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"have had to" and "had had to" are the perfect forms of "have to"/"has to"/"had to", so it operates very similarly to the difference between the simple and perfect in other cases:

I have to eat before noon

compared to

I have had to eat before noon every day this week

The first is an obligation one time; the second specifies a recurring obligation started in the past but with current relevance.

The difference between "had to" and "had had to" is similar but in the past instead of the present; the past perfect "had had to" would express a past obligation starting before another past event with continued relevance to the second past event.

I had to eat before noon last Friday to be able to catch my bus

compared to:

I had had to eat before noon every Friday last year to be able to catch my bus

"have had to" and "had had to" are the perfect forms of "have to"/"has to"/"had to", so it operates very similarly to the difference between the simple and perfect in other cases:

I have to eat before noon

compared to

I have had to eat before noon every day this week

The first is an obligation one time; the second specifies a recurring obligation started in the past but with current relevance.

The difference between "had to" and "had had to" is similar but in the past instead of the present; the past perfect "had had to" would express a past obligation starting before another past event with continued relevance to the second past event.

"have had to" and "had had to" are the perfect forms of "have to"/"has to"/"had to", so it operates very similarly to the difference between the simple and perfect in other cases:

I have to eat before noon

compared to

I have had to eat before noon every day this week

The first is an obligation one time; the second specifies a recurring obligation started in the past but with current relevance.

The difference between "had to" and "had had to" is similar but in the past instead of the present; the past perfect "had had to" would express a past obligation starting before another past event with continued relevance to the second past event.

I had to eat before noon last Friday to be able to catch my bus

compared to:

I had had to eat before noon every Friday last year to be able to catch my bus

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"have had to" and "had had to" are the perfect forms of "have to"/"has to"/"had to", so it operates very similarly to the difference between the simple and perfect in other cases:

I have to eat before noon

compared to

I have had to eat before noon every day this week

The first is an obligation one time; the second specifies a recurring obligation started in the past but with current relevance.

The difference between "had to" and "had had to" is similar but in the past instead of the present; the past perfect "had had to" would express a past obligation starting before another past event with continued relevance to the second past event.