Harry’s Princely Problems: Want the gossip?

Prince Harry is an international problem. 

As the son of the King of England, Harry is a celebrity; he’s famous for being famous, rather than for any particular talent or position. He isn’t a governmental official, though he pretends to be one. He isn’t even particularly well-liked. He and his wife gather headlines and can throw a public temper tantrum, which is covered by the New York Times and the BBC

This weekend, Harry drew international headlines yet again. He lost a major security case in the UK. At the heart of the matter is the question: do some famous people deserve publicly-funded security at the cost of millions per year? Can a famous person demand governmental protection and even dictate how that security should work? The UK courts have definitively said no.

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