Campaigners demand to know if Prince Harry admitted drug use for his US visa
Prince Harry is facing calls to have his US visa application made public after a request was submitted to release his papers following his admission to taking drugs in the past.
The appeal comes after the Duke of Sussex admitted taking cocaine, cannabis and magic mushrooms in his autobiography Spare, which was released earlier this year.
America's Heritage Foundation is now calling for Harry's visa application to be released so the US taxpayer can understand whether the royal declared his drug use.
The conservative think tank's director Mike Howell said: “This request is in the public interest in light of the potential revocation of Prince Harry’s visa for illicit substance use and further questions regarding the Prince’s drug use and whether he was properly vetted before entering the United States”.
Harry now lives with wife Meghan in the US (REX/Shutterstock)Strict laws surround America’s immigration policies with harsh penalties for anyone caught lying to officials.
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They include deportation and being barred from applying for citizenship.
Hundreds of Brits are banned from the US after over their drug misuse.
In 2019, Brit Isabella Brazier-Jones claimed she was banned from the USA for 10 years after admitting to snorting a line of cocaine two years prior.
The 31-year-old said she was immediately thrown in a jail cell and made to wait for 24 hours before being shipped back to Britain.
The revelations about drug taking came during his promo tour of memoir Spare (PA)The Heritage Foundation argues if immigration officials did know about the royal's drug use, Harry's case raises questions over whether he was given special treatment because he is a prince and his wife is a TV star, which they insist would be illegal.
In response to the Foundation’s calls, a US State Department spokesman said: "Visa records are confidential under Section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA); therefore, we cannot discuss the details of individual visa cases”.
In January and during his Spare book tour, Harry spoke about his drug use revealing he first took cocaine at 17 while on a shooting weekend.
He also admitted to hallucinating during a celebrity-filled event in California and smoking cannabis after his first date with Meghan.
Visa applicants are asked by US officials: “Have you ever violated any law related to possessing, using, or distributing illegal drugs?”
Answering yes means it is likely the applicant will be denied entry.
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During one promotional event Prince Harry told Dr Gabor Maté marijuana "really helped him" mentally but taking cocaine "did nothing for him".
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