Prince Harry wrote about his experience with drugs in his debut memoir Spare, but the comments have landed him in some very hot water over his US visa application

Prince Harry caused an uproar when he admitted to taking drugs in his memoir, with one expert suggesting he “may now pay the price”.

The Duke of Sussex admitted to taking cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms in his book, Spare, something which led Conservative Washington DC think tank The Heritage Foundation to question how he had been granted entry into America in 2020.

Harry’s US visa application has now been handed to a judge after The Heritage Foundation launched a lawsuit against Harry to determine whether he lied on his application. Royal author Tom Quinn has said Harry was unlikely to have been thinking about the consequences when he wrote about his drug use in his memoir.

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Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, Tom said: “It would never have occurred to Harry that being really open about his drug use in Spare might lead to problems with his US Visa application. He’s incredibly naïve having grown up in a world where everything is done for you and you are automatically given advice and leant on to do the right thing.

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“But with Meghan he suddenly found he could decide what he wanted to do and say without checking with anyone except his wife, and he blundered. He found the freedom exhilarating, but didn’t realise it was also dangerous and he may now pay the price.”

Tom’s comments come after President Joe Biden’s lawyer omplied with a court order and gave Harry’s visa application documents to a judge. The Heritage Foundation brought the lawsuit after a Freedom of Information Act request was rejected – claiming it was of “immense public interest”.

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In response to the think tank’s submissions that Harry’s US visa application should be released, lawyers on behalf of DHS said the Heritage Foundation “have not demonstrated possible government misconduct or any other public interest that would overcome Prince Harry’s privacy interest in these records”.

The DHS also said despite the Duke being a “public official” in the UK, he is “not a public official in the United States”. Their submissions to the court said DHS had “provided the maximum amount of information that it can provide regarding the records it possesses” without revealing Harry’s immigration status.

In his controversial memoir, Harry spoke about his past cocaine use and admitted it “didn’t do anything for me”. He added: “Marijuana is different, that actually really did help me.”

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