Prince Harry's hidden sign before woman's outburst saw him removed from court

Prince a dramatic change in demeanour during his surprise return to the UK, for a legal battle where . The has been in London over the past few days to attend the Court of Appeal hearing into his security arrangements in the UK.

Harry is challenging the against the Home Office. It comes after a decision by the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) that he should receive a different degree of taxpayer-funded protection when in the UK. On each day of the legal showdown, looking smart in a suit and flanked by security guards as he attended the crucial hearing.

On the second day of the hearing, hurried out of court following an outburst by a supporter. When proceedings were paused to allow the room to be cleared early this afternoon, a member of the public shouted her support for the duke as he left the courtroom saying: "I support you ". Harry's bodyguards then made sure they got between him and the woman who shouted out as he was hurried out of the courtroom

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And according to body language expert Judi James, there was a distinct change in the Duke's appearance on the two days when he arrived at the court before the incident. She told the : "The contrast in Harry's body language signals between day one and day two of his court appearances looked acute. Arriving on the first day his nonverbal presentation suggested bravado. His jacket flapped open to show off a puffed or splayed chest and he strode out quickly, throwing a couple of celebrity-style waves to the press.

"On day two though there was an air of more subdued caution plus some suggestion of inner anxiety. He held his jacket together with one hand in a barrier or self-comfort ritual and he was seen pausing to glance back as though keen to check his entourage were with him. Any cockiness from day one seemed to have evaporated and his smile had become a mouth clamp with his brows pulled together in a reflective frown."

Harry has argued he can not bring his wife Meghan and two children Archie, five and Lilibet, three, to the UK, because he does not feel safe, despite being offered security if there is a specific threat. In February 2020, Ravec decided that the duke and his family should receive a different degree of taxpayer-funded protection when in the country after they moved to the US.

At the end of the two-day appeal yesterday, Shaheed Fatima KC, for the duke, said the "human dimension" of the case must not be forgotten. She continued: "There is a person sitting behind me whose safety, whose security, and whose life is at stake.

"There is a person sitting behind me who is being told he is getting a special bespoke process when he knows and has experienced a process that is manifestly inferior in every respect."

Earlier in the appeal, Ms Fatima said Ravec came up with a "different and so-called bespoke process" for Harry, who lives in the United States. She continued: "The appellant does not accept that ‘bespoke’ means ‘better’. In fact, in his submission, it means that he has been singled out for different, unjustified and inferior treatment.

The Home Office is defending the appeal, previously telling the court the challenge "involves a continued failure to see the wood for the trees, advancing propositions available only by reading small parts of the evidence, and now the judgment, out of context and ignoring the totality of the picture".

Sir James Eadie KC, for the Home Office, said Ravec was faced with a "unique set of circumstances". He told the court: "There is no proper basis for challenging the decision that the bespoke assessment was appropriate… What mattered was the question of substance of how they were going to deal with this unique set of circumstances." At the end of the hearing, Judge Sir Geoffrey Vos said the Court of Appeal's decision would be given in writing at a later date, which was "most unlikely" to be before Easter.

Meanwhile, the hearing clashed with his father the King and being in Rome, where they have been on a historic state visit to Italy. It emerged that both father and son were in the capital at the same time on Sunday but no meeting between the estranged pair was forthcoming.

Harry is believed to have last seen his father more than a year ago when he dashed to the UK from the United States when it was announced that the King had been diagnosed with cancer.

It has also previously been reported that the issue of Harry's security has contributed to the already strained relationship between the Duke and his family. According to Harry's friends, his calls to his father regarding the issue have gone "unanswered", but sources close to the King have said that it would be "wholly inappropriate" for him to intervene.