AMERICA-loving Prince Harry has finally cut ties with Britain – after listing his California mansion as his primary residence.
The duke put “New normally resident country/state” as America on Companies House records in June last year.
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He previously listed the United Kingdom as his primary home.
The move signals a clear break with Britain, after he and his wife Meghan Markle left the Royal Family in 2020.
Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, live in a $14 million mansion in Montecito with their children Archie, four, and Lilibet, two.
The 18,000-square-foot pile has nine bedrooms and 16 bathrooms, plus a sauna, gym, game room and arcade.
A library, an office – which Meghan says she shares with Harry – a wine cellar and a five-car garage are also available.
The extensive gardens feature a large swimming pool, tennis court, chicken coop and rose gardens.
And there is also a large terrace with a wood burning stove and barbecue.
It turns out Harry is fighting to stop the release of immigration documents after concerns were raised about his visa application.
The case was brought forward by a think tank after Harry claimed in his memoir Spare that he had consumed cocaine, marijuana and magic mushrooms.
The Heritage Foundation argues that releasing the documents will prove whether Harry lied about his past drug use on his visa application.
They say if the duke lied, he could violate US federal law and lose his immigration status.
Lawyers for the US government argued that Harry’s claims about drugs in the explosive book are “not proof” that he actually took them.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration, says making Harry’s documents public would violate his privacy.
In its legal filing, DHS said the records in question are “particularly sensitive” because they “would reveal Harry’s (immigration) status in the United States.”
HARRY’S LINE OF SIGHT
The main facts:
Harry claimed in his memoir Spare that he took cocaine, marijuana and magic mushrooms.
A conservative think tank called the Heritage Foundation says the allegations of drug use call Harry’s immigration status into question.
They took the US government to court demanding the Duke’s visa application be made public, to see if he lied about his past drug use.
If he lied, Harry could violate US federal law.
Government lawyers argue that releasing such documents would violate Harry’s privacy and security.
DHS also stated that Harry still has a right to privacy, even though he is a celebrity.
Judge Carl Nichols asked authorities to turn over the documents in March, saying their privacy argument was “insufficiently detailed.”
Heritage Foundation attorney Samuel Dewey previously accused the US government of “providing special treatment to celebrities” to enter the US.
The conservative think tank says it is in the public interest to release Harry’s visa application.
On Monday, a US ambassador said Harry would not be deported from the US regardless of the outcome of the trial.
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