Prince Harry's latest doomed battle with the Home Office over police bodyguards cost British taxpayers £100,000, new figures revealed today.
The Duke of Sussex lost his case at the Court of Appeal last month, saying in a BBC interview straight afterwards that 'I wish someone had told me beforehand' there was 'no way to win'.
Today the Mail can reveal the Home Office has put its legal costs in the case at £656,324, which includes £554,000 for the original case a year ago which the High Court ruled Harry had 'comprehensively lost'.
Since then, during which time Harry appealed the decision, an additional £102,000 has been incurred by government lawyers.
It is likely that, as the losing party, Harry will be ordered to reimburse taxpayers all or most of the costs, putting him on the hook for as much as £1.5million, when his own legal costs are added. Last year, after he lost the original case, a judge said Harry should repay 90 per cent of the public's costs.
