Prince Harry will not be accompanied by his wife Meghan and their two children when he visits London as part of a trip to the U.K. next week, a
The prince had previously been expected to make his first family trip back to the U.K. in four years, but theughter Lilibet would not accompany him on the London part of the trip
Arrangements for the rest of the trip are still under consideration, thet but stay outside the capital
Harry, 41, is visiting next week to mark the one-year countdown toward next year’s Invictus Games, launched by the prince in 2014 for wounded veterans. The games will be held from July 10 to 17, 2027
The prince was also expected to attend engagements with his other charities during the multiday visit this month
Harry and his family were currently in Europe and were still hoping to make the trip to the U.K. “in some form,” The Sun newspaper reported Saturday
The tabloid reported, citing aal together in her first such engagement since leaving the U.K., but he would now go alone “for security reasons.”
Aould stay at royal residences, and CBS News partner BBC reported they would be guests of King Charles III
Last year, Harry expressed concerns about his family’s safety in the U.K., after losing a court case to have full police protection restored during U.K. visits
“It’s impossible for me to take my family back to the U.K. safely,” he told the BBC then
While the security arrangements for July’s visit remained unclear, the BBC reported Buckingham Palace had not offered any extra security for the trip
Harry and Meghan left Britain for North America in 2020 and stepped back from royal duties amid a bitter feud with the family, which worsened in the following years as Harry published his tell-all memoir “Spare” and was embroiled in legal battles in the U.K
The king’s younger son has said he would like to reconcile with his father, but it is unclear whether the two will meet during the visit
He is last believed to have briefly met with his 77-year-old father, who is being treated for an undisclosed cancer, at the king’s Clarence House residence in London in September 2025
