When Prince Harry published his first memoir back in January, much of the press coverage centered around his dysfunctional family and his comments about his difficult upbringing.
But it is Harry’s comments about his hard-partying past that have legal experts wondering whether he will be deported from the United States.
If you’ve read the book, or even skipped some of the more outrageous passages, you know that Harry was admirably candid about his troubled past.
The Duke of Sussex has admitted in the book to partying with alcohol and cocaine, and to using hallucinogens such as mushrooms and ayahuasca for medical reasons.
Those days are definitely behind him, and Harry has grown into the archetype of a mature, responsible family man.
but he is also a person who permanently resides – or appears to live so – in the country to which he belongs. No citizen.
In some cases, evidence of illegal drug use is enough to revoke a US visa, and former federal prosecutor Nima Rahmani told Page Six that Harry should be concerned about getting booted from SoCal.
“The acceptance of drug use is usually the basis for disapproval,” Rahmani tells the outlet.
“This means that Prince Harry’s visa should be refused or revoked because he admitted to using cocaine, mushrooms and other drugs.”
Rahmani states that “there is no exception for royalty or recreational use.”
An opposing view has been presented by immigration attorney James Leonard, who represented real housewives of new jersey alum Joe Giudice in the case that ultimately led to his eviction.
“Absent any criminal charges related to drugs or alcohol or any finding by a judicial authority that Prince Harry is a habitual drug user, which he clearly is not, I am pleased with the disclosure in his memoir regarding recreational use with drugs.” Don’t see a problem with that,” the lawyer tells Page Six.
In his memoir, Harry recalled eating hallucinogenic mushrooms at a party at Courteney Cox’s house and losing himself in a haze of drug and alcohol abuse in his youth.
In a recent interview with addiction expert Gabor Mate, Harry revealed that he considers hallucinogenic drug use a “fundamental” part of his life, as these experiences helped him heal from past trauma.
“It was the cleaning of the windscreen, the removal of life’s filters – these layers of filters – it removed it all for me and gave me a feeling of relaxation, relief, comfort, a lightness that I’ve managed to hold back for a while.” Of time,” he told the doctor.
“I started doing it recreationally and then started to realize how good it was for me.”
Excessive came out on bookstores more than two months ago, so if Harry was in any real danger of being deported, he’d probably know by now.
We’re guessing he’ll be fine.
After all, our country’s government doesn’t have the kind of weirdos it seems Harry has – unlike a few other countries we could name.