Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will stay with their parents at a royal residence when they visit next month, but will not attend any public engagements, HELLO! can reveal.
Harry and Meghan are bringing their children to the UK for the first time since 2022, and will spend their time across a mixture of royal and private accommodation.
The Duke’s police protection was removed when he moved to the United States in 2020 and he has previously stated that he “can’t see a world” in which he brought his wife and children back to Britain. He has spent the past five years challenging the Home Office over the situation in court and has been awaiting the outcome of a review agreed by the Home Secretary.
But HELLO! understands the review of his situation by the Home Office’s Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures, known as RAVEC, has still not been concluded.
But if the family stays at one of the King’s homes, they would be protected by existing security arrangements.
Details of Harry and Meghan’s itinerary have now been shared, with a mixture of public and private events and several gaps in the schedule which could allow for a reunion with the monarch if his diary allows.
What will Prince Harry do in the United Kingdom?
Harry will begin his trip with an Invictus Games Foundation event at Chatham House, which will bring together experts, policymakers and members of the Invictus Community to discuss issues affecting the wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans. Uganda will also be announced as the 26th nation to join the Games.
The Duke and Duchess will then meet Chelsea pensioners at the Royal Hospital Chelsea when they carry out their first joint engagement together in the UK since 2020.
© Samir Hussein/WireImageAs Patron of Wellchild, Harry will visit the Birmingham Children’s Hospital to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first WellChild Nurse, and at the National Exhibition Centre, he and Meghan will watch and take part in a series of events alongside competitors from previous Invictus Games.
The event will mark the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham and showcase the classic and new adaptive sports being planned for it. The Duke will also join bereaved military children supported by Scotty’s Little Soldiers at the Scotty’s Summer Festival at Maxstoke Castle in Warwickshire.
© Getty ImagesHarry last visited the UK in September, when he spent 50 minutes having tea with his father King Charles at Clarence House. Father and son have stayed in touch and are widely expected to meet up during next month’s visit.
Meghan and the couple’s children have not spent time in the UK since the summer of 2022, when they travelled to London for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Archie, now seven, was just three at the time, while Lilibet celebrated her first birthday at Frogmore Cottage, the couple’s former home in Windsor.
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