PA MediaPrince Harry has formally accepted an invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace for part of his visit to London this week, a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex has confirmed.
His stay at the palace will take place as part of a trip to the UK to get ready for the Invictus Games, which will be held in Birmingham next year, and charity events.
It is understood that he will not be accompanied by his wife Meghan and their two children, Archie and Lilibet, when he visits London, after it was confirmed that the family would not be provided with taxpayer-funded police security.
But it is possible that they may join Prince Harry in Birmingham to promote the Invictus Games later in the week.
During his visit to Birmingham, Prince Harry is expected to visit the city’s children’s hospital and Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, which will be hosting the Invictus Games.
There had been reports that the later part of the trip would also include a visit to Althorp in Northampton, the family estate of Prince Harry’s mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. It is understood there were plans for him to take his wife and children to his mother’s private grave.
The Duke of Sussex’s long-running dispute with the UK government over security stretches back to his decision to step back from his role as a senior royal in 2020 and move to the US with his family.
He has contested a decision by the Royal and VIP Executive Committee’s Risk Management Board that because he was going to be an infrequent visitor to the UK, his security would be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
He has previously said he would not bring his family to the country without improved security arrangements, telling the BBC in 2025 that he could not “see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK at this point”.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were last together in the UK in 2022, at the time of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
He has since travelled to the country alone, and met his father on a trip last September.
