Prince Harry may not bring Meghan and children to UK after security decision

Prince Harry is said to be reconsidering plans to bring his children to the UK next month to visit the grave of his mother, Princess Diana, according to reports.

The Duke of Sussex was planning to bring his wife, Meghan, and their two children across the pond for a July visit – the family’s first UK trip in four years.

But the plans are reportedly being reevaluated after Harry was told on Friday that no taxpayer-funded security would be provided for them.

Harry is believed to have been told about the decision after details of the visit were announced two days ago.

The trip from the family’s home in California was set to mark the beginning of the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games, which will take place in Birmingham in July 2027.

Harry was due to attend celebrations launching the build-up to the event and visit two charities he supports – WellChild and Scotty’s Little Soldiers.

The Sun reported he was also planning to take his two children, Archie and Lilibet, to visit their grandmother’s grave for the first time.

Diana was buried on an island in the middle of the ornamental Round Oval Lake on the Althorp Estate, where she grew up, following her death aged 36 in a Paris car crash in August 1997.

It would be the first time the two children had seen the grave, and the newspaper said their visit would take place in the days after what would have been Diana’s 65th birthday.

According to the BBC, the duke was ‘distraught’ at the decision not to provide security, but he would ‘still like to find a way to make the trip work’.

Harry’s security in the UK has been a major sticking point in recent years.

His entitlement to protection changed when he stepped down as a working royal in 2020, and last year he lost a legal battle to overturn that downgrade.

Worries about safety were a major factor in the decision over whether to bring his wife and children to visit the UK, he argued.

Reports claim the Sussexes were given assurances that meant Harry’s concerns were mitigated.

Archie and Lilibet have not seen their grandfather, the King, in person since the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.

Harry last saw his father in September last year when they had tea together at Clarence House in London. It was the first time they had met face-to-face since February 2024.

The BBC said a final decision on the family’s UK trip will be made in the coming days.

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