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Did Prince Harry Receive 'Preferential Treatment' on US Visa Application? Lawsuit Aims to Find Out

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🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Britain's Prince Harry may have received “preferential treatment” when granted his U.S. visa, according to Nile Gardiner of The Heritage Foundation.  Harry, the Duke of Sussex, publicly admitted to drug use in his recent memoir “Spare,” but it's not known whether the royal disclosed his drug use on his visa application, an admission that can slow the application process or result in its rejection.  The Heritage Foundation Oversight Project filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Homeland Security asking for a copy of Harry’s application. The request was denied, so Heritage filed a lawsuit, arguing that it is in the public's interest to know whether Harry lied or not on his visa application. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) “Everyone should be treated equally before the law,” says Gardiner, who formerly served as a foreign policy researcher for then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and currently serves as the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.  “U.S. immigration law should be applied forcefully and fairly, without any kind of favor given to individuals applying,” Gardiner said.  If the royal “lied on his application, that is a very serious offense," he said. "That would be perjury.” Gardiner joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain the significance of the legal fight and the possible reasons why DHS has been unwilling to release Harry’s visa application.  Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Walsh Prince Harry, because of his celebrity status, we'll see given some kind of preferential

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treatment.

0:07.3

It's our view that everyone should be treated equally before the law.

0:10.4

US immigration law should be applied forcefully and fairly without any kind of favor given

0:17.8

to individuals applying.

0:25.7

This is the Daily Listen on Podcast for Friday, September 8th.

0:28.3

I'm Virginia Allen, and that with Nile Gardner, the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center

0:32.8

for Freedom here at the Heritage Foundation.

0:36.2

Nile formally served as the foreign policy researcher for a former British Prime Minister, Margaret

0:42.8

Thatcher.

0:43.8

And according to Gardner, Prince Harry may have received special treatment when granted

0:49.2

his visa to come to the United States.

0:52.8

Today, on the Daily Listen on Podcast, we are diving into that discussion and that question

0:58.1

with Nile Gardner of Did Prince Harry receive special treatment on his visa application.

1:04.5

The question stems from conversations around Prince Harry's drug usage, something he admits

1:10.1

to in his recent book, Spare.

1:13.0

These applicants are asked about their drug usage on their application.

1:17.1

And so there's questions about whether Prince Harry disclosed that information and was

1:22.1

still granted a visa or whether he did not disclose that information on his visa application.

1:30.0

Well Heritage has actually filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security in order

1:35.1

to receive access to Prince Harry's visa application to find out whether the royal disclosed

1:41.2

his prior drug usage or not.

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