Lawsuit calls for release of Prince Harry's US visa records after drug admissions

The Duke of Sussex's visa is under further scrutiny after Washington-based think tank the Heritage Foundation filed a complaint against the US Department of Homeland Security

In the US visa application, an admission of drug use is usually grounds for inadmissibility - something Harry recently disclosed (

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A lawsuit has been filed to demand the release of Prince Harry's US visa records.

The Duke of Sussex's visa is under intense scrutiny after Washington-based think tank the Heritage Foundation filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security.

The organization is calling for the royal's visa records to be released immediately after he admitted to using drugs in his explosive memoir, Spare.

In the US visa application, an admission of drug use is usually grounds for inadmissibility.

The royal has previously said he used cocaine, mushrooms and other drugs.

It comes after Harry left the UK to settle in California with his American wife Meghan Markle.

The royal has previously said he used cocaine, mushrooms and other drugs (

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The new court filing reads: "Extensive and continued media coverage has raised questions as to whether the DHS properly admitted the Duke of Sussex in light of his publicly admitting the essentials of a number of drug offenses in both the United States and abroad.

“United States law generally makes such a person inadmissible for entry into the United States. Intense media coverage has also raised questions about whether DHS may have improperly granted the Duke of Sussex a waiver to enter the country on a nonimmigrant visa given its history of admissions to e...