King Charles is planning a private reunion with Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their children next month, royal experts have told the Daily Mail, as the duke and duchess prepare to bring Archie and Lilibet to the UK for the first time in four years. The monarch, who ‘wants reconciliation’, would likely host the family on a royal property, away from public view, during their mid-July visit.
Harry and Meghan are travelling from California to attend celebrations marking the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games in Birmingham – Harry’s Olympics-style sporting initiative for injured service personnel, which returns to the UK for the first time since its launch in 2014. The trip, which will include their two children, has sparked intense speculation about whether it could heal the rift between the Sussexes and the rest of the royal family.
“King Charles wants reconciliation and will meet Harry, Meghan and children privately during their July UK visit.”
But the visit comes against a backdrop of Harry’s ongoing legal battle over security. After losing a High Court challenge against the government’s decision to strip him of taxpayer-funded protection when he and Meghan quit royal duties in 2020, the duke pursued an unsuccessful appeal and has now petitioned the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, for a review. Harry has repeatedly insisted the UK is not safe for his wife and children without state-funded guards.
The couple’s departure from royal life – which they described as ‘intolerable’ – has netted them tens of millions of pounds through lucrative deals with Netflix and Spotify. However, those arrangements have shifted as the initial wave of content, including verbal assaults on the royal family, dried up. Harry has been consistent in his attacks, accusing the Firm of racism, bullying and indifference.
Despite the strains, royal editor Russell Myers, writing in the Mirror, noted the Invictus Games’ return to Britain is ‘something to be celebrated’. Whether the private reunion with the King can mend fences remains an open question, as the couple’s public grievances and security demands continue to loom large.