2020|last=Minard|first=Jenny |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807014113/https://www.royal.uk/prince-harry-and-ms-meghan-markle-are-engaged-be-married |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Frost|first=Katie |title=Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Engaged! (Nov. 27, 2017)|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a12198435/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged/ |magazine=Town & Country|date=27 November 2017|access-date=15 August 2020|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811021101/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a12198435/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Cambridge"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Bourke|first=Latika |title=Royal wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce engagement |url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/royal-wedding-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-announce-engagement-20171127-gztxks.html |access-date=27 November 2017 |work=The Age|date=27 November 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127200809/http://www.theage.com.au/world/royal-wedding-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-announce-engagement-20171127-gztxks.html|archive-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> The announcement prompted generally positive comments about having a mixed-race person as a member of the royal family,<ref name=race>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/meghan-markle-has-already-changed-way-think-race/ |title=Meghan Markle has already changed the way we think about race|first=Sunder|last=Katwala |date=25 May 2018 |access-date=12 July 2018|work=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713123438/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/meghan-markle-has-already-changed-way-think-race/|archive-date=13 July 2018|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> especially in regard to Commonwealth countries with populations of blended or native ancestry.<ref>{{cite news|last=Grigoriadis|first=Vanessa|title=Inside the Markle Family Breakdown|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/12/inside-the-meghan-markle-family-breakdown-thomas-samantha-markle|date=19 December 2018|access-date=24 October 2023|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|archive-date=15 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215115723/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/12/inside-the-meghan-markle-family-breakdown-thomas-samantha-markle|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle|marriage ceremony]] was held at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]] on 19 May 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42156565|title=Harry and Meghan to wed in Windsor in May|date=28 November 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=28 November 2017|archive-date=23 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723044741/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42156565|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/18/st-georges-chapel-inside-windsor-castle-venue-tomorrows-royal/|title=St George's Chapel: Inside the Windsor Castle venue for tomorrow's royal wedding|last=Vickers|first=Hugo|date=18 May 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=18 May 2018|url-access=subscription|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=18 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518065407/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/18/st-georges-chapel-inside-windsor-castle-venue-tomorrows-royal/|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple later revealed in the 2021 television interview ''[[Oprah with Meghan and Harry]]'' that, three days prior to the ceremony, they had privately exchanged vows in their garden, in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meghan and Harry interview: Racism claims, duke 'let down' by dad, and duchess on Kate |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56316659 |work=BBC News |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-date=15 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315232230/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56316659 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, this earlier exchange of vows was not an official religious or [[Marriage in England and Wales|legally recognised marriage]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swerling |first1=Gabriella |last2=Ward |first2=Victoria |last3=Tominey |first3=Camilla |author3-link=Camilla Tominey |title=Prince Harry and Meghan's 'secret wedding' an exchange of vows and not legal ceremony |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=8 March 2021 |quote=sources within both the Church of England and those working for the Sussexes moved to clarify that the vows presided over by the Most Rev Justin Welby in the garden did not constitute a legal marriage. Instead, the "marriage" was merely a personal and private exchange of vows between the couple.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Siddique |first=Haroon |title=Meghan's claim of private garden wedding sparks confusion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/08/meghans-claim-of-private-garden-wedding-sparks-confusion |access-date=10 March 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309203311/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/08/meghans-claim-of-private-garden-wedding-sparks-confusion |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Duke and Duchess initially lived at [[Nottingham Cottage]] in London, in the grounds of Kensington Palace.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/20/nottingham-cottage-kensington-home-meghan-harry-will-live-married/|title=Nottingham Cottage: The Kensington home where Meghan and Harry live as a married couple|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|first=Victoria|last=Ward|date=22 May 2018|access-date=12 July 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-date=5 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705111706/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/20/nottingham-cottage-kensington-home-meghan-harry-will-live-married/|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2018, it was reported that they had signed a two-year lease on WestfieldLarge, located on the Great Tew Estate in the [[Cotswolds]].<ref name="WestfieldLarge">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/real-estate/a20979122/great-tew-estate-meghan-markle-prince-harry-country-home/|title=What to Know About Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Former Cotswolds Home|magazine=Town & Country|first=Lauren|last=Hubbard|date=17 May 2019|access-date=6 January 2023|archive-date=6 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106204400/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/real-estate/a20979122/great-tew-estate-meghan-markle-prince-harry-country-home/|url-status=live}}</ref> They gave up the lease after photos of the house and its interior were published by a paparazzi agency.<ref name="WestfieldLarge"/> The couple considered settling at the 21-room Apartment 1 within Kensington Palace,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/all-about-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-new-home-at-kensington-palace|title=All About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's New 21-Room Home at Kensington Palace|magazine=Vogue|first=Elise|last=Taylor|date=5 October 2018|access-date=6 January 2023|archive-date=6 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106211631/https://www.vogue.com/article/all-about-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-new-home-at-kensington-palace|url-status=live}}</ref> but moved to [[Frogmore Cottage]] in the [[Home Park, Windsor|Home Park]] of [[Windsor Castle]] which Queen Elizabeth II had recently gifted to them instead.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/child-coming-it-s-suburbs-prince-harry-meghan-markle-n939631|title=With child coming, it's off to the country for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle|work=NBC News|date=24 November 2018|access-date=24 November 2018|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124220217/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/child-coming-it-s-suburbs-prince-harry-meghan-markle-n939631|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-harry-and-meghan-are-moving-to-the-suburbs-frogmore-cottage-2018-11-24/|title=Prince Harry and Meghan are moving to the suburbs|work=CBS News|date=24 November 2018|access-date=24 November 2018|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124135143/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-harry-and-meghan-are-moving-to-the-suburbs-frogmore-cottage-2018-11-24/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Crown Estate]] refurbished the cottage at a cost of £2.4 million, paid out of the [[Sovereign Grant]], with the Duke later reimbursing expenses beyond restoration and ordinary maintenance, a part of which was offset against rental payments that were due at the time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harry and Meghan taxpayer-funded renovations cost £2.4m |work=BBC News |date=25 June 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48746609 |access-date=25 June 2019 |archive-date=24 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624234634/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48746609 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=£2.4m bill for renovation of Meghan and Harry's house, Frogmore Cottage |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/2-4m-bill-for-renovation-of-meghan-and-harry-s-house-frogmore-cottage-mxwg6wbdj |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=25 June 2019 |last1=Low |first1=Valentine |url-access=subscription |archive-date=24 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624235404/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2-4m-bill-for-renovation-of-meghan-and-harry-s-house-frogmore-cottage-mxwg6wbdj |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54062799|title=Prince Harry: Frogmore Cottage renovation cost repaid|work=BBC News|date=7 September 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031230631/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54062799|url-status=live}}</ref> On 6 May 2019, the Duke and Duchess's son, [[Prince Archie of Sussex|Archie]], was born.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barry |first1=Ellen |last2=Karasz |first2=Palko |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/world/europe/meghan-markle-baby-boy.html |title=Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, gives birth to a boy |work=The New York Times |date=6 May 2019|access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506135908/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/world/europe/meghan-markle-baby-boy.html |archive-date=6 May 2019 |url-status=live |url-access=limited }}</ref> Their office was moved to Buckingham Palace and officially closed on 31 March 2020 when the Sussexes ceased "undertaking official engagements in support of the Queen".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-split-households-kate-middleton-prince-william/|title=Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Have Split Royal Households from Kate Middleton and Prince William|magazine=People|first=Erin|last=Hill|date=14 March 2019|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402132823/https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-split-households-kate-middleton-prince-william/|archive-date=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a30999952/prince-harry-meghan-markle-to-officially-close-buckingham-palace-office-march-31/|title=Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to Officially Close Buckingham Palace Office at the End of March|magazine=Town & Country|first=Victoria|last=Murphy|date=19 February 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|archive-date=19 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219031152/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a30999952/prince-harry-meghan-markle-to-officially-close-buckingham-palace-office-march-31/|url-status=live}}</ref> After some months in Canada and the United States, the couple bought a house in June 2020 on the former estate of [[Riven Rock, Montecito|Riven Rock]] in [[Montecito, California]].<ref name=TelegAug20>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/08/13/harry-meghan-buy-home-santa-barbara-estate-formed-setting-1998/|title=Harry and Meghan buy home on Santa Barbara estate that was subject of 1998 novel Riven Rock|date=13 August 2020|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=14 August 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220109090136/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/08/13/harry-meghan-buy-home-santa-barbara-estate-formed-setting-1998/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-oprah-interview-chicken-coop-california-home-archie-chick-inn/|title=What Is Archie's Chick Inn? The Sweet Moment You Missed from Meghan and Harry's Oprah Interview|magazine=People|first=Stephanie|last=Petit|date=8 March 2021|access-date=18 January 2022|archive-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182734/https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-oprah-interview-chicken-coop-california-home-archie-chick-inn/|url-status=live}}</ref> The next month, the Duchess suffered a [[miscarriage]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55068783|title=Meghan: Duchess of Sussex tells of miscarriage 'pain and grief'|work=BBC News|date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202060220/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55068783|url-status=live}}</ref> On 4 June 2021, their daughter, [[Princess Lilibet of Sussex|Lilibet]], was born.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Max |last2=Said-Moorhouse |first2=Lauren |title=Meghan and Prince Harry welcome second child |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/06/europe/meghan-harry-baby-girl-news-intl-scli/index.html |access-date=6 June 2021 |work=CNN |date=6 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624040458/https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/06/europe/meghan-harry-baby-girl-news-intl-scli/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Duke and Duchess have owned a [[Labrador Retriever|Labrador]] named Pula, and two [[Beagle]]s named Guy and Mamma Mia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/harry-mamma-mia-pula-sussex-daily-telegraph-b2151800.html|title=Harry and Meghan adopt beagle called Mamma Mia|work=The Independent|first=Catherine|last=Wylie|date=24 August 2022|access-date=24 August 2022|archive-date=24 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824155730/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/harry-mamma-mia-pula-sussex-daily-telegraph-b2151800.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/meghan-markle-mourns-death-rescue-beagle-guy-8767884|title=Meghan Markle Mourns Death of Rescue Beagle Guy: 'I Have Cried Too Many Tears to Count'|magazine=People|first1=Rachel|last1=Burchfield|first2=Erin|last2=Hill|date=7 January 2025|access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref>

In 2017, Harry stated that he had "five or six" godchildren, some of whom later attended his wedding.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZzp84rtCbs|title=Bryony Gordon speaks to Prince Harry for Mad World Podcast (2017 Archive)|work=The Telegraph|date=April 2017|accessdate=11 February 2024|via=YouTube|archive-date=27 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427012616/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZzp84rtCbs|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sorry, great-grandma, but Meghan is leaving Archie in Canada for this trip |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/sorry-great-grandma-but-meghan-is-leaving-archie-in-canada-for-this-trip-pfsmkrpmh |access-date=3 December 2020 |work=[[The Times]] |date=1 March 2020 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204060244/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sorry-great-grandma-but-meghan-is-leaving-archie-in-canada-for-this-trip-pfsmkrpmh |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Health===
In May 1988, Harry underwent a surgery for a minor [[hernia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/9b2ba9fd6a6bb30b9c2b58a6d97dc714|title=Prince Harry Undergoes Surgery For Minor Hernia|work=AP News|date=10 May 1988|access-date=29 May 2023|archive-date=29 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529215737/https://apnews.com/article/9b2ba9fd6a6bb30b9c2b58a6d97dc714|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2000, he broke his thumb while playing football at Eton and underwent a minor operation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1016959.stm|title=Prince Harry recovers after thumb op|work=BBC|date=10 November 2000|access-date=3 September 2022|archive-date=4 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904000418/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1016959.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In his memoir, ''[[Spare (memoir)|Spare]]'', Harry admits that he took [[cocaine]] at the age of 17.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-cocaine-spare-drugs-b2256758.html|title=Prince Harry admits doing cocaine as teenager 'to feel different'|work=The Independent|first=Maanya|last=Sachdeva|date=5 January 2023|access-date=5 January 2023|archive-date=5 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105165252/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-cocaine-spare-drugs-b2256758.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, it was reported that, with Charles's encouragement, Harry had paid a visit to a drug rehabilitation unit to talk to drug addicts after it had emerged that he had been smoking [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] and drinking at his father's Highgrove House and at a local pub in the summer of 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/world/charles-s-response-to-use-of-drugs-by-son-is-praised.html|title=Charles's Response to Use Of Drugs by Son Is Praised|work=The New York Times|first=Warren|last=Hoge|date=14 January 2002|access-date=3 August 2022|url-access=limited|archive-date=3 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803064140/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/world/charles-s-response-to-use-of-drugs-by-son-is-praised.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jan/13/monarchy.antonybarnett|title=Prince Harry taken to drink and drugs rehab clinic|work=The Guardian|first=Antony|last=Barnett|date=12 January 2002|access-date=8 January 2022|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108204411/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jan/13/monarchy.antonybarnett|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jan/14/politics.drugsandalcohol|title=Prince praised for stance on Harry's drug use|work=The Guardian|first=Stephen|last=Bates|date=13 January 2002|access-date=8 January 2022|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108225239/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jan/14/politics.drugsandalcohol|url-status=live}}</ref> He adds in his memoir that he smoked cannabis at Eton and in Kensington Palace gardens,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2023/01/05/prince-harry-cocaine-use-teenager-spare-book/|title=Prince Harry admits to taking cocaine and mushrooms, saying drugs let him see 'the truth'|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Victoria|last=Ward|date=5 January 2023|access-date=10 January 2023|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109194353/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2023/01/05/prince-harry-cocaine-use-teenager-spare-book/|url-status=live}}</ref> but he later told a court that "he never smoked in [his] father's house".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/prince-harry-hacking-trial-evidence-key-moments-b1085959.html|title=All the key revelations from the Prince Harry hacking trial so far|work=Evening Standard|first=Tristan|last=Kirk|date=6 June 2023|access-date=6 June 2023|archive-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606151932/https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/prince-harry-hacking-trial-evidence-key-moments-b1085959.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the memoir, he also detailed taking [[magic mushroom]]s at a party at [[Courteney Cox]]'s house in January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/prince-harry-magic-mushrooms/|title=Prince Harry Thought a Toilet Was Talking to Him After Doing Magic Mushrooms|work=Vice|first=Max|last=Daly|date=6 January 2023|access-date=6 January 2023|archive-date=6 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106124901/https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjk9y5/prince-harry-magic-mushrooms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.etonline.com/prince-harry-recalls-crush-on-courteney-cox-says-he-took-mushrooms-while-staying-at-her-house|title=Prince Harry Recalls Crush on Courteney Cox, Says He Took Mushrooms While Staying at Her House|work=Entertainment Tonight|first=Jackie|last=Willis|date=5 January 2023|access-date=6 January 2023|archive-date=5 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105235458/https://www.etonline.com/prince-harry-recalls-crush-on-courteney-cox-says-he-took-mushrooms-while-staying-at-her-house|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017 and during an appearance on [[Bryony Gordon]]'s podcast ''Mad World'', Harry acknowledged that with the support of his brother he had sought [[Grief counseling|counselling]] years after his mother's death.<ref name="Telegraph-podcast">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/16/prince-harry-sought-counselling-death-mother-led-two-years-total/|title=Prince Harry: I sought counselling after 20 years of not thinking about the death of my mother, Diana, and two years of total chaos in my life|last=Furness|first=Hannah|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 April 2017|url-access=subscription|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-date=12 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312231535/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/16/prince-harry-sought-counselling-death-mother-led-two-years-total/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/04/prince-harry-reveals-he-went-to-therapy-to-process-princess-diana-death|title=Prince Harry Reveals He Went to Therapy to Deal with Princess Diana's Death|magazine=Vanity Fair|first=Hilary|last=Weaver|date=17 April 2017|access-date=15 November 2021|archive-date=9 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309190311/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/04/prince-harry-reveals-he-went-to-therapy-to-process-princess-diana-death|url-status=live}}</ref> He added that he had struggled with aggression, had suffered from [[anxiety]] during royal engagements, and had been "very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions".<ref name="Telegraph-podcast"/> He later added that he had taken up [[boxing]] as a way of coping with mental stress and "letting out aggression".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/17/mental-health-benefits-boxing-prince-harry|title=The mental health benefits of boxing|work=The Guardian|first=Kevin|last=Mitchell|date=17 April 2017|access-date=7 May 2022|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507064234/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/17/mental-health-benefits-boxing-prince-harry|url-status=live}}</ref> In other interviews he stated that besides therapy he took alcohol to cope and used experimental drugs [[Recreational drug use|recreationally]], including "[[psychedelics]], [[Ayahuasca]], [[psilocybin]], mushrooms."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-drugs-diana-grief-60-minutes-b2258376.html|title=Prince Harry says experimental drugs helped him clear 'the misery of loss' after Diana's death|work=The Independent|first=Chelsea|last=Ritschel|date=9 January 2023|access-date=9 January 2023|archive-date=9 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109034158/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-drugs-diana-grief-60-minutes-b2258376.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/prince-harry-admits-psychedelic-drugs-helped-him-deal-traumas-past|title=Prince Harry admits psychedelic drugs helped him 'deal with the traumas' of the past|work=Fox News|first=Tracy|last=Wright|date=6 March 2023|access-date=22 March 2023|archive-date=22 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322045732/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/prince-harry-admits-psychedelic-drugs-helped-him-deal-traumas-past|url-status=live}}</ref> He also stated that what he experienced after his mother's death "was very much" [[post-traumatic stress disorder]] (PTSD).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-ptsi-diana-spare-b2258744.html|title=Prince Harry opens up about 'healing' from PTSI after Diana's death: What is Post Traumatic Stress Injury?|work=The Independent|first=Amber|last=Raiken|date=9 January 2023|access-date=9 January 2023|archive-date=9 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109151909/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-ptsi-diana-spare-b2258744.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In his mental-health television documentary, ''[[The Me You Can't See]]'', which premiered in 2021, he added that he had undergone four years of therapy to address his mental health issues, having been encouraged to do so by his future wife after they had started dating.<ref name="Therapy-People">{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/prince-harry-requests-for-help-to-royal-family-were-met-with-total-silence-total-neglect/|title=Prince Harry Says Requests for Help to His Family Were 'Met with Total Silence, Total Neglect'|magazine=People|first1=Karen|last1=Mizoguchi|first2=Simon|last2=Perry|date=20 May 2021|access-date=21 May 2021|archive-date=21 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521044627/https://people.com/royals/prince-harry-requests-for-help-to-royal-family-were-met-with-total-silence-total-neglect/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also mentioned that he had suffered from "[[panic attack]]s [and] severe anxiety" in his late 20s and that the heavy load of official visits and functions had eventually "led to [[Occupational burnout|burnout]]".<ref name="Therapy-People"/> In an episode of ''[[Armchair Expert]]'', Harry attributed his mental health issues to the ineffective parenting style of previous generations and to the "genetic pain and suffering" passed down in his family, adding that he believed his issues stemmed from "the pain or suffering that perhaps my father or my parents had suffered".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-harry-royal-family-prince-charles-parenting-style/|title=Prince Harry says parenting style of royal family inflicts "pain and suffering"|work=CBS News|first=Sophie|last=Lewis|date=16 May 2021|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107042759/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-harry-royal-family-prince-charles-parenting-style/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insider.com/prince-harry-says-pain-suffering-in-royal-dna-science-2021-5|title=Prince Harry says 'pain and suffering' is in the royal family's DNA. Here's how genetic trauma works.|work=Insider|first=Andrea|last=Michelson|date=19 May 2021|access-date=6 January 2022|archive-date=11 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211131152/https://www.businessinsider.com/prince-harry-says-pain-suffering-in-royal-dna-science-2021-5|url-status=live}}</ref> In his 2023 memoir, Harry described himself as an [[agoraphobe]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-meghan-markle-fight-spare-b2256999.html|title=Prince Harry recalls fight with Meghan Markle that led him to seek therapy|work=The Independent|first=Amber|last=Raiken|date=6 January 2023|access-date=7 January 2023|archive-date=6 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106105134/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-meghan-markle-fight-spare-b2256999.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Political views===
In September 2020, Harry and his wife released a video addressing American voters to "reject hate speech, misinformation and online negativity" in the [[2020 United States presidential election]], which was seen by some as an implicit endorsement of [[Joe Biden]].<ref name="Sussex">{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/517909-trump-wishes-prince-harry-luck-with-meghan-markle-after-biden|title=Trump wishes Prince Harry 'luck' with Meghan Markle after Biden endorsement: 'Not a fan'|last1=Concha|first1=Joe|date=23 September 2020|access-date=23 September 2020|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027125623/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/517909-trump-wishes-prince-harry-luck-with-meghan-markle-after-remarks-about-voting}}</ref> Harry was the subject of a prank by the Russian comedy duo [[Vovan and Lexus]], who posed as climate activist [[Greta Thunberg]] and her father during two phone calls on New Year's Eve and 22 January 2020.<ref name="Russian-prank">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51831374|title=Prince Harry 'duped by Greta Thunberg call' Russian pranksters say|work=BBC|date=11 March 2020|access-date=7 July 2022|archive-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324133929/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51831374|url-status=live}}</ref> During the conversations, Harry described his decision to leave the monarchy as "not easy" and criticised [[Donald Trump]]'s stance on climate change and his support of the coal industry.<ref name="Russian-prank" />

In May 2021, Harry was a guest on [[Dax Shepard]] and [[Monica Padman]]'s podcast ''[[Armchair Expert]]'' during which he talked about the freedom of speech and laws related to it in the United States, stating "I've got so much I want to say about the [[First Amendment]] as I sort of understand it, but it is bonkers."<ref name="First-Amendment">{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/prince-harry-faces-backlash-in-the-us-after-calling-first-amendment-bonkers-12309014|title=Prince Harry faces backlash in the US after calling First Amendment 'bonkers'|work=Sky News|first=Chris|last=Robertson|date=17 May 2021|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517111143/http://news.sky.com/story/prince-harry-faces-backlash-in-the-us-after-calling-first-amendment-bonkers-12309014|url-status=live}}</ref> He added that it was "a huge subject and one which [he didn't] understand", emphasising that one could "capitalise or exploit what's not said rather than uphold what is said."<ref name="First-Amendment"/> The comments were met by backlash from conservative Americans and Britons, prompting figures such as [[Ted Cruz]], [[Dan Crenshaw]], [[Nigel Farage]], [[Candace Owens]], [[Jack Posobiec]], and [[Laura Ingraham]] to criticise him publicly.<ref name="First-Amendment"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-first-amendment-dax-shepard-b1848649.html|title=Prince Harry criticised after calling First Amendment in USA 'bonkers'|first=Kate|last=Ng|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|date=17 May 2021|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517095018/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-first-amendment-dax-shepard-b1848649.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2021, in a panel at ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''{{'}}s Re:Wired Conference, Harry claimed that a day before the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]] he emailed [[Jack Dorsey]], CEO of Twitter, and 'warned' of potential civil unrest, but had not received a response.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59229044|title=Harry says he warned Twitter boss ahead of Capitol riot|work=[[BBC]]|date=9 November 2021|access-date=10 November 2021|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110014520/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59229044|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/10/prince-harry-says-he-warned-twitter-boss-a-day-before-capitol-riot|title=Prince Harry says he warned Twitter boss a day before Capitol riot|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Sarah|last=Marsh|date=10 November 2021|access-date=10 November 2021|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110112930/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/10/prince-harry-says-he-warned-twitter-boss-a-day-before-capitol-riot|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/prince-harry-says-warned-twitter-ceo-jan-6-capitol-riot-rcna5062|title=Prince Harry says he warned Twitter CEO about Jan. 6 Capitol riot|work=NBC News|first=Rachel|last=Elbaum|date=10 November 2021|access-date=13 November 2021|archive-date=12 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112232211/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/prince-harry-says-warned-twitter-ceo-jan-6-capitol-riot-rcna5062|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same month, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and MP [[Johnny Mercer (politician)|Johnny Mercer]], who was leading the efforts to waive visa fees for foreign-born UK veterans and their families, announced in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|Commons]] that the Duke of Sussex was supportive of their proposal and viewed it as "morally right" and not as "a political intervention".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/johnny-mercer-harry-commonwealth-mps-government-b1971589.html|title=Harry 'supports bid to remove visa fees for foreign-born UK veterans'|work=The Independent|first=Richard|last=Wheeler|date=8 December 2021|access-date=9 December 2021|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209054019/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/johnny-mercer-harry-commonwealth-mps-government-b1971589.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2022, in an interview with [[Jessica Yellin]] for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', Meghan described Harry's reaction to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]'s [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|decision]] that abortion is not a protected constitutional right as "guttural".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/gloria-steinem-duchess-of-sussex-jessica-yellin-roe-v-wade/|title=Gloria Steinem, the Duchess of Sussex, and Jessica Yellin on Abortion Rights, the ERA, and Why They Won't Give Up Hope|magazine=Vogue|date=28 June 2022|access-date=30 June 2022|archive-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630000355/https://www.vogue.com/article/gloria-steinem-duchess-of-sussex-jessica-yellin-roe-v-wade|url-status=live}}</ref> Harry later condemned the decision as "rolling back of constitutional rights" in his address to the United Nations on [[Mandela Day]] in July 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/prince-harry-united-nations-speech-roe-v-wade-b2125861.html|title=Prince Harry condemns the 'rolling back of constitutional rights' in United Nations speech|work=The Independent|first=Bevan|last=Hurley|date=18 July 2022|access-date=18 July 2022|archive-date=18 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718164040/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/prince-harry-united-nations-speech-roe-v-wade-b2125861.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Associate justice of the Supreme Court [[Samuel Alito]], who wrote the majority decision for the case, criticised foreign figures including Harry for their comments on "American law" during a speech.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/prince-harry-and-boris-johnson-mocked-by-us-supreme-court-judge-for-speaking-out-against-aborting-ruling-12661330|title=Prince Harry and Boris Johnson mocked by US Supreme Court judge for speaking out against aborting ruling|work=Sky News|date=29 July 2022|access-date=30 July 2022|archive-date=29 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729160719/https://news.sky.com/story/prince-harry-and-boris-johnson-mocked-by-us-supreme-court-judge-for-speaking-out-against-aborting-ruling-12661330|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2023, Harry broke royal protocol by criticising the [[UK government]] in his witness statement to a court.<ref name="government-statement">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/06/prince-harry-tells-court-britains-government-and-press-at-rock-bottom|title=Britain's government and press at rock bottom, Prince Harry tells court|work=The Guardian|first1=Jim|last1=Waterson|first2=Kiran|last2=Stacey|date=6 June 2023|access-date=6 June 2023|archive-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606150123/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/06/prince-harry-tells-court-britains-government-and-press-at-rock-bottom|url-status=live}}</ref> He argued that both the [[British press]] and the government were "at rock bottom" and instead of scrutinising the government the press got "into bed with them so they can ensure the status quo".<ref name="government-statement"/>

===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>