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Prince Harry could face the wrath of Donald Trump if it is found that he lied on his US visa about his past drug-taking.
The Duke of Sussex, 40, has been living in Montecito, California, with his wife Meghan Markle and their two children since quitting life as a senior royal in 2020.
While his wife, 43, is a US citizen and would not have needed a visa to return to her home country, the duke had to apply for a visa to give him permission to live in the country.
However, since the release of Spare in 2023, where he opened up using drugs, questions have been raised about whether the prince was honest about this in his visa application, with Washington-based thinktank The Heritage Foundation urging courts to make his application details public.
Nile Gardiner of The Heritage Foundation said on News Nation: “We will be calling on the Trump administration to release Harry’s application records, the Biden administration refused to do that. He should be held to account. I do hope that the new Trump presidency will release Harry’s application records for the American people to see for themselves what exactly is in them records.”
While this has not yet been done, concerns are rising for the prince as President-elect Donald Trump made it clear that if the prince did lie to gain residency in the country, he would take “appropriate action” against him, which has been discussed by Nile Gardiner, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center, who is pushing for the records to be released.
Trump is not believed to be a fan of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, resulting in mounting concerns over what this could mean for the future.
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