What are Harry and Meghan's UK security arrangements and where do they get their money?
Getty ImagesPrince Harry is challenging the decision to downgrade his UK security protection, at London's Court of Appeal.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex left the UK after stepping back from official royal duties in 2020.
The couple have since launched commercial ventures, including several Netflix series and a new lifestyle brand headed by the duchess, Meghan Markle.
Why has Harry gone to court over his security?
After stepping back from official duties, the duke and duchess were no longer given the security arrangements provided for senior royals.
Harry said it was too dangerous to bring his family back to the UK without adequate police protection, and took the government to court.
"The UK is my home," he told the High Court in December 2023. "The UK is central to the heritage of my children. That cannot happen if it's not possible to keep them safe."
Home Office lawyers said the duke would still have publicly funded police security in the UK, under "bespoke arrangements" decided on a case-by-case basis.
In February 2024, the High Court ruled this was "legally sound".
However, he is now challenging the decision at the Court of Appeal. Some of the two day hearing, which began on 8 April, will be held in private.
A separate court ruling previously rejected the prince's request to be allowed to pay privately for more substantial protection.
Harry has also said his private security can't access Home Office or security services databases to know about threats against him.
Why did Harry and Meghan leave the Royal Family?
Harry and Meghan met in 2016 and married in 2018. They stepped down as senior royals in January 2020.
Angry about media intrusion, they were frustrated that Buckingham Palace prevented them developing their "SussexRoyal" brand.
Harry remains a prince and is fifth in line to the throne.
Getty ImagesThe couple kept their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles, but are no longer addressed as His or Her Royal Highness (HRH). Harry also gave up his military titles.
When Harry's father, Charles, became King, the couple's two children became Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet of Sussex.
Where do Harry and Meghan live?
Harry and Meghan moved to California in June 2020, saying they wanted space to raise Archie. Lilibet was born there in 2021.
The couple no longer have an official UK residence, after being asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage, a Grade-II listed property on the Windsor estate.
Carly b. talbotQuestions about Prince Harry's US immigration status have been raised by conservative US think tank The Heritage Foundation, because of his previous comments about taking drugs including cocaine and marijuana.
Disclosing drug use can mean visa applications are rejected, although officials have discretion about final decisions.
In September 2024, a US judge ruled documents relating to Harry's visa application should remain private. However, after the Heritage Foundation challenged the decision a heavily redacted version was published.
Do Harry and Meghan still come to the UK?
Prince Harry has returned to the UK for court cases relating to his security arrangements and action against newspaper publishers.
He has also attended the WellChild awards, for children with serious illness or disability, and a service for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, a sporting competition for injured servicemen and women which he helped found.
In August 2024, he attended a memorial service for his uncle, Lord Robert Fellowes. The Prince of Wales was also there, although the brothers reportedly did not speak to each other.
In February 2024, he flew back for a 45-minute meeting with Charles after Buckingham Palace announced that the King had cancer.
The duke and duchess both returned to the UK for the late Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, and her funeral in September of that year.
Harry attended his father's coronation in May 2023, without Meghan.
How do Meghan and Harry earn their money?
As working royals, they received 95% of their annual income from Harry's father, then Prince of Wales. The taxpayer-funded Sovereign Grant made up the other 5%.
When they stepped down as senior royals, King Charles gave them "a substantial sum" to help establish their new life.
Harry and Meghan set up the Archewell charitable foundation, and established commercial arrangements with private companies. In February 2024 the couple launched their Sussex.com website.
Rebranding the new brand
In March 2024, Meghan launched a new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, named after a term used to describe the Santa Barbara area where she and her family live.
Pictures of branded jam jars then circulated on social media, suggesting it might sell food products.
In February 2025, the Duchess announced the brand had been renamed "As Ever", with jam, tea, "cookie mixes", and flower sprinkles listed for sale.
Television
The Sussexes' media company, Archewell Productions, makes programmes for Netflix under a deal thought to be worth millions of dollars.
The couple featured in the Harry and Meghan documentary series, where they talked about life in the Royal Family.
The Heart of Invictus series followed and discussed the duke's emotional "unravelling" after military service in Afghanistan.
Polo was broadcast in December 2024.
NetflixWith Love, Meghan - a lifestyle show, blending "practical how-tos and candid conversation" - began on 4 March.
A second series will be broadcast this autumn.
Podcasts
Archewell also made podcasts for Spotify under a contract thought to be worth $25m (£19.7m).
This included a series called Archetypes, which featured the duchess in conversation with other well-known women.
A new series with Lemonada Media, Confessions of a Female Founder, began in April.
Books
Harry's memoir, Spare, was published in January 2023.
It discussed his relationship with his brother and father, as well as his grief over the death of his mother, Princess Diana.
AFPThe book's publishers promised $1.5m (£1.18m) and £300,000 respectively would be given to the Sentebale and WellChild charities.
Meghan wrote a children's book, called The Bench, in 2021.
Inheritance
William and Harry received the bulk of Princess Diana's £13m fortune when she died in 1997.
In a 2021 interview, Harry told Oprah Winfrey his share of the money funded his family's move to the US.
He is also thought to have inherited millions from his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother.
It is not known whether Queen Elizabeth left him any money.
Acting
During her acting career, the Duchess of Sussex was reportedly paid $50,000 (£40,000) for each episode of the legal drama Suits.
She appeared in more than 100 episodes.
Getty ImagesWhat happened with Harry's court cases against various newspapers?
In January 2025, Prince Harry settled a case with News Group Newspapers (NGN), after it offered a "full and unequivocal apology" for "serious intrusion" into his private life between 1996 and 2011, and "incidents of unlawful activity" by private investigators.
It agreed to pay him an undisclosed amount of damages.
NGN, which owns the Sun, the Times and the Sunday Times and published the News of the World before its 2011 closure, also apologised for serious intrusion into the private life of Prince Harry's late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.
Harry also settled a phone-hacking claim against Mirror Group Newspapers in February 2024.
His lawyer said the duke had been awarded "substantial" damages. He was also granted £140,600 in damages in another part of the case.
A separate court case over claims from the duke and others that the Daily Mail's publisher, Associated Newspapers, unlawfully obtained information about them continues.