manchester. a five year old british girl has died following a skiing accident in the french alps. the girl was taking part in a group lesson yesterday morning in the haute savoie region when she was hit by a man skiing at high speed. she received first aid from the man, but the girl died in the helicopter taking her to hospital. the prosecutor is expected to open a criminal enquiry tomorrow, and the man who s in custody faces probable charges for involuntary homicide. prince harry has begun a legal challenge against the home office over having police protection while he is in the uk which he says he would pay for himself. the duke and duchess of sussex lost their taxpayer funded security when they quit as senior royals. their lawyers argue that their private security team cannot provide adequate protection on british soil because of a lack of access to intelligence and jurisdiction. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has been explaining why the prince feels he has to u
when he s in the uk. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell can tell us more. why would he need to do so? because he feels vulnerable why would he need to do so? because he feels vulnerable without why would he need to do so? because he feels vulnerable without official - he feels vulnerable without official police protection when he and his family are in the united kingdom, and that of course has been withdrawn. that police protection used to be provided to the sussex as by the metropolitan police, but that was withdrawn after they stepped back from official royal duties and moved themselves to north america. in north america, they pay for private protection from security guards and that sort of thing. but harry is saying that he does not feel safe coming to the united kingdom without scotland yard police protection. he says that the american security that he pays for would not be sufficient in the united kingdom for very obvious reasons. it would have no jurisdiction, no statu
from royal duties in 2020. he says his private protection team in the us doesn t have adequate jurisdiction abroad or access to uk intelligence information needed to keep his family safe. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell explains why the prince feels he has to undertake this legal move. well, because he feels vulnerable without official police protection when he, or his family and he, are in the united kingdom, and that of course has been withdrawn. now, that police protection used to be provided to the sussexes from the royalty protection department of the metropolitan police, but that was withdrawn after they stepped back from official royal duties and moved themselves to north america. in north america, the sussexes pay for private protection from security guards and that sort of thing. but harry is saying that he does not feel safe coming to the united kingdom without scotland yard police protection. he says that the american security that he pays for would not be sufficie
prince harry has begun a legal challenge against the home office over having police protection while he is in the uk which he says he would pay for himself. the duke and duchess of sussex lost their taxpayer funded security when they quit as senior royals. their lawyers argue that their private security team cannot provide adequate protection on british soil because of a lack of access to intelligence and jurisdiction our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has been explaining why the prince feels he has to under take this legal move. well, because he feels vulnerable without official police protection when he or his family and he are in the united kingdom, and that of course has been withdrawn. the royalty protection department of the metropolitan police, but that was withdrawn after they stepped back from official royal duties and moved themselves to north america. in north america, the sussexes pay for private protection from security guards and that sort of thing. but harry is