Will Prince Harry’s Visa Secrets Be Revealed? Judge Promises Transparency

The possibility of the public getting their eyes on Prince Harry’s immigration documents is becoming more real as the reopened court case gets underway.

On Wednesday, Feb. 5, a federal judge revealed that it’s “likely” he will order the release of Prince Harry’s immigration files, which would reveal whether the Duke met all legal requirements for his US visa.

If it was found out that he lied or was given special treatment, he could likely face deportation, despite being the King’s son.

Prince Harry’s Visa Court Battle Gets Interesting Update

Prince Harry‘s ‘Spare’ is done biting his family and has now come back to bite him. Published in 2023, the bestselling memoir detailed how the Prince started using cocaine at age 17 “to feel different” and how he has kept up with this practice through the years.

Over the years, he incorporated other recreational drugs like magic mushrooms, cocaine, cannabis, and others.

For this reason, the US think-tank The Heritage Foundation has sued the Department of Homeland Security to try and force the release of the 40-year-old’s records.

“To the maximum extent possible, I’m required to make public everything that can be made public,” Judge Carl J. Nichols said after a hearing for a case brought by lawyers at the conservative Heritage Foundation.

Nichols further told both parties that he would take care any disclosures do not violate US privacy laws meant to protect the Duke.

“I’m going to take this in stages,” he said, referencing his determination to allow the government to “submit proposed redactions” that would help him “analyze” whether Harry properly admitted to his use of cocaine and other drugs as detailed in ‘Spare.’

Arguing on behalf of the government, Attorney John Bardo said that the duke’s records were “essentially the same” as sworn declarations by DHS officials already submitted into evidence and reviewed by the judge.

The declarations had formerly prompted Nichols to rule that “the public does not have a strong interest in disclosure of the duke’s immigration records” last September. However, the judge insisted that the “process” must be carried out.

What the Heritage Foundation’s Attorney Has Said About Prince Harry’s Immigration Documents

Heritage lawyer Samuel Dewey is looking forward to judge Nichols making public some of the secret visa records first received by the State Department and later submitted to DHS.

“I certainly think that some stuff can be disclosed and I don’t think it would necessarily just be a shell,” Dewey told The Post when asked about Bardo’s argument. “There is no expert you talk to who can figure out how the heck [Harry] is here without something having happened.”

If the Prince agreed to doing drugs, he would have had to sign a waiver before he would be granted a visa.

“I certainly think that some stuff can be disclosed and I don’t think it would necessarily just be a shell,” Dewey told The Post when asked about Bardo’s argument. “There is no expert you talk to who can figure out how the heck [Harry] is here without something having happened.”

“If he came in, got a waiver, said, ‘Yes, I did all these drugs. Here’s the 10-page attachment to my form where I checked “yes,” detailing all my directives, got a waiver’ — those records would be in DHS. There would be DHS records adjudicating a waiver,” Dewey explained.

“It could have been a diplomatic visa from the State Department,” he added. “Or they just let him in … No different than if I walked across the Rio Grande, paroled you into the country, said, ‘You’re a gotaway. Go!’”

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