Donald Trump warned that Prince Harry will be “on his own” if he is re-elected as president in 2024 after criticizing the Duke of Sussex’s “unforgivable” betrayal of Queen Elizabeth II.
While speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md on Saturday, Trump criticized President Joe Biden’s administration for being “too gracious” to the Sussexes ever since Harry and his American wife Meghan moved to California in 2020.
“I wouldn’t protect him. He betrayed the Queen. That’s unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me,” the former president told The Express, as he claimed President Joe Biden’s administration had given the immigrant special privileges.
When asked about Biden’s approach to the Sussexes, Trump bashed the president’s policies, explaining, “I think they have been too gracious to him after what he has done.”
Trump’s comments come as Prince Harry’s immigration status has become embroiled in a legal battle by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, which has argued that the 39-year-old royal could not have legally entered the US because he admitted to taking illegal drugs in his memoir.
Admissions of drug abuse can be a serious hurdle for non-Americans who want to be admitted to the country.
In “Spare,” Harry wrote that when he was younger he had taken cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms, noting that the cocaine “didn’t do anything for me,” but “Marijuana is different, that actually really did help me.”
The Heritage Foundation’s lawsuit argues that US law “generally renders such a person inadmissible for entry” to the country, but lawyers representing the Department of Homeland Security argued differently in court last week, saying something in a book wasn’t “sworn testimony or proof.”
The lawyers argued Prince Harry’s account could have been embellished to “sell books,” noting that “saying something in a book doesn’t necessarily make it true.”
Earlier this week, reports suggested the prince may be looking to jump back into his working royal life after growing “very bored.”
The royal also admitted he had thought about becoming a US citizen, but he may have to give up his title to do so.
Generally being married to a citizen gives immigrants the right to a marriage green card enabling them to live and work in the states. It was unclear what kind of visa Harry used to enter the US.
