Prince Harry was criticised by a royal expert after it was revealed his recent failed bid to get police protection back cost taxpayer over £500,000.

Prince Harry was savaged by a royal expert after eye-watering figures relating to his recent lost court battle against the Government over his police protection in the UK were revealed to have left the taxpayer with a bill of more than £500,000.

The Duke of Sussex took legal action against the Home Office over the February 2020 decision of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) that he should receive a different degree of taxpayer-funded protection when in the country.

The Duke of Sussex took legal action against the Home Office over the February 2020 decision of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) that he should receive a different degree of taxpayer-funded protection when in the country.

According to a Freedom of Information request by The Telegraph, the Duke of Sussex’s derailed court action included some dizzying figures including more than £180,000 for counsel, £230,000 for the Government Legal Department, £2,300 in court fees and nearly £10,000 in e-disclosure.

Now royal expert Michael Cole branded the royal the “prince of litigation” and said the British people are “the mugs in all this”.

Speaking to GB News, he said: “He’s the prince of litigation these days […] We are the mugs in all this. But what is the outcome? The prince says that he’s not going to appeal to this case[…] Is it abuse of the system? I think that’s something for his conscience and for somebody else to decide but I hope that common sense with dawn but of course, we haven’t seen evidence of this so far.”