The couple are returning to the UK (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will meet King Charles when they return to the UK next month, according to reports. It comes after questions were asked about whether the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would have the opportunity to meet the monarch.
The Sun claims there is “an agreement” that the monarch will meet Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, whom he has not seen in person since they last visited the UK in June 2022 for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. It is not yet known if Meghan will join Harry, Archie and Lilibet in meeting the King.
While a reunion appears to be set for the monarch and his youngest two grandchildren, a meeting with Harry’s brother, Prince William, likely remains out of the question. The warring brothers are not thought to have spoken since the late Queen’s funeral and have not been in the same room since they attended their uncle, Lord Robert Fellowes, in July 2024.
The couple last visited the UK together in September 2022 (Image: Getty)
The family are returning to the UK next month (Image: @meghan/Instagram)
King Charles has not seen his youngest two grandchildren in four years (Image: Getty)
The couple are travelling over from the US to attend the Invictus Games’ One Year to Go event in Birmingham, marking the first time the Duchess has visited the UK since September 2022. It emerged that the whole Sussex family will join Harry from July 6 to 10 for Invictus events, although it is not known whether Archie and Lilibet will be seen in public.
Following Harry’s security fears, it is understood the family has been invited to stay in a royal residence, with the paper even claiming that they could stay in Buckingham Palace – with an insider describing it as the “safest building in Britain”. This is despite the fact that Harry was offered a stay at the Palace during a previous return to the UK, but declined the offer as he felt it was not secure enough.
With Buckingham Palace currently home to no members of the Royal Family as the 10-year £369million improvement works take place, another option could be a stay at nearby St James’s Palace or Windsor Castle.
Buckingham Palace is currently undergoing a 10-year restoration (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry last arrived to visit his father in September (Image: Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)
The couple’s former Frogmore Cottage home is also believed to remain vacant since they were evicted in 2023, making a fleeting return possible.
The paper reports that Meghan has agreed to stay in a royal home with armed guards for her first visit back since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in September 2022. In the years since, Prince Harry has made several solo trips back, such as for King Charles’s coronation in 2023 and to support the charities he remains connected to in the UK.
His last visit came in September last year, when he had a private 45-minute meeting with his father at Clarence House. As he attended an event in London afterwards, he said of the King, “Yes, he’s great”, when spoken to by reporters.
The update comes as an official conclusion on the status of Prince Harry’s UK-based security is yet to be confirmed.
Back in May 2025, Harry lost a legal case to have his police protection reinstated whenever he returns to the UK. In a bombshell BBC interview after the ruling, Harry said that it was “too dangerous” to bring his family to the UK as he could not guarantee their safety.
Princess Lilibet and her brother, Prince Archie, haven’t visited the UK since 2022 (Image: Meghan Markle/Instagram)
In December, it was claimed that Harry’s security access when he visits the UK was under review. But no change to the arrangements has been publicly announced.
A government spokesperson said: “The UK Government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. It is our longstanding policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security.”
It also comes after he said that the UK was “too dangerous” for him and his family to return to. When asked during the ITV documentary Tabloids On Trial whether the legal battles attract more attention, Harry said: “There is more than enough attention on me and my wife anyway. They pushed me too far.
“It’s still dangerous, and all it takes is one lone actor, one person who reads this stuff to act on what they have read and whether it’s a knife or acid, whatever it is, and these are things that are of genuine concern for me.”