Just a third of Americans say Prince Harry should apply for US citizenship, Daily Mail poll reveals as conservative group fights to release visa records
Prince Harry says life in America is ‘amazing’ and that he’s considered taking the next step and applying for US citizenship.
The US public, on the other hand, is not convinced this is the right move.
That’s according to a DailyMail.com/TIPP Poll, which found that Americans are lukewarm on granting the British royal a passport.
Just 35 percent of respondents said the Duke should apply for US citizenship.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as working royals four years ago and moved to Montecito, California
The US public is lukewarm on the idea of Prince Harry applying for US citizenship
Another 28 percent said he should not; and 37 percent said they were not sure.
The nationwide survey of 1,419 adults was carried out earlier this month.
The Duke raised the prospect of US citizenship when speaking with ABC’s Good Morning America last month.
He said he was ‘loving’ his new life in California so much he may take the citizenship test — even though that would force him to give up his royal titles.
‘It’s amazing, I love every single day,’ he said.
When asked what would prevent him from becoming a US citizen, he added: ‘I have no idea … American citizenship is a thought that has crossed my mind but not a high priority for me.’
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as working royals four years ago and moved to Montecito, California.
Markle is American. The Sussex’s children, Archie and Lilibet, are dual nationals.
Getting US citizenship is more complicated for royals than it is for regular Britons.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, attend a movie premiere in Jamaica
US immigration policy says ‘any applicant who has any titles of heredity or positions of nobility in any foreign state must renounce the title or the position.’
The policy also mandates that Harry would have to ‘expressly renounce the title in a public ceremony and USCIS must record the renunciation as part of the proceedings.’
Harry has also faced scrutiny over his US Visa after admitting to ‘multiple’ occasions of drug use in his memoir, Spare.
In the bestseller and the TV blitz that followed, Harry admitted using cocaine, weed and magic mushrooms.
He said pot and psychedelics ‘really helped’ with his ‘trauma’ while cocaine was more a ‘social thing.’
The admission led to calls from some campaigners to clarify whether he told US officials about his drug use when applying for residency.
A judge this month ordered the Department of Homeland Security to hand over sensitive material about Harry’s immigration papers for him to review while he decides whether to make them public.
The Heritage Foundation, a US think tank, is seeking to release the material, saying the prince could have lied about taking drugs in his paperwork.
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If the Duke did not tell the truth on his entry forms, then he could be removed from the US or barred by a border agent.
The Duke previously flirted with US citizenship three years ago, although his plans were put on hold due to Covid-19.
At the time, a royal source told The Times: ‘Prince Harry will not apply for a green card or US citizenship in the foreseeable future.’
Harry’s happy family life in California and his immigration complications likely influenced the results of our survey.
Support for Harry applying for citizenship were similar across the US.
But voters in the West — where the Duke and Duchess live — were slightly less supportive of Harry getting a passport.
Voters aged 25-44 were keener on giving the prince US papers than were other age groups.
The starkest difference was along partisan lines.
Whereas 45 percent of Democrats backed citizenship for Harry, only 30 percent of Republicans felt the same way.
