Updated
Updated · BBC.com · Jun 17
Harry and Meghan to Bring 2 Children to UK in July After 4-Year Family Absence
Updated
Updated · BBC.com · Jun 17

Harry and Meghan to Bring 2 Children to UK in July After 4-Year Family Absence

3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 17

Summary

  • Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, are expected to travel to the UK with Prince Harry and Meghan in July, marking the family's first joint visit there in four years.
  • The trip would come a year before the Invictus Games begin and follows Harry's repeated calls to bring his children to his home country despite saying in May it was unsafe without restored police protection.
  • Security arrangements for the visit remain unclear after Harry lost his legal bid to reinstate UK police protection, though the government said its protective system is "rigorous and proportionate."
  • King Charles has met his grandchildren only once before, during the late Queen's 2022 Platinum Jubilee, and it is not yet known whether he will see them on this visit.
  • The planned trip also lands amid tentative efforts at family reconciliation after Harry said last year he wanted to repair relations and met Charles in London in September.

Insights

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