Prince Harry and Meghan are set for a dramatic reunion with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after announcing that they will be returning to the UK just weeks after a frosty reception at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
This week, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex revealed they would attend events in support of “several charities close to their hearts”, across the country as well as a trip to Germany, writes The Mirror.
The couple, who now reside in California, are understood to be planning to stay at their UK base, Frogmore Cottage on the Queen’s Windsor estate - just days after William and Kate and their children move to their new permanent home of Adelaide Cottage which is less than a mile away.
The Cambridge family are leaving their Kensington Palace residence to be nearer the queen and preparing their three children - George, nine, Charlotte, seven and Louis, four - to attend school together. The Sussexes' trip will also coincide with the Queen also planning to be in the area, as she will break away from her summer holiday at Balmoral in Scotland to return to England to welcome a new Prime Minister after Boris Johnson steps down on September 6.
Speaking of the potential meetings, a senior palace source said: “There are obviously a lot of moving parts with everyone’s schedules but nothing is being ruled out.” The Sussexes will head to Manchester for the One Young World Summit, an event which brings together young leaders from more than 190 countries, on September 5.
Former actress Meghan, a counsellor for the organisation, is lined up to deliver a the keynote address at the opening ceremony. The pair will also meet a group of summit delegates doing “outstanding work on gender equality”, One Young World said.
The Sussexes will then head to Germany for the Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023 One Year to Go event on September 6, before returning to the UK for the WellChild Awards in London on September 8, where Harry will deliver a speech.
Harry and Meghan made their first joint visit to Britain for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June, but did not attend the flagship events such as the Buckingham Palace concert or the pageant which acted as the grand finale.
Prince Harry is currently locked in a bitter legal battle with the government over a decision by the Home Office to strip him of his taxpayer funded security when visiting the UK. The Duke launched two cases at the High Court in a bid to overturn the decision.
The duke, who quit as a senior working royal in 2020, is bringing legal action over a decision not to allow him to pay for police protection for himself and his family when in the UK. Last month, he won a bid to bring a High Court claim against the Home Office.
His challenge concerns the February 2020 decision of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) over his security, after being told he would no longer be given the “same degree” of personal protective security when visiting.
Controversially, Prince Andrew has been allowed to keep his security detail despite being forced to step back from royal life in disgrace after becoming embroiled in a sex abuse scandal. Meanwhile, the royal family has been bracing itself for Harry’s forthcoming tell-all book, which he has vowed will be an “accurate and wholly truthful” account of his life.
The memoirs were expected to be published in late 2022 by Penguin Random House but a release date has yet to be confirmed. A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said: “Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are delighted to visit with several charities close to their hearts in early September.”
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