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“The Duchess of Sussex, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will not travel to London next week after a request for police protection was denied.

After 10 days of hand-wringing and uncertainty since the request was turned down, the Duke of Sussex has decided that it would not be safe to bring his family to the capital.

It remains unknown whether the Duke, who will now fly solo to London on Monday, will accept an invitation to stay at a royal residence, as had been anticipated.

He is understood to be liaising directly with his father, with any plans to see each other made privately between them.
The 11th-hour decision throws his longed-for reunion between his children and his father, the King, into doubt.

While the Duchess and the children will not come to London, the family has not ruled out the prospect of them travelling to Britain.

The Duchess had been due in Birmigham on Friday to join her husband at an Invictus Games engagement, an appearance that could potentially go ahead.

Last-minute upset

Royal engagements are meticulously planned, with every minute scheduled weeks – if not months – in advance.

The five-day visit had been carefully programmed weeks in advance, but was thrown into disarray some 10 days ago with the late revelation that the Duke and Duchess would receive no taxpayer-funded police protection.

Only a day before Prince Harry returns to London for a highly publicised slew of charitable engagements, no one really knows what is going on, himself included.

No longer working members of the Royal family, the Duke and Duchess are not beholden to the wider palace machinery and call their own shots.

The Duke’s schedule is not in doubt, but his family’s private plans have been thrown into disarray. 

And this was intended to be no normal return visit of the kind he has been making solo for several years.

This time, he was bringing Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, in the fervent hope that he might orchestrate a long-awaited reunion with their grandfather, the King.

The Duchess was expected to travel make her first return to the UK since 2022. 

She was scheduled to accompany her husband on two public engagements to help promote the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games in Birmingham 2027, one at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, in London, and the event in Birmingham.

The family had hoped to travel en masse for around two weeks, the public engagements bookended with private time with friends and family. 

Plans included a visit to Althorp, the Spencer family estate and resting place of the Duke’s late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.

But just hours after the couple’s office released their schedule last month, everything was thrown up in the air.

The security provision they had pinned their hopes on was denied, leaving the Duke in a quandary, repeatedly changing his mind about the best course of action, who to bring with him and where to stay.

The Duke had planned to accept an invitation to stay at a royal residence. But the lack of security provision that he had banked on prompted last-minute jitters. 

One source said he had been promised safe passage in and out of the residence, which never materialised. The Palace denies this was ever on the table. 

Regardless, alternative, private accommodation was frantically being researched at the 11th hour. 

The Duke received multiple briefings last week from his private security team, outlining his various travel options and the cost implications of each.

One was to stick to the original plan: to fly to London with his wife and children from Europe, where they are currently on holiday. They could have accepted the offer to stay at a royal residence and Meghan and Harry could have proceeded with their engagements as planned.

Alternatively, the Duke could have flown in alone, followed by Meghan and the children a few days later. 

A third option was for the Duke to plough on with his work while the rest of his family remained in Europe. Given his ardent wish for his children to reunite with their grandfather, who they have not seen for four years, this remains the nuclear option.

While the Duke is likely to return to the UK in September to attend the annual WellChild Award ceremony, his children will be back at school and there is no saying whether the King will be available. 

Next week, therefore, is his best chance, prompting a tug of war between heart and head.

On top of this, it has been announced that the long-awaited High Court ruling on his privacy claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail will be handed down on Tuesday, just as he takes to the stage for his first public engagement in the UK in ten months.

If he wins on just one of the 14 articles comprising his claim against Associated Newspapers Limited, he will deliver a victory speech from an as yet undisclosed location.
The timing is less than ideal.

Despite all the noise surrounding security and his relationship with his father, the Duke and his team had remained hopeful that in the moment, the attention would be on his charities: Invictus, WellChild and Scotty’s Little Soldiers.

Now, his arrival will be overshadowed by a significant court judgment that may or may not go his way.

In the event, the family decided to avoid London altogether, believing it unsafe. Any hopes of orchestrating a reunion now appear to rest with the King.

As the Duke weighs up his options, both his own team, and Buckingham Palace, remain in the dark. He remained undecided on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Palace aides, already exasperated by Team Sussex’s decision to jump the gun and announce travel plans before anything was confirmed, are braced for a further week of drama.

Some believe the Duke tried to use his children as a form of “emotional blackmail” to bounce the Home Office into giving him police protection. It has even been alleged that he never intended to bring the children at all.

The soap opera prompted plenty of eye-rolls and frustration that the real work was being overshadowed.

It was even claimed that the King was not “desperate” to build bridges with his son but would do so if that was what Harry wanted.

Others painted a different picture, insisting that the pair – who have met only twice in two years – would love to see each other and that the King would love to see his grandchildren.

While the monarch recognises the complex issues at play, family remains of the greatest importance. One source said he had “softened his stance” when it came to keeping a distance from his younger son, although it was not a decision he took lightly.

The deep anger and hurt felt by the Prince and Princess of Wales has certainly played a part, as has their fears over the further potential damage the Duke could do to the family.

But the King and the Duke of Sussex are on good terms, speaking regularly. Their private secretaries are also in more regular contact than some might imagine.

Come what may, the Duke will return alone to London next week.

Can he swallow his pride and bring his wife and children back to his homeland – at least to Birmingham if not to London – without police protection, despite claiming it was too dangerous?

He is running out of time to decide. For all the deep distrust on both sides, the security rows, the briefings and the counter-briefings, only time will tell whether the benefits ultimately outweigh the risk.”

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“The royal family is “braced” for a week of drama ahead of the Duke of Sussex’s return to the UK as a judgment is expected in his High Court case against the publishers of the Daily Mail.

Prince Harry, who is also embroiled in a security row with the Home Office, has set out plans to return with his wife and children, although his aides have suggested that everything is subject to change.

With just days to go until Harry’s first public engagement in the UK on Tuesday, however, very little is guaranteed at all.

Will he bring his children? Will he meet the King? Will he give another excoriating interview after a High Court judgment?

Harry’s spokesman has let it be known that the duke had planned to bring his wife Meghan and their two children, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, and that the family would stay in a mix of both royal and private accommodation.

Days before Harry’s arrival, however, none of his plans appear to be confirmed.

Palace officials have twice been forced to deny claims from Harry’s camp that he will stay in a royal residence. Charles has offered to host his younger son at a royal property but, as recently as a week ago, the monarch was still waiting for the RSVP.

On a previous occasion, Harry turned down an offer of rooms at Buckingham Palace over fears that the accommodation was not secure enough. 

Tina Brown, the author and former Vanity Fair editor, summed up the forthcoming Sussex trip thus: “As usual, it’s all threatening to go tits up.”

While palace insiders may not share the vernacular, they don’t disagree with the sentiment. “Suboptimal,” was a phrase used by one source. 

Suboptimal for three reasons, at least as far as the palace is concerned: a flurry of briefings, apparently fired from the Sussexes’ office in the lead up to the visit, have unsettled what might otherwise have been private conversations behind the scenes; Harry’s court battle with the press is coming to a crescendo, with a judgment expected to be handed down on Tuesday over his legal case against Associated Newspapers Limited; and the undercurrent of “emotional blackmail”, as one insider called it, whereby Harry had raised the prospect of bringing his children to see their grandfather for the first time in four years only to threaten to reverse the decision if the Home Office doesn’t grant him what he wants, which is armed police protection. 

“It seems like a funny way to go about reconciliation, if that’s truly what he wants,” one source said. Another insider queried whether Harry ever had any intention of bringing the children at all.

What could have been quietly agreed through discreet communication appears to have, yet again, spun wildly out of control.

It has left palace insiders scratching their heads in bafflement as to why this couldn’t all have been organised sensibly, efficiently and in a way which would appear to be more courteous to a 77-year-old King still undergoing cancer treatment.

So, what’s Harry’s plan?

During his stay, the duke aims to undertake public appearances from July 7-11, with many events linked to the Invictus Games, his sporting tournament for wounded veterans, which will be held in Birmingham in 2027.

He will join a charity festival for bereaved children and attend a symposium about sick and injured military personnel.

As patron of the WellChild charity, he will visit Birmingham’s Children’s Hospital to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its WellChild Nurse programme, which supports children with complex medical needs and their families.

Both the duke and duchess will then go to Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre for the Invictus “one year to go” event where he will meet veteran competitors. On the final day, he will visit Scotty’s Summer Festival at Maxstoke Castle in Warwickshire with bereaved children from the charity Scotty’s Little Soldiers.

While Meghan plans to join him at some of the events, the couple’s children will not be involved in any of the public elements of the visit.

Harry’s war with the press and his own family, however, threatens to overshadow his charitable endeavours.

Shortly after his first engagement starts on Tuesday, the High Court is expected to publish a judgment in a long-running case involving the Duke of Sussex and other claimants against Associated Newspapers Limited, the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. While there will be no court appearance on the day for Harry and the other involved, who include Sir Elton John, Liz Hurley and Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, it will nevertheless be an extraordinary way to begin his high-profile return to the UK.

The date clash is a coincidence. Harry can’t dictate when a judge might deliver their decision any more than he can dictate that the UK police should provide armed security for his visit. Still, it makes for excruciating timing for the King, who has offered his younger son royal accommodation during the stay and has always warned against such litigation.

Harry is unlikely to let any judgment pass without comment, which means that he could end up issuing a statement from a royal residence.

Meghan has so far kept far away from the court action and did not accompany Harry when he gave evidence in January, saying that the press had made his wife’s life “a misery”.

If the duchess travels with her husband next week as expected, it would be something of a grand return to the UK for Meghan, who last stayed here in September 2022 when she attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

Harry has returned several times and met his father for about 50 minutes at Clarence House in September last year.
Reports suggest that Harry is “close to tears” and “considering all options” after a Risk Management Board — a review of security arrangements — he was promised six months ago has still not taken place. The reason for the delay has not been made clear by the Home Office.

He has argued that he does not want “special treatment”. Those familiar with the security process, however, point out that Harry’s is a unique case. When his automatic right to UK security was revoked after his departure from royal duties, it was replaced with an agreement that each visit would be assessed on a case-by-case basis, providing he gives a month’s notice before travel.

But Harry’s frustration seemed complete this week when details of a so-called “confidential” report from a security team paid by Harry emerged, appearing to show that he had a high-threat risk.

Some reports suggested that Harry felt safer in Ukraine than the UK.

Despite upping the ante with days to go before his proposed visit, however, nothing has changed since he lost his appeal against the Home Office in May 2025. While a judge described the duke’s safety fears as “powerful and moving”, it was ruled that his “sense of grievance” did not translate into valid legal grounds to overturn the ruling.
It was decided that Ravec, the committee that meets to help decide security provision for VIPs and members of the royal family, had acted lawfully.

Today, a sense of weariness prevails at the palace among courtiers who feel that they have been down this road many times before.

They see that these visits follow exactly the same pattern: endless pre-briefing to the press before the visit to outline their plan which shifts by the day, a constant row over security provision and then a short-notice attempt to carve out some time in the King’s diary.

While the King’s friends describe him as “a kind and compassionate man”, they are well aware that his patience is not without limits. “One hopes, of course, that it will all go marvellously smoothly”, a source said . But bitter experience has taught them that this is often not the case.
Meanwhile, the King has a busy week ahead with engagements in London.

On Thursday, he was joined by senior working members of his family in Scotland where he attended the Order of the Thistle service at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh. Any suggestion that the Prince of Wales may have joined a family dinner to discuss Harry, however, was unfounded: Prince William was busy with other plans.

William and Kate, who completed the Three Peaks Challenge in aid of a cancer charity last weekend, have no contact with the Sussexes and will not see them.

Five years ago, Harry and William joined in a rare public reunion to unveil a statue of their mother, Princess Diana, in Kensington Palace gardens on what would have been her 60th birthday. Moments afterwards, Harry had left the palace.

Since then, the rift has only deepened.

Whether the King will meet Harry and see his two grandchildren still seems far from clear, even at this late stage of planning.

It leaves many at the palace hoping that the drama will burn itself out, that Harry will eventually accept the security situation and move on with his life.

But if the duke can’t make some form of reconciliation work for the “one year to go” marker of the Invictus Games, there seems little chance that any members of the royal family will get behind the tournament in 2027.”

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“Prince William is making his debut on Travis and Jason Kelce's podcast!

On Friday, July 3, the Prince of Wales, 44, made a surprise appearance in a teaser the brothers shared on Instagram for an upcoming episode of their New Heights podcast. 

“Our guest today is the 6 foot 3' Prince from London, England,” Jason, 38, bellowed in his signature shout-out introduction before listing Prince William's multiple titles.

“That's right. The president of the English Football Association, the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Cornwall, the Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, Earl of Chester, and the Prince of Wales,” he continued. 

“92 percenters, please welcome his Royal Highness, Prince William!” Jason yelled.

Travis, 36, cheered throughout the introduction and clapped in support of their special guest. 

“Let's go!” he yelled.

The NFL star began to bow as Prince William appeared between him and Travis in the clip.

“That is quite the intro, guys. Amazing,” said Prince William, while holding back laughter. 

“We had to do it big for you, had to do it big,” said Jason.

The special episode will drop at 12 p.m. ET on Friday, July 3.

The podcast teaser came just hours after guests were seen arriving at Madison Square Garden for what is believed to be Travis and Taylor Swift's rehearsal dinner.

The couple's nuptials have been kept under wraps, but there has been speculation that the NFL star and music icon will tie the knot at Madison Square Garden on Friday, July 3.

While Prince William is having his wedding day moment with Travis on New Heights, PEOPLE previously reported that his royal highness will not be attending the Kansas City Chiefs tight end's nuptials.

During a radio interview in May, Prince William jokingly replied "no comment" when asked if he was attending the wedding, sparking speculation.

However, PEOPLE understands that the Prince and Princess of Wales will not attend the couple's upcoming nuptials.

William previously spent time with the couple when he took his oldest kids — Prince George andPrincess Charlotte — to Swift's Wembley Stadium Eras Tour show in 2024.”

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Kate Middleton is back at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships!

In a return to tradition, the Princess of Wales, 44, headed to the All England Club on Thursday, July 2, where she looked summery in a bright blue pantsuit with her brunette hair tied back into a slick ponytail.

Kate delighted fans by starting her engagement with a visit to Wimbledon's infamous line, where she met tennis fans who had camped out in the hopes of securing a prestigious ticket to one of the tournament's games.

The mom of three also met with AELTC's Honorary Stewards, who volunteer each year to manage the line and welcome guests as they arrive at the Championships.

During her time at the Championships, the royal will also meet with children from Shine Camera Club, a creative photography program that helps children from disadvantaged backgrounds develop their photography confidence.

A keen photographer herself, Kate joined the children who were taking photographs of the tennis and also learned about the important work the charity does.

Of course, no trip to Wimbledon would be complete without taking in some tennis, and the royal is expected to watch a game on one of the All England Club's outer courts later in the afternoon.

Princess Kate is an avid tennis player and the patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, where Wimbledon has been held since the championships' inception in the 1870s.

The 2026 championships began on Monday, June 29 and are due to conclude with the women's and men's finals on Sunday, July 12.

Kate has attended Wimbledon almost every year since marrying Prince William in 2011 and has been the patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club since 2016.

She took over the role from Queen Elizabeth then and is a strong supporter of the tournament, going to support and award trophies at the finals.”

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“Prince Harry is expected to make a rare television appearance as his trip to the UK with his family looms. The Duke of Sussex will soon be travelling to his home country for a special event marking the one year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham.

But around the time of his trip, Harry will also appear on the Fox show After Hours with James Corden, which covers the latest news from the FIFA World Cup alongside a host of football stars. The news of Harry’s appearance was announced by Corden himself on the most episode of the programme.

In a recent clip from the show, Corden can be seen sitting with sporting icons, including former England footballer Rio Ferdinand, as they rank well-known figures named Harry, including Prince Harry, Harry Styles and Harry Potter.

Corden then said: "Prince Harry is coming on the show in a few weeks' time, and we'll discuss this then," referring to the ranking of well-known figures who share his name. The Mirror has reached out to the Duke's representatives for comment.

Prince William has also spoken to Rio Ferdinand previously, impressing the former England player in an interview last year following Aston Villa's defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League clash.

The announcement of Harry’s upcoming TV appearance comes after the Duke hit out at the UK government for not providing him and his family with police protection for his trip to Britain in mid-July.

As has been standard practice for the prince over the years when returning to the UK, Harry had to put in an official request for police protection, which is largely funded by the taxpayer.

However, it has been believed that this request has been denied for the upcoming trip, with reports now claiming that Harry may not be joined by his wife Meghan and their children Archie and Lilibet as initially planned.

With the Sussex’s family trip now up in the air due to the security issues, a spokesperson for Harry issued a statement yesterday, saying they are “exploring every option available to enable the visit to proceed safely”.

Harry has reportedly been offered accommodation in a royal residence by King Charles for his upcoming visit, but according to a royal source, has yet to accept, leaving the monarch feeling ‘frustrated’.

The source said: “ Buckingham Palace is still waiting for the Duke’s decision. It is incredibly frustrating given arrangements need to be made to facilitate any guest of the King’s accepting an invitation to visit a royal residence.”

The Sussex spokesperson added of the accommodation offer: “The spokesman for the Duke added: “Prince Harry’s programme in the United Kingdom includes both public and private engagements across the country. Safe accommodation is only one element of an effective protective security plan because risk follows the person, not the place."

“The issue has never been accommodation. The issue is whether appropriate and proportionate protective security is being provided throughout the entirety of the visit.”

Another source close to the Sussexes said that Harry is finding the planning for his trip very difficult, as he wants to bring his family to his home country, but is very concerned about their safety.

The source said: “Harry is devastated and in absolute turmoil over this decision. He is incredibly frustrated at the lack of action from the Home Office and its delay in making a decision. He has blamed dark forces for stopping his family coming to the UK and arranging to see the King. Everything is very much up in the air.”

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“Prince Harry says the biggest question surrounding his family's upcoming trip to Britain isn't where they'll stay — it's whether they will have what he believes is adequate security throughout the visit.

A palace source maintains that King Charles' offer of accommodation on a royal estate remains open but has not yet been accepted by the Duke of Sussex. Harry's spokesperson, however, emphasized Monday, June 29 that "the issue has never been accommodation," saying the family's focus remains on securing what they describe as "appropriate and proportionate protective security" throughout the visit.

"Prince Harry's programme in the United Kingdom includes both public and private engagements across the country. Safe accommodation is only one element of an effective protective security plan because risk follows the person, not the place," the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added that Harry "continues to explore every available option" to enable the visit to proceed safely and "to give his children the opportunity to enjoy the U.K."

Harry and Meghan Markle are currently vacationing in Europe with Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, PEOPLE understands, ahead of the family's expected trip. The visit would mark Archie and Lilibet's first return to Britain since 2022, when they traveled for Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee celebrations and Lilibet celebrated her first birthday at Frogmore Cottage.

The dispute centers on the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (RAVEC), the government body that determines protective security arrangements. According to sources familiar with the matter, the Sussexes were initially told an independent Risk Management Board review would take place in March, only to learn last week that it had not been conducted.

The Sussexes maintain that the review remains a critical missing step because it would include an independent assessment of Harry's threat level before recommending an appropriate security package.

Official police protection remains a key concern for the Duke of Sussex, who told the BBC last year that he "can't see a world" in which he would bring Meghan, Archie and Lili to the U.K. without it.

On Sunday, June 28, The Guardian reported that Prince Harry feared his children wouldn't be able to see his father after his request for police protection beyond royal residences was declined.

A source close to the Duke of Sussex said he was "distraught" and was reviewing other options, but worried it would be impossible without the official protection in place. 

"Their plans to see family, friends and visit various charitable causes close to the duke’s heart have been pulled out from under their feet at the 11th hour. He’s looking at every option to try and get the family here safely and keep them safe when they’re on the ground. If he can find a way to do that, he will," the source told the outlet. 

“The hope is they can meet their grandfather, but there is no way that can happen if they are chased by paparazzi wherever they go from the moment they step off the plane. He won’t put his children through that.”

The Duke of Sussex has long maintained that King Charles could intervene to help restore the security he's long sought for himself and his family, which the palace denies.

The U.K. trip is for a series of events connected to the one-year countdown to Prince Harry's 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham.”

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“Prince Harry is exploring the possibility of Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet visiting the U.K., even if it means a shorter stay.

On June 27, The Telegraph reported that the Duke of Sussex, 41, was considering flying his wife, Meghan Markle, and their two children into Britain for one day to see King Charles as a workaround for a reunion to happen without official security.

One option being considered for the family, who are currently on vacation in Europe, is to fly Meghan, Archie and Lili into the U.K. for one day to visit with King Charles. The Telegraph added that there is "hope" for a meeting with the monarch, as Harry has been given assurances from Buckingham Palace.

A source told the outlet that Prince Harry "just wants his kids to see their grandfather," but he was reconsidering whether it was safe to do so.

Prince Harry, 41, and Meghan, 44, previously confirmed they were bringing Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, to the U.K. in July, marking the first time that Meghan and the children returned to Harry's home country since 2022.

However, The Telegraph reported that Prince Harry was reconsidering his wife and children's visit after his bid for taxpayer-funded police protection was denied, casting uncertainty around what his family's security provisions would look like in Britain. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex lost their U.K. police protection after they stepped back from their royal roles there in 2020, and Harry has stressed that he doesn't feel safe bringing his family there without it.

On Monday, June 29, Prince Harry's spokesperson said that the Duke of Sussex was reviewing "every available option" to facilitate a way for his children to visit his home country safely. 

While King Charles has offered the family accommodations on a royal estate, Harry's spokesperson said in a statement shared with PEOPLE, "Prince Harry's program in the United Kingdom includes both public and private engagements across the country. Safe accommodation is only one element of an effective protective security plan because risk follows the person, not the place."

"The issue has never been accommodation. The issue is whether appropriate and proportionate protective security is being provided throughout the entirety of the visit," the spokesperson said, adding that the Risk Management Board (RMB) has not assessed police protection for the trip.

"The independent Risk Management Board that RAVEC itself decided was necessary last November has still not taken place," the spokesperson said. "It is therefore difficult to understand how the proportionality of the current arrangements can credibly be maintained without that independent assessment."

Prince Harry lost an appeal to reinstate the securityin May 2025, but it was reported in December that the government made a U-turn and launched a full-scale review into the provisions. In January, insiders said things were looking "positive" that the British government would restore his security.

The Duke of Sussex opened up to the BBC last year after losing the critical appeal, arguing that Archie and Lilibet were going to miss "everything" if he couldn't bring them safely to his home country.

“I miss the U.K., I miss parts of the U.K., of course I do,” he said then. “I think that it’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland.”

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“Prince Harry is still hoping to bring Prince Archieand Princess Lilibet to the U.K. next week despite a weekend of growing speculation that the family's long-planned visit could be in jeopardy over security concerns.

After reports emerged over the weekend that Harry was reconsidering aspects of the trip because police protection had not been granted, the Duke of Sussex's spokesperson emphasized Monday that the planned visit remains on track pending any further update.

The spokesperson stressed that while King Charleshas offered the family accommodation on a royal estate — an offer that, a palace source says, has not yet been accepted — "the issue has never been accommodation," but rather whether appropriate security will be provided throughout the visit. The spokesperson added that Harry is continuing to explore "every available option" to enable the trip to proceed safely and allow Archie and Lilibet to visit the U.K.

In a statement shared with PEOPLE on Monday, June 29, the spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex said: "Prince Harry's programme in the United Kingdom includes both public and private engagements across the country. Safe accommodation is only one element of an effective protective security plan because risk follows the person, not the place."

"The issue has never been accommodation," the spokesperson continued. "The issue is whether appropriate and proportionate protective security is being provided throughout the entirety of the visit. The independent Risk Management Board that RAVEC itself decided was necessary last November has still not taken place. It is therefore difficult to understand how the proportionality of the current arrangements can credibly be maintained without that independent assessment."

"The Duke continues to explore every available option to enable the visit to proceed safely and to give his children the opportunity to enjoy the U.K.," the spokesperson added.

After the Sussexes publicly confirmed Friday that Harry, Meghan, Archie and Lilibet planned to travel to Britain, the family was informed later that day that police protection would be provided on royal property but not elsewhere during the visit, according to a source familiar with the matter. That development sparked a weekend of questions about whether the trip could proceed as planned.

A source familiar with the matter says the Sussexes, who are currently on vacation with their children in Europe, were initially told a Risk Management Board (RMB) review would take place in March but were informed Friday that it had not occurred because such reviews had been paused. The source says the family was then notified that, during their upcoming visit, they would receive police protection while on royal property but not while traveling to engagements or at other locations.

According to the source, RAVEC said its decision took into account information submitted earlier this year as part of the Sussexes' Threat Risk Assessment. The source, however, maintains that an independent RMB review remains essential because it would have access to government intelligence and security assessments beyond those available to private firms and would provide an objective assessment of the family's current threat level before recommending appropriate protection.

Security continues to be a central concern for Prince Harry, 41, and his family and a key reason why Meghan, 44, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, have not been to the U.K. since 2022.

Prince Harry and Meghan lost their security when they stepped back as working members of the royal family in 2020 and relocated to California. Harry fought the decision in court but lost his legal appeal last year, after which Harry told the BBCthat he couldn't “see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point.”

“The things that they're going to miss is, well, everything,” he added of his children. “I miss the U.K., I miss parts of the U.K., of course I do. I think that it's really quite sad that I won't be able to show my children my homeland."

Prince Harry's U.K. trip centers around the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games in Birmingham.”

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“The Duke of Sussex fears his children will not meet King Charles in the coming days after their UK visit was “pulled out from under their feet at the 11th hour”.
Prince Harry and Meghan were planning their first trip to Britain as a family in four years for events related to the Invictus Games, due to be held in Birmingham in July.

The duke was said to have been excited for Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, to be reunited with King Charles during the visit early next month.

However, the family trip now appears uncertain after the government declined his request for police protection outside royal residences.

A source close to Harry said on Sunday the prince was “distraught” at the development and that he would not subject his children to being “chased by paparazzi wherever they go from the moment they step off the plane”.

They said Harry was exploring other options to make the trip happen but feared this would not be possible without proper security arrangements.

The source told the Guardian: “Their plans to see family, friends and visit various charitable causes close to the duke’s heart have been pulled out from under their feet at the 11th hour. He’s looking at every option to try and get the family here safely and keep them safe when they’re on the ground. If he can find a way to do that he will.

“The hope is they can meet their grandfather, but there is no way that can happen if they are chased by paparazzi wherever they go from the moment they step off the plane. He won’t put his children through that.”

The visit would have been the first time Charles had seen his youngest grandchildren in person since 2022, during the late Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee celebrations.

Last year Harry lost a legal battle against the Home Office concerning automatic police protection while in the UK, having previously claimed it was not safe to bring his family without it.

He has since been granted a full risk assessment and had been awaiting a final decision from the royal and VIP executive committee (Ravec), the Home Office committee responsible for authorising such protection.

Ravec decisions are taken by an independent chair and its membership includes the royal household, Home Office, Cabinet Office and Metropolitan Police.

The home secretary, in this case Shabana Mahmood, does not contribute to individual Ravec decisions.

A government spokesperson said on Sunday: “The UK government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. It is our longstanding policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security.”

Harry met his father last September at Clarence House in London, their first face-to-face meeting since February 2024. It was seen as a first step in improving relations between them.

An LA-based business associate of Harry and Meghan, who live in Montecito, California, told the Telegraph there had been a “warming of the frost” between the king and his youngest son after Harry’s public attacks in his memoir, Spare, and television interviews.”

From the article:

“On Saturday morning in California, barely 20 hours after the Sussex office sent out a minute-by-minute rundown of everything Meghan and Harry were planning to do on their U.K. tour, news leaked to the Sun that, actually, Meghan and the kids might not be coming after all.

The reason the prince’s team gave for (maybe) pulling the plug is that they have been denied a security package by RAVEC.

However, Harry hasn’t had any security package for well over half a decade, and in the very same operational note the Sussexes sent out to the media on Friday, they themselves acknowledged that they did not have RAVEC security, and that they were going ahead with the tour anyway.

It was right there, in their own document, sent under their own authority. No security, no problem, we’re coming.

Whatever caused a switch to flip in Harry’s troubled head between Friday afternoon and Saturday, his response was a childish fit of self-pity. His voice was “breaking” on receiving the news in his Montecito mansion, I can reveal, and he then began raging, as usual, at the Palace functionaries he has previously described as “men in grey suits” for “keeping him” from his father.

It is now blatantly apparent what this whole exercise was about. The tour, the announcement that Meghan and the kids were coming, the whole carefully choreographed media rollout: it was a naked attempt to bounce his poor, weak, loving father into intervening in the government’s security decision-making to see his grandchildren—something Charles, to his eternal credit, has refused to do.

This is now the high-water mark of Harry’s emotional blackmail: to weaponize his father’s love for his son, to seek to exploit the King’s emotional vulnerability, his desire to heal his family. It is sickening to think it may all have been done to pressure him into intervening with the RAVEC committee on his behalf.

When it didn’t work, when Charles did not pick up the phone and override the security apparatus of the British state to give his boy what he wanted, Harry blew the whole thing up.

Harry is not getting security from RAVEC. He has been told this over and over again. The idea that the continuation of the status quo represents some sudden and dramatic development is absurd.

But the real victims here are the people Harry, 41, and Meghan, 44, say they were coming to support: the wounded veterans.

This tour was supposed to be about Invictus, wasn’t it? About the men and women who have sacrificed their bodies and minds for their country? Think about the people who have spent the past two years working to put the Invictus events together.

Think about the staff at the Chelsea Hospital who had prepared for a visit, who had organized their schedules and their patients and their plans around the expectation that the Sussexes were coming.

Think about every charity, every organization, every volunteer who rearranged their lives on the strength of Harry and Meghan’s promises, now revealed to be false and conditional on their own status. All of them, discarded because Harry didn’t get his security reinstated!

As Tom Bower said on my show the other day, the Invictus Games have become the Meghan Games. How right he is.
Either Meghan gets what Meghan wants, or everybody gets nothing.

Naturally, none of this is Harry’s fault. Bafflingly, it all seems to be the fault of the King’s private secretary, Sir Clive Alderton, an affable, public-spirited man trying to do his best to look after the interests of the King in the face of a series of horrific betrayals by a money-hungry, failing Sussex organization.

Alderton is probably on about £100k a year, tops. Harry and Meghan made over $100 million dollars by betraying their family.

Everything is always someone else’s fault. None of this should surprise us. We saw this pattern over and over again in “Spare.” When Harry decided to wear a Nazi uniform to a costume party, whose fault was it? William’s and Catherine’s, because they laughed at it.

When he shaved his head at Eton, whose fault was it that he looked ridiculous? William’s, for telling him it wasn’t a great idea.

When Harry wanted to wear a beard at his wedding, in violation of an Army regulation (that dates back to World War I, when facial hair prevented gas masks from forming a proper seal) and was told he couldn’t, who did he blame? William, naturally. Every single time, with every single grievance, it is never Harry’s fault.

And that is exactly what happened here. Harry knew he didn’t have security. He organized this entire tour anyway, spinning along everybody in the media, his charities, and in royal service for over six months, telling them it was happening, that they needed accommodation, that Meghan and the children were coming. Apartments were made ready. Plans were drawn up. People went out of their way to make it work.

I think people can see now why the British public, William, former employees and Netflix feel the way they do about the Sussexes. Harry has gone from a 70-plus per cent approval rating to the 20s. Meghan’s brand is utterly toxic. That is what happens when people watch you claim to care about wounded veterans while using them as leverage in a family argument about your status, and watch you shamelessly lecture people about service while treating every person and every institution around you as an utterly disposable means to an end, given none of the respect or consideration you so volubly demand for yourself.

This is a man who is willing to let down and betray every single person foolish enough to give him the benefit of the doubt (I include myself here in the matter of this tour, but, more notably, the veterans and the king) rather than accept a reality he doesn’t like.

Incredibly, Harry’s office is still saying the family might come to the U.K., potentially only for a single day (the duration of Harry’s own visit is unaffected). They are so shameless and cynical, that is a real possibility.

I think Harry is genuinely having some kind of breakdown and has lost touch with normal codes of respect for others, fed by his obsession with therapy (including the drug-based therapy he has boasted of using).

As for Meghan, she has shown us over the years who she is and that she delights in attention. I don’t think she will care too much how it is generated. The fact that her children are the ancillary weapon in this attempt to blackmail the British state is par for the course.

The people that this incident shames are the grasping, venal Sussexes themselves.

But this is also a grotesque humiliation for a king who has tried to be fair in a really difficult situation, at considerable personal cost to his relationship with his other son.

I said hosting them would end badly and that the king was making a mistake, but even I could not have predicted it would have turned into this circus before they had even landed.

Charles must now learn his lesson, like his other son has, and like the rest of us. The olive branch must be withdrawn. The insane and unpopular plan to bring the Sussexes back must be abandoned.

Sadly, knowing how much Charles wants this reconciliation, I have a fear it will not.

If the king still agrees to meet them after this display, or still elects to honor them with accommodation at a royal palace, I think his subjects will be utterly appalled.”

From the article:

“Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are currently vacationing in Europe with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, PEOPLE understands, ahead of the family's planned trip to the U.K. next month.

The family getaway comes after the Duke, 41, and Duchess of Sussex, 44, confirmed on Friday, June 26, that they intend to travel to Britain with their children in July for a series of engagements surrounding the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham.

While Harry and Meghan have planned public appearances, Archie and Lilibet are not expected to attend any public engagements.

On Saturday, The Telegraph reported that Harry is reconsidering the visit after learning that his request for taxpayer-funded police protection has been denied. PEOPLE understands, however, that the details shared by the Sussexes on Friday remain unchanged. 

Security continues to be a central concern for the Duke of Sussex. A source notes that the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (RAVEC) has yet to carry out a long-awaited Risk Management Board review of Harry's security arrangements.

The Duke has previously said he “can't see a world” in which he would bring his family back to the U.K. without adequate protection.

Next month's trip to the U.K. would mark the first time that Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, have been in the country since they visited to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of the late Queen Elizabeth in 2022.

Prince Harry has long been candid that he believes Meghan and their children could face security concerns in the U.K. after losing their taxpayer-funded police protection in 2020. The family will not receive taxpayer-funded protection while in the U.K., other than when they are within royal residences.

Buckingham Palace revealed on June 19 that King Charles has offered Harry and his family accommodation on a royal estate during their visit, though the location has not been disclosed.

If the Sussexes stay at one of the 77-year-old monarch's residences, they would be covered by the existing security arrangements at the property. The family plans to stay in both royal residences and private accommodation during their visit, PEOPLE understands.

Harry's trip has long been in the works, with him set to attend a series of public events marking the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham, which will take place July 10–17, 2027.

As part of the countdown, the couple will visit Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre (NEC), the primary venue for the Games. Harry plans to watch and participate in a series of exhibition events alongside competitors from previous Invictus Games, officially launching the one-year countdown while showcasing both classic and new adaptive sports that will feature in Birmingham.

The prince plans to attend the 14th Invictus Games Foundation Conversation: From Policy to Practice at Chatham House, while he and Meghan are also set to take part in a series of private meetings with the Invictus Games Foundation at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Also in Birmingham, Harry is set to visit Birmingham Children's Hospital to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the charity WellChild's first WellChild Nurse. The Duke of Sussex is a patron of the charity.

In his role as Global Ambassador for Scotty's Little Soldiers, a charity that supports bereaved military children and young people, Harry was also set to attend Scotty's Summer Festival at Maxstoke Castle in Warwickshire.

The visit, if it proceeds, could open the door to Harry's children spending time with their grandfather, King Charles.

Since the family relocated to California in 2020, Archie is believed to have spent only a handful of occasions with the monarch, and Charles has only once met Lilibet, who is named after Queen Elizabeth's childhood nickname.

No plans for a reunion between Harry and his father during the potential visit have been confirmed.

However, the pair met during previous U.K. trips, including in September 2025, when they reunited at the King's London residence while Harry was in Britain for the WellChild Awards and Invictus Games events. The private meeting lasted 55 minutes and marked their first face-to-face conversation in 19 months.”

From the article:

“PRINCE Harry will NOT get extra security when he travels to Britain next month casting doubt on whether he will bring Meghan, Archie and Lilibet.

The Royal and VIP Executive Committee (RAVEC) has turned down requests for extra protection just a week before he is due to arrive for a string of engagements.

Harry, 41, wants to bring Meghan to the UK and his two children for the week-long trip where they also planned to meet the King and visit the final resting place of Princess Diana.

Harry will still come but the arrival of Meghanand the children has been thrown into doubt and is being reassessed after the decision by RAVEC.
The Sun first revealed a Risk Management Board was being convened to discuss Harry’s security case after he lost his High Court bid to return his 24 hour security.

But it is believed no meeting has taken place and now RAVEC has determined no extra security will be provided.

An offer from the King for Harry and his family to stay at a royal home believed to be Buckingham Palace is still on the table.

It comes just 24 hours after sources close to the Sussexes confirmed Harry would bring Meghan, Archie and Lilibet to the UK next month.
Harry wants to take his children to meet the King, it is understood.

A source said: “Harry is reassessing things. Ultimately, he is going to do everything he can to find a way to bring them over safely.”

From the article:

“Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expected to bring their family to the U.K. next month, where they may make a poignant visit to his mother Princess Diana’s burial site.

Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, are believed to be accompanying their parents on a trip to Harry's home country in the coming weeks, as the Duke of Sussex supports the one-year countdown events to the 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham. The visit would mark the first time Meghan, 44, and the children have returned to the U.K. since 2022.

Althorp House, Princess Diana's family's estate and where she is buried, is closed to visitors on July 10 and 11, prompting speculation that Prince Harry and his family could visit or even stay there. The Duke of Sussex has previously stayed at Althorp — which is owned by Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer — during visits to the U.K., including in August 2024 when he returnedfor the funeral of his uncle Lord Robert Fellowes.

Diana, who died at age 36 following a 1997 Paris car crash, was laid to rest at the Spencer family’s ancestral home in Northamptonshire, England. She is buried on an island at the center of the ornamental lake known as The Round Oval within Althorp Park's Pleasure Garden, and her gravesite is off-limits to the public.

While it's not believed that Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet have ever visited their late grandmother's burial site, Prince Harry recalled bringing Meghan there in his memoir, Spare.

Recalling the visit in 2022, Prince Harry wrote that after his uncle gave them a “little shove" through some mud, they rowed out on a boat to the island.

"No visit to this place was ever easy, but this one… twenty-fifth anniversary,” Prince Harry wrote. “And Meg’s first time. At long last, I was bringing the girl of my dreams home to meet mum."

“We hesitated, hugging, and then I went first. I placed flowers on the grave. Meg gave me a moment, and I spoke to my mother in my head, told her I missed her, asked her for guidance and clarity," he continued. "Feeling that Meg might also want a moment, I went around the hedge, scanned the pond. When I came back, Meg was kneeling, eyes shut, palms against the stone."

"I asked, as we walked back to the boat, what she’d prayed for,” Prince Harry added. “Clarity, she said. And guidance."

From the article:

“Prince William and Robert Irwin traveled in style as they undertook their latest assignment as part of the Earthshot Prize.

William, 44, turned up via a green London bus alongside Australian TV presenter Robert Irwin at London's magnificent Guildhall on the morning of June 23 for a special celebration with some of the winners and finalists of his Earthshot Prize.

The prince and fellow climate champion, Irwin, were there to hail the optimism they see in the innovative solutions put forward by entrepreneurs to find answers to the Earth's pressing issues. Irwin, 22, is also a global ambassador for William's green project.

The Earthshot Prize Impact Assembly, which is happening as part of London Climate Action Week, celebrated some of the finalists and winners of William's prestigious contest, which works to find solutions to the planet's pressing environmental challenges.

In a speech, the royal said that he had "proof" that his Earthshot initiative was succeeding in its "immense climate and nature goals," noting that he felt "more optimistic than ever." He went on to list many of the prizes' success stories, including clean air policy in India, planting trees in Brazil, and the High Seas Treaty to protect international waters.”

From the article:

“King Charles III reportedly extended an olive branch to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after years of estrangement and strain.

The monarch, 77, has invited his son and daughter-in-law to stay at a royal residence when they make their return to the UK next month, according to the Sun.

The outlet further claimed that Charles also offered the Sussexes — who will bring their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, with them — security arrangements following Harry’s battle for taxpayer-funded protection.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were stripped of their security privileges after stepping down from their royal duties and moving to the US in 2020, leading to ongoing tension with his family.

Harry, 41, previously stated that he did not “feel safe” in the UK because his family had allegedly “been subjected to well-documented neo-Nazi and extremist threats.” Markle, notably, is biracial.

“Megxit,” as it came to be called, left a bad taste in the royal family’s mouths, as did the couple’s infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, followed by the prince’s 2023 tell-all book, “Spare.”

However, after Harry met with his dad in his London home for “private tea” last September, the duke admitted he wanted to spend more time in his native England and bring his wife and kids with him.

The foursome will travel from California across the pond in the second week of July for a series of events ahead of the annual Invictus Games.

The reported “new conditions” ahead of the visit mean that “a safe return” can take place.

“There is a hope they will both be able to find time in their schedules to catch up when Harry is in the UK,” a source told the Sun, claiming that the father-son duo “speak regularly.”

Archie and Lili have not been to the UK since June 2022, while Markle’s last visit was three months later for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.

It’s unclear whether the former actress, 44, and her father-in-law will interact during the upcoming trip.

Reps for both Charles and the Sussexes did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.”

From the article:

“The Information Commissioner’s Office has concluded its investigation into a breach involving Kate Middleton's medical records.

The Princess of Wales, now 44, was hospitalized in January 2024 for an abdominal surgery at The London Clinic. It was reported two months later that at least one staff member at the hospital attempted to illegally access the Princess of Wales’ medical records.

Over two years later, on Wednesday, June 17, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced that it had "concluded its criminal investigation into the unlawful obtaining and disclosure of medical information to a third party without the consent of the data controller, related to a breach reported by the London Clinic in March 2024."

The healthcare professional from The London Clinic, who The Mirror reported was fired after an internal investigation, received a "formal caution," with the ICO concluding that "a caution was the appropriate and proportionate enforcement response."

The ICO added that the staffer's conduct "involved the deliberate misuse of highly sensitive personal information and an offer to disclose it for financial gain, representing a clear breach of trust."

Ian Hulme, executive director for regulatory supervision, said in a statement, "People should be able to trust that the personal information they’re giving to healthcare settings is safe and protected from exploitation. When this trust is broken, it’s right that the law allows us to take action.

“We will not hesitate to pursue criminal prosecution where it is necessary and proportionate to do so,” he added.

Additionally, a spokesperson for the London Clinic said, “We all take considerable pride in delivering the very highest standards of care and discretion for every patient at The London Clinic. We are pleased our work with the ICO has brought this sad and isolated incident to a conclusion. There were no regulatory breaches by the hospital," per The Guardian.

Princess Kate retreated from the public eye after her abdominal surgery in early 2024 to recover. In March of that year, she publicly revealed that she had been diagnosed with cancer and had begun treatment.

After spending much of 2024 out of the public eye, the Princess of Wales shared in early 2025 that she was in remission.

"It is a relief to now be in remission, and I remain focused on recovery," she said in a statement shared on social media. "As anyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to a new normal. There is much to look forward to. Thank you to everyone for your continued support.”

In May 2026, Princess Kate made an official royal visit to Italy, her first overseas work trip since she announced her cancer diagnosis.

"[This visit] is an important step in the princess's recovery journey. She takes great joy from this work,” a royal aide told PEOPLE at the time.”

From the article:

“LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry, the younger son of King Charles, will bring his two children on a rare visit to Britain next month, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Harry, who moved to the United States with his American wife Meghan in 2020, ‌has not brought his children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, back to Britain in recent years, but the family will come over next month for an event to promote his Invictus Games, the paper said.

There was no immediate comment from his spokesperson.
Last year, the Duke of Sussex, 41, lost a battle with the British government over his security arrangements after which he said ⁠he could not safely bring his family to the UK.

That decision, combined with a public, high-profile falling out with both his father and elder brother, Prince William, has meant the king has barely seen his two grandchildren since they were born.

The last time they were all in Britain was in 2022 during celebrations, to mark the late Queen Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne.
Last September, Harry met up with King Charles for their first face-to-face encounter in 20 months, in what was regarded as a step towards ending the rift which followed his and Meghan's criticism of the royals and the institution.

However, ‌relations ⁠among the Windsors remain strained, especially between the brothers.

"Harry says he’s coming back before the end of the year with the children with the express intent to reunite with his dad," an unnamed source told the Telegraph.

"He has wanted to have his kids meet their grandfather, especially after their summit in London last year. ⁠While there have been deep-seated trust issues around Harry, there is a sense now that all parties want peace."

The prince was already due to be in Britain next month to promote next year's Invictus Games - the international ⁠sporting event that he founded in 2014 for military personnel wounded in action - which is being held in Birmingham, central England.

The government decided to remove automatic police protection for Harry in Britain ⁠when he stepped down from royal duties in 2020.

During visits last year, a known stalker was said to have got close to him on two occasions. The Telegraph said he had been assured adequate security would now be in place.

Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Sarah Young