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Prince Harry to Visit UK Alone for Invictus Games Countdown
Prince Harry will travel to the UK next week without his wife and children for a five-day trip marking the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games in Birmingham. A request for police protection for the family during the London portion was denied.
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Prince Harry will visit the UK next week on a five-day trip to mark the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games in Birmingham. Meghan, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, will not travel to London with him after a request for taxpayer-funded police security was denied. No decision has been made on whether Meghan and the children will join him later when the trip moves to the Midlands.
Last month the Duke and Duchess of Sussex accepted an offer to stay in a royal residence with their children during the visit. Prince Harry and Meghan were last together in the UK in 2022 at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. He met his father, King Charles, during a trip last September.
The King last saw his grandchildren in person in 2020. " The Royal and VIP Executive Committee decides on security provision for senior royals and other public figures. Prince Harry is in an ongoing legal battle with the Home Office over security arrangements.
His level of protection was downgraded in 2020 when he stepped back from royal duties, and he lost a Court of Appeal challenge against the Home Office last year. The High Court ruling on his privacy claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail is set to be handed down on Tuesday.
