Prince Harry’s future in the United States could be decided by a man who once called his wife ‘classic woke’ and accused her of wanting ‘freebies’.
Whoever Donald Trump names as Secretary of State may have the last say over the Duke of Sussex’s future, depending on the kind of visa he has.
Former US ambassador to Germany Ric Grenell, who served as interim director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term, is a strong candidate.
Grenell provided an unyielding opinion following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s historic March 7, 2021, interview with Oprah Winfrey.
‘Meghan Markle is the classic American woke progressive,’ he tweeted. ‘She doesn’t want to do the work but is outraged she doesn’t get the freebies.’
Senator Marco Rubio, another candidate for Secretary of State, has not publicly expressed his opinions about Prince Harry.
Rubio is quite interested in British issues and has previously praised Sir Winston Churchill and the late Queen.
Judge Carl Nichols in Washington, D.C., decided on September 9 that U.S. government paperwork pertaining to the Duke’s visa status would not be made public, therefore it is still hidden.
It is unknown why the judge made that choice because he sealed his order.
However, experts have indicated to Dailymail.com that the Duke may be on a rare diplomatic visa known as an A-1 Head of State visa.
According to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations,’members of a reigning royal family’ qualify for a standard A-1 diplomatic visa, but it is intended for when they are performing official duties.
A holder of an A-1 Head of State visa can be in the U.S. regardless of their purpose of travel and can work if they so wish.
In receiving one, there is a discretionary exception for anyone ‘individually authorised’ by the U.S. State Department.
The regulations say: ‘In any case in which there is uncertainty about the applicability of these regulations to a principal alien applicant requesting such nonimmigrant status, the matter shall be immediately referred to the State Department for consideration as to whether acceptance of accreditation will be granted.’
Melissa Chavin, a U.K.-based immigration lawyer, said such visas are proposed by the Foreign Office to the State Department and are ‘very much this handshake’ arrangement.
The Duke would have ‘duration of status’ and just need to be re-vetted ‘from time to time.’
To be honest, nobody should be thinking about Harry and Meghan at the moment. The United States is now dealing with brewing wars and other issues. Simply let them live their lives. There are children involved, and you cannot take it out on them. If you do, you are no better than Harry and Meghan. People are screaming that they should be expelled from the US, which would be OK if it were just them, and there is no way Donald Trump will be kicking Harry and Meghan out; he has much bigger fish to fry, and I don’t know if anybody noticed, but Meghan Markle is an American citizen, and she is married to Harry.
File out, folks; there’s nothing to see here, and it’s all much ado about nothing!
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