Prince Harry is on a path that is "increasingly difficult to turn back from", according to one royal expert. The Duke of Sussex, 40, has been in the UK this week to attend a two-day court hearing into his appeal against the Home Office's decision to reduce his security entitlements in the UK.

The decision was originally made in February 2020 after the prince and his wife Meghan Marklestepped back from royal duty and swapped palace walls for a sprawling mansion in California. With Harry appearing in court this week, Russell Myers - royal editor at The Mirror - thinks the duke is progressing down a path that he will struggle to turn back from when it comes to having a chance to heal the rift between himself and his royal relatives. He wrote in The Mirror: "It's barely believable how far Harry has fallen from consistently being the most popular member of the Royal Family, adored by everyone from the lads in the pub, the troops he served with and your granny.

"Far from denying anyone the right to fight for what they believe in, especially when it comes to the safety and security of their family, but surely Harry realises by now that his path of resistance against his family, the government or generally anyone who has irked him that week is a tiring practice.

"His own father and brother have become so exasperated with his various crusades and petulant attitude they have found it far more cathartic to cut all ties. On any level this is a sad state of affairs. In a parallel universe Harry would have been front and centre, flying the flag for the UK and the monarchy but now finds himself on a path increasingly difficult to turn back from."

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