King Charles seen for first time since Harry & Meghan landed back in the UK

KING Charles has been spotted for the first time since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle landed back in the UK. The Sussexes’ flight from California landed in Birmingham just before noon yesterday. The King was seen driving through Braemar for an outing Charles was with the rest of the royal family in Balmoral last weekend Credit: NEWSLINE MEDIA Now, the King has been seen driving through Braemar in Aberdeenshire on an outing. Harry and his family chartered a private plane with Planet Nine Private Air, a Californian operator, with the flight said to have cost around £90,000. Sign up for the Royals newsletter Thank you! It comes amid questions over whether taxpayers will fund Harry’s protection. After losing a legal fight with the Home Office last year, Harry said a lack of security meant he could not bring his wife and children, Archie and Lilibet, to the UK. Harry & Meghan are back in the UK but without close police protection, above seen in April Credit: AP The couple relied on their personal security detail to take them and their kids from Birmingham Airport to their new home Credit: Kelvin Bruce We revealed last week they were returning, six years after leaving for the US, with their kids enrolled in school to start next month. They will be moving into a non-royal residence, believed to be in the Cotswolds. The Sussexes will not return to official duties or be working members of the Royal Family. It is thought Archie, seven, and five-year-old Lilibet will go to a prep school as day pupils. Most read in Royals The plane that supposedly transported the Sussexes to Britain at Birmingham Airport Credit: SWNS Harry is also said to be moving back to the UK to be closer to his father King Charles We revealed last week they were returning, six years after leaving for the US, with their kids enrolled in school to start next month. It is thought Archie, seven, and five-year-old Lilibet will go to a prep school as day pupils. They will be moving into a non-royal residence, believed to be in the Cotswolds, and will not be working members of the Royal Family. It is understood Harry and Meghan, 41 and 45, will not receive any money from the public purse while back in the UK. Despite the fact that Harry and Meghan 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. 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. 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.