The UK and the US have deep ties going back for more than a century. It was during World War II that the tie between our two countries was called “the special relationship.” We share intelligence, we work together militarily, we are strong diplomatic and financial allies, and there are informal rules and customs between Downing Street and the White House which reinforce this special relationship. Decades and decades of alliance between our countries. And now, in this current era, that special relationship has devolved to “is America going to deport Prince Harry??” Like, the British media has repeatedly contacted the American embassy in London to get Ambassador Jane Hartley on the record about all things Sussex. It’s insane. Well, guess what? Ambassador Hartley was asked yet again about the Sussexes, this time about Donald Trump’s promise to deport Prince Harry on the Heritage Foundation’s say-so.
Prince Harry is safe to stay in America as long as Joe Biden remains president, the US ambassador said today as she laughed off Donald Trump’s threats to take ‘appropriate action’ against him.
The Republican frontrunner said last week that the Duke of Sussex could face consequences if he is found to have lied about taking drugs on his US visa application. US Ambassador Jane Hartley was asked about his comments in an interview today. She laughed off the suggestion Harry could be deported, telling Sky News: ‘It’s not gonna happen in the Biden administration.’
Harry’s references to using cocaine, cannabis and magic mushrooms in his memoir, Spare, prompted a conservative think-tank to sue the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) to reveal the contents of his visa application. The Heritage Foundation claims the information is of ‘immense public interest’ as, they claim, it could show Harry ‘lied’ on his visa application about his past drug use or ‘answered truthfully’ and ‘received special treatment’. The Biden administration is fighting the case on the basis that visa applicants have a right to privacy. But the foundation has countered by insisting Harry undermined his right to privacy in the book and by ‘selling every aspect of his private life’.
As Heritage’s targeted harassment of Harry stretches on and on – it’s been more than a year since they launched this hate campaign – I wish more American outlets would pick up on the story as a purely political one, rather than a royal-oddity. With Trump’s comments, it should be a story about Trump being fed talking points from British right-wingers like Nigel Farage. But anyway… Ambassador Hartley is telling everyone that a vote for Joe Biden is a vote for Prince Harry living peacefully and without harassment in Montecito.
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01/12/2022. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with the United States ambassador to the United kingdom, Jane Hartley at No10 Downing Street. 10 Downing Street.,Image: 741762521, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: This image is for Editorial use purposes only. The Image can not be used for advertising or commercial use. The Image can not be altered in any form., Model Release: no, Credit line: Rory Arnold / Avalon 
London, UK, 10th July 2023. Joe Biden (Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.), President of the United States of America, is welcomed to 10 Downing Street by Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, both then reappear after short meetings and Mr. Biden exits Downing Street in the motorcade. Biden is visiting the UK to meet the PM, and later King Charles, before he travels on the the NATO summit in Lithuania.,Image: 788296869, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Imageplotter / Avalon 
London, UK, 10th July 2023. Joe Biden (Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.), President of the United States of America, is welcomed to 10 Downing Street by Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, both then reappear after short meetings and Mr. Biden exits Downing Street in the motorcade. Biden is visiting the UK to meet the PM, and later King Charles, before he travels on the the NATO summit in Lithuania.,Image: 788296882, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Imageplotter / Avalon
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at a benefit concert for Santa Barbara first responders on Kevin Costner’s estate in Montecito, USA, on 22 September 2023.,Image: 807665120, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: JERRY PEREZ / Avalon 
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at a benefit concert for Santa Barbara first responders on Kevin Costner’s estate in Montecito, USA, on 22 September 2023.,Image: 807665364, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: JERRY PEREZ / Avalon 
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at a benefit concert for Santa Barbara first responders on Kevin Costner’s estate in Montecito, USA, on 22 September 2023.,Image: 807665423, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: JERRY PEREZ / Avalon
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at a benefit concert for Santa Barbara first responders on Kevin Costner’s estate in Montecito, USA, on 22 September 2023.,Image: 807665624, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: JERRY PEREZ / Avalon 
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, at a benefit concert for Santa Barbara first responders on Kevin Costner’s estate in Montecito, USA, on 22 September 2023.,Image: 807665970, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: JERRY PEREZ / Avalon 
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, at a benefit concert for Santa Barbara first responders on Kevin Costner’s estate in Montecito, USA, on 22 September 2023.,Image: 807666025, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: JERRY PEREZ / Avalon
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, F1 Grand Prix of USA at Circuit of The Americas on October 22, 2023 in Austin, United States of America. Photo by HOCH ZWEI Austin United States of America *** Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, F1 Grand Prix of USA at Circuit of The Americas on October 22, 2023 in Austin, United States of America,Image: 815952653, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/HOCH ZWEI / Avalon 
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, F1 Grand Prix of USA at Circuit of The Americas on October 22, 2023 in Austin, United States of America. Photo by HOCH ZWEI Austin United States of America *** Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, F1 Grand Prix of USA at Circuit of The Americas on October 22, 2023 in Austin, United States of America,Image: 815952663, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/HOCH ZWEI / AvalonncG1vNJzZmivp6x7pLHLnpmirJOdxm%2BvzqZmcW5kZ350e9SslpqlkpbAtK3DqKmYrJ%2BUwamxvq6imKiimsCqsMSnq5iamZmyr6vWoqOll56aw6a%2Bvp2cqaeiqayxvsinmp6XmJa%2Fs8WO