Harry and Meghan in shock move BACK to Britain just six years after quitting Royal life – & kids will go to school here

PRINCE Harry and wife Meghan are moving back to the UK — six years after leaving for the US. They will make a shock return at the end of August for “an extended period”, with kids Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, enrolling at school here. Harry, Meghan, Archie and Lilibet are making a shock return to the UK Credit: Refer to Caption Prince Harry had a reunion with King Charles last month Credit: Getty The Sussexes, who had a reunion with King Charles last month, have found a new home in the UK. Their relocation raises questions over the future of the 2020 Sandringham Agreement — dubbed “Megxit”. Sign up for the Royals newsletter Thank you! Charles was told on Sunday that his son and daughter-in-law are returning to Britain. The Sussexes will move into a non-royal residence and will not be working royals but will continue with their business enterprises. Read more on Meghan and Harry Despite the fact they must have been planning the move for weeks, if not months, the pair did not raise the prospect of a return when they met Charles and Camilla at Highgrove, Gloucs, in July. However, it is understood the 77-year-old King is welcoming the opportunity to see more of the family in a private capacity. Watch the video in full here Harry was already due to visit the UK in mid-September for his patronages including a WellChild Awards bash, and would have been offered a Buckingham Palace room. Most read in Royals But sources have confirmed the whole family will now return earlier — at the end of this month. Read Arthur Edwards’ reaction to Harry and Meghan’s return to the UK here They are expected to remain in Britain while Archie and Lilibet are in education. And they will retain their £11million home in Montecito, California, and Portugal bolthole. The return comes six years after Megxit, when Harry and Meghan stepped down as working royals, slamming Britain on their way out. It also raises questions over the January 2020 Sandringham Agreement which ruled the couple could not juggle being working royals while earning private sector money. It is understood Harry and Meghan will not receive any money from the public purse while back in the UK, and that he will not undertake any official royal duties. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, pictured on their wedding day, are returning at the end of this month for ‘an extended period of time’ Credit: Alamy Princess Kate, Prince William, Prince Harry and Meghan at Windsor Castle in 2022 Credit: Getty Sources say if there are discussions on any future role for him it would need to take place between him and his father. Both Archie and Lilibet can start in UK education in September. He is at Prep School age, and she is eligible for Year One. Sussex sources would not reveal where they will be enrolled, nor where the family is living, citing privacy and security reasons. However The Sun understands the family’s new accommodation is not a royal property. It is unclear if they have bought their UK home or will rent. It is also unclear whether the family has been given security assurances, and whether the financial burden will fall on taxpayers. Harry has previously claimed it was unsafe to bring his family back home. He has fought a multi-million pound legal campaign to force the Government to return his 24-hour armed guards. After a “devastating” court loss 18 months ago he said: “I can’t see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the UK at this point.” It comes as… Harry and Meghan have already secured a home for their return Questions remain over their royal roles and the Fab Four Feud Inside the five-year onslaught of attacks on William and Kate From fairytale wedding to royal exit, how Harry and Meghan changed the Windsors Arthur Edwards: I know why furious William may never forgive them It is also not known if there have been changes in the Home Office’s security position on the Sussexes, and sources would not comment. Meghan, Archie and Lilibet spent last month’s visit here without taxpayer-funded armed cops. Harry and Meghan have previously been critical of Britain and the royals. In Afghanistan in 2008, Harry, whose mum Diana died in a 1997 car crash following public scrutiny, said: “I generally don’t like England that much.” On Apple TV+ show The Me You Can’t See in 2021, he added: “For most of my life I always felt worried, concerned, a little bit tense and uptight whenever I fly back into the UK. In his book Spare, Harry made startling revelations about his family, describing a fight with William Credit: Getty Kids Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, will be enrolling at British schools Credit: Instagram “For me, London is a trigger because of what happened to my mum.” The couple also alleged in their Oprah Winfrey tell-all that the Royal Family had made racist comments about their unborn children. And on Dax Shepard podcast Armchair Expert in 2021, Harry claimed his royal life was “a mixture between The Truman Show and being in a zoo”. He also claimed he quit the UK to “break that cycle” of “pain and suffering” from his family and that “genetic pain” had been passed on. In his January 2023 book Spare, Harry criticised the Press and made startling family revelations. He described a fight with William, said Charles pleaded “Please, boys, don’t make my final years a misery” at Prince Philip’s funeral, and revealed he had pleaded with his dad not to marry Camilla. A whole episode of their six-part Netflix series Harry & Meghan in late 2022 compared opposition to the couple with Brexit, and branded the Commonwealth “Empire 2.0”. This was despite Harry and Meghan once being Commonwealth Youth Ambassadors after being appointed by Queen Elizabeth II. The couple will not be working royals but will continue with their business enterprises Credit: Getty Mystery of new home PRINCE Harry and Meghan will not be moving into a royal residence and instead have lined up a private home. The location has been kept under wraps but there are a number of options. The Cotswolds is popular with American celebrities and A listers who want to live discreetly, and it is near to the King’s Highgrove Estate. Former talk show host Ellen Degeneres had a property there and was friends with Meghan in California. But Prince Harry may want to be close to his mother Princess Diana’s childhood home at Althorp House in Northants where her grave is. On self-recorded footage shown on Harry & Meghan, he refers to a plane trip after his last royal engagement as his “freedom flight”. In recent years his right to stay in the US has come under intense scrutiny. Think-tank The Heritage Foundation has been campaigning to get the Department of Homeland Security to release his US visa application. It argued the American public had a right to know whether the royal was candid about past drug use on the application. Harry confessed in Spare to taking cocaine, marijuana and hallucinogenics. Charles evicted the Sussexes from Frogmore Cottage, Windsor, in January 2023 following publication of Spare. They have been without a home in Britain for 4½ years and Harry often stays in hotels when in the UK. On his last visit, Harry caused Charles’s patience to snap over his dithering about whether to accept accommodation at Buckingham Palace. The Sussexes ended up staying at friends’ and at his uncle Charles Spencer’s Althorp House in Northamptonshire. Harry has admitted that he once pleaded with Charles not to marry Camilla Credit: AFP Rethink question on gun security By Julia Atherley Home Affairs Correspondent PRINCE Harry’s decision to move his family back to the UK raises questions over his long-running row with the Government over his taxpayer-funded armed protection. He launched a Home Office legal challenge after being told he was no longer entitled to bodyguards once he had moved out of the country. The Royal and VIP Executive Committee decides who gets protection and is “responsible for risks arising within GB as they affect principals who are, in almost every case, resident within Great Britain”. Harry and Meghan were told they “do not fit readily within this framework”. The Duke lost a judicial review, before then launching an unsuccessful appeal. But in December we revealed he had won a new Government review. Another threat assessment is to be carried out, but has been delayed as the board responsible has stalled. It is understood with nine ex-Prime Ministers in the queue for protection, the system is backlogged. It is unclear whether Harry, on his return, will automatically regain the protections he was given before Megxit. A Government spokesperson said earlier this year it was long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on security arrangements “as doing so could compromise their integrity”. Meghan revealed in online photos that the family had visited Diana’s grave at the estate. Meghan will continue to run her food and lifestyle brand As Ever. But questions remain about what else she will do with her time as she has no UK-based projects or campaigns. Little has been said on the record by the Royal Family regarding the Sussexes’ set up in California or the Megxit deal. Harry and Meghan are said to have found themselves a new home in the UK Credit: Getty The Sun’s front page revealing Megxit on January 9, 2020 Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd But Charles used his September 2022 accession speech to make it clear that Harry and Meghan were not part of the working royals. Last year, in a possible hint that he was returning, Harry spoke of “the bond, the banter, the bravery” that he said defined Britain. Reports that Harry registered Archie at Eton College were previously denied by sources close to the Sussexes. Prince William’s oldest son George, 13, will start at Eton next month. A spokesman for the King declined to comment. Megxit timeline May 19, 2018. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle marry. March, 2019. The palace announces Harry and Meghan will set up their own household. January, 2020. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announce their plans to step back from their roles as senior royals and reach the Sandringham Agreement – dubbed “Megxit” – which rules the Sussexes can not be half-in-half-out royals. March 2020. Meghan and Harry attend their last official engagement as working royals at Commonwealth Service Day before moving to California. March, 2021. Harry and Meghan’s notorious tell-all Oprah interview airs. December, 2022. Harry and Meghan’s bombshell Netflix documentary is released with the duo branding the Commonwealth “Empire 2.0.” January, 2023. Harry releases his tell all memoir Spare, heavily criticising the British press and making startling revelations about his family. February, 2024. Charles is diagnosed with cancer after the disease was spotted during his prostate operation. September, 2025. Harry is reunited with his father in their first face-to-face meeting since Charles was diagnosed with cancer. June, 2026. Harry, Meghan and the children visit the UK including Diana’s childhood home. August, 2026. It is announced Prince Harry and Meghan are moving back to the UK — six years after leaving for the US. 30 comments30