Prince Harry’s Hypocrisy Is ‘Intolerable’ After Residency Change; ‘Withdraw And Keep A Dignified, Respectful Silence’: Royal Commentator
Prince Harry's change of residence was "staggering," according to a royal commentator.
The Duke of Sussex updated his personal data so his new "Country/State Usually Resident" would reflect the USA. It was previously the United Kingdom. U.S. journalist Lee Cohen, a royal commentator, shared his thoughts about the move.
"Harry is free to live wherever he wants, but it's really staggering," he told GB News. "It's staggering that a prince of the blood has declared residence in another country, my country, and has no domicile in the land of his birth, and even has considered taking citizenship in a foreign country."
He recounted Prince Harry's "unforgivable public attacks" against the royal family in his memoir "Spare" and accompanying interviews. Cohen clarified that many did not appreciate the move, so he called out the royal's alleged hypocrisy.
"That kind of behavior isn't appreciated on this side of the Atlantic anymore than it is on your side. I have to make the caveat that not everyone, not all of my countrymen and women, feel this way. But those of us who don't read the tabloid, supermarket press are a bit more discerning in this," he continued.
"On the one hand, Harry claims to still love his family dearly, as he said in interviews, etc. But in his autobiography, he savages them mercilessly, so it's really not appreciated. The hypocrisy is not appreciated; some of us just find it intolerable."
He also offered unsolicited advice to Prince William's younger brother. According to him, Prince Harry should have just withdrawn his royal status.
"If Harry felt disinclined to royal service, all he had to do was withdraw and keep a dignified, respectful silence out of respect for his family... [His] family, which is a part of a beloved thousand-year pillar of British society. It's not any family," he added.
Charlotte Slocombe, a partner at the global immigration law firm Fragomen and a U.S. immigration expert, noticed that the record didn't use "permanent residence." According to her, it suggests that Meghan Markle's husband doesn't have a green card, the first document needed for naturalization and U.S. citizenship.
"From a US immigration perspective, 'residency' covers a gambit of visa categories and essentially means that he is not a tourist," Slocombe told the Mirror.
"It does not provide any indication of what type of visa he holds. The lack of the use [of] 'permanent residence' seems to suggest that he does not, in fact, hold a Green card, which would be the first step to naturalization and becoming a US citizen. Harry can maintain temporary US immigration status by holding an A-1 diplomatic visa, or O-1 Extraordinary Ability or Achievement visa indefinitely, without ever needing to become a permanent resident or US citizen."
