Harry & Meghan seen in airport motorcade after arriving back for ‘extended UK stay’ as Archie & Lilibet enrol at school

PRINCE Harry and Meghan have been pictured in the UK for the first time since they landed with their kids yesterday. The Sussexes were pictured in a motorcade after they flew privately into Birmingham from California. Harry and Meghan were driven from Birmingham Airport to their new home Credit: © Kelvin Bruce The couple relied on their personal security detail to take them and their kids from Birmingham Airport to their new home Credit: © Kelvin Bruce They chartered a plane with Planet Nine Private Air, a Californian operator, with the flight said to have cost around £90,000. The Sussexes will stay for “an extended period”, with kids Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, enrolling at school here, The Sun previously revealed. Sign up for the Royals newsletter Thank you! The couple relied on their personal security detail to take them and their kids from Birmingham Airport to their new home. It consisted of just a van and two blacked-out cars after the Sussexes’ flight from California landed in Birmingham just before noon. The Sussexes will move into a non-royal residence and will not be working royals but will continue with their business enterprises. 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, Gloucestershire, in July. They chartered a plane with Planet Nine Private Air, a Californian operator, with the flight said to have cost around £90,000 Credit: © Kelvin Bruce It is believed they flew into the country privately from California Credit: Reuters However, it is understood the 77-year-old King is welcoming the opportunity to see more of the family in a private capacity. 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 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. Harry, Meghan, Archie and Lilibet have returned to the UK Kids Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, will be enrolling at British schools Credit: Instagram Sources say if there are discussions on any future role for Harry 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 will be living, citing privacy and security reasons. However The Sun understands the family’s new accommodation is not a royal property. 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. It is unclear if they have bought their UK home or will rent. 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 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. 13 comments13