A federal judge said Wednesday that he will “likely” order the release of Prince Harry’s immigration files, which could reveal whether the Duke of Sussex was lawfully issued a US visa — or whether the royal could be subject to deportation for lying to authorities about his past drug use.

The case before U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols centers on the circumstances under which Harry - the Duke of Sussex and the son of King Charles III - entered the United States when he and his wife, Meghan Markle,

A federal judge is considering next steps in a slow-moving court case over whether to release documents that could spell legal trouble for Prince Harry, with an influential conservative think tank seeking to reveal if he lied on his immigration paperwork about past drug use or received special treatment to enter the country.