Prince Harry’s court documents claimed Al Qaeda called for him to be killed over comments in his memoir.
Harry wrote about killing Taliban fighters in his tell-all memoir Spare, released in January 2023.
It comes after the Duke of Sussex lost his High Court battle with the Home Office about his security in the UK.
The Duke of Sussex was fighting a 2020 decision by the Executive Committee for Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) that he should receive a different degree of protection in the UK.
Court documents revealed that Al Qaeda called for Harry to be killed
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When Harry stepped down as a working royal in 2020, he was told he would not receive the “same degree” of protection as before.
Ahead of Harry’s trip to the UK in March 2023, the duke’s European security director warned that Al Qaeda had called for the prince to be killed.
The group is said to have ordered Harry’s death after he wrote about killing 25 Taliban fighters while he was a soldier in Afghanistan.
Osama bin Laden founded the militant organisation named Al Qaeda, responsible for terrorist attacks around the world.
Harry wrote about killing 25 Taliban fighters in his memoir Spare
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In his memoir Spare, the duke said: “It wasn’t a statistic that filled me with pride, but it didn’t leave me feeling ashamed either.
“When I found myself immersed in the heat and confusion of combat, I didn’t think of those as 25 people.
“They were chess pieces removed from the board; the bad people eliminated before they could kill the good people.”
Prince Harry served in the army for 10 years and undertook two tours of Afghanistan.
Prince Harry lost a court case over his police security in the UK
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Prince Harry served in the British army for 10 years
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The duke continues to support the work of servicemen and women through his charities including the Invictus Games.
The Duke of Sussex’s lawyers previously claimed that Harry had been “singled out” and treated “less favourably” in the decision in 2020 to change his security protection.
But today the court found that there had not been any unlawfulness in the February 2020 decision and that any departure from policy was justified.
Harry’s spokesperson has since announced that he will be appealing the High Court’s decision.
