Latest: Prince Harry’s secret visa files will be made public TODAY – after calls for duke to be kicked out of US over drug use….See More

The judge had previously ruled Harry had a reasonable right to privacy over the records before the dramatic u-turn

PRINCE Harry’s secret US visa documents are set to be released today.

The US government has until the end of the day to publish the previously unseen papers relating to Harry’s immigration status.

They could reveal whether he disclosed his previous drug use before moving to the US in 2020.

Judge Carl Nichols ruled that the redacted documents should be made public by today at the latest but did not give a specific time frame.

The Heritage Foundation think tank has been seeking their release after Harry admitted using drugs in his memoir Spare and Netflix show.

They suggest he may have lied about using drugs on his visa application or been given special treatment by the previous White House administration under President Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump last month ruled out seeking to deport Harry while taking a swipe at his wife Meghan Markle, who he described as “terrible”.

On Saturday, court papers filed showed Judge Nichols made the ruling that Harry’s redacted docs would have to be made public.

The legal battle began after groups believed Harry should not have been allowed into the US after revealing his drug consumption.

In his bombshell memoir, Harry admitted cocaine “didn’t do anything for me”, but “Marijuana is different, that actually really did help me”.

It triggered an investigation into how he was allowed to enter the US in 2020, when he quit the UK with Meghan.

Heritage’s Nile Gardiner previously told The Telegraph: “Anyone who applies to the United States has to be truthful on their application, and it is not clear that is the case with Prince Harry.”

This comes after Judge Nichols previously ruled in September last year the files would remain private.

He stated there was not a strong enough public interest to see Harry’s docs released.

But the latest development was pushed by lawyers for the Department of Homeland Security in February.

They argued “iron-glad guardrails” were broken and certain evidence should have been reviewed in court, which were not, which meant their ability to build a case against Harry’s appeal were “severely compromised”.

Lawyer John Bardo wrote in court papers: “Specifically, Defendant would propose redacting all information in these items that would reveal information that the Court has determined Defendant can withhold.”

The Heritage Foundation alleged the Duke may have lied about past drug use on his forms, that would have banned him from US visa eligibility.

But, after President Trump came into power he announced Harry would not be deported.

He made a dig towards Meghan and told The New York Post: “I’ll leave him alone.

“He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.”

Meghan has not hid her aversion for Trump in the past having dubbed him “divisive” and “misogynistic”.

The president also called Harry “whipped,” and believes the Prince is “being led around by the nose”.

Yet Trump said in a GB News interview with Nigel Farage in March last year that Harry should not receive preferential treatment.

Asked if the duke should have “special privileges” if he is found to have lied in his application, the president said: “No. We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they’ll have to take appropriate action.”

He also previously vowed, before he was elected, that “Harry is on his own” if he became president again.