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

Prince Harry may have to scrap plans to bring his children to the UK next month to see 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 over for a July visit – the family’s first UK trip in four years.

But BBC News has reported the plans are being reconsidered 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 over from the family’s home in California was set to mark the beginning of the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games hosted 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’.

The issue of security in the UK has been a major sticking point for Harry in recent years.

His level of 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 stopping him bringing 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 for four years, 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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