Meghan, Archie and Lilibet ‘will not join Harry on trip to London next week’

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrive at Rushcutters Bay following a sail on Sydney Harbour with veterans from the Invictus Australia community, in Sydney, Australia, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo
No decision has been made on whether the Duke of Sussex’s wife and children will accompany him for the rest of his five-day trip to the UK (Picture: Reuters)

Meghan Markle, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will not join Prince Harry in London next week.

No decision has been made on whether the Duke of Sussex’s wife and children will accompany him for the rest of his five-day trip to the UK, it is understood.

This is despite Harry saying he was ‘determined’ to bring them to Britain safely this month after his request for taxpayer-funded police protection was denied.

The family were hoping to travel at the start of this month to attend celebrations marking the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games in Birmingham.

Harry lost a legal battle with the government last year over his security.

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The level of protection he was offered was downgraded after he stepped down from being a working royal and moved to the US in 2020.

(FILES) Britain's Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan hold their baby son Archie as they meet with Archbishop Desmond Tutu (unseen) at the Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town on September 25, 2019. Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and two children will stay at royal residences during their first family trip back to the UK in four years in July, a source familiar with the matter said on June 27, 2026. (Photo by HENK KRUGER / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
The family were hoping to travel at the start of this month to attend celebrations marking the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games (Picture: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

A government spokesperson previously said: ‘The UK government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate.

‘It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security.’

It has been four years since Harry’s children have seen their grandfather King Charles.

A source said: ‘The hope is they can meet their grandfather. But there is no way that can happen if they are chased by paparazzi wherever they go from the moment they step off the plane.’

Sources in Buckingham Palace have stressed the monarch is not involved in decisions around Harry’s security.

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