Harry and Meghan accept offer to stay at royal estate during UK visit
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have accepted an offer to stay at the royal residence with their two children when they visit England next month.
Harry and Meghan, their son Archie, 7, and daughter Lilibet, 5, will be the King’s guests at the royal mansion for their first trip to Britain as a family in four years.
The royal residence they will use has not yet been made public.
The family will stay in England for a few days and will also stay in private accommodation during their trip.
Prince Harry is visiting the UK to kick off the year-long countdown to the Invictus Games for injured military personnel, which will be held in Birmingham next July.
He is also expected to visit other UK-based charities, which he has continued to support since his move to California.
On previous visits, Prince Harry had rejected an offer to stay at Buckingham Palace due to security concerns about using such a high-profile, visible building.
He lost a legal battle to have police protection while visiting England last year.
The Prince told the BBC his desire to “reconcile” with the Royal Family had been agreed upon. He also said he was concerned it would not be safe to bring his wife and children back to his country of birth.
“At this point I’m going to bring my wife and children back to England and I don’t see a world where there’s everything they’re going to miss,” Prince Harry said.
“You know I love my country, I’ve always done that despite what some people in the country have done.”
The exact security arrangements for next month’s trip have not been made public, but it is understood that no extra security measures have been offered by Buckingham Palace.
Any additional security provisions would be a matter for the Home Office.
The King will last see his grandchildren with Queen Elizabeth II in 2022. He had seen it in person during Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Last September, Prince Harry had tea with his father at Clarence House, their first face-to-face meeting since February 2024.
Neither Buckingham Palace nor representatives of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would comment on the possibility of the King meeting his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, describing it as a private family matter.
