The Duke of Sussex is reportedly planning to take his children, Archie and Lilibet, to visit the grave of their grandmother, Diana, Princess of Wales, for the first time during a trip to the UK next month.
According to a report in The Sun, the poignant visit to Althorp House in Northamptonshire is expected to occur shortly after what would have been Diana's 65th birthday.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are anticipated to travel from their Californian residence to Britain next month. Their itinerary includes attending celebrations marking the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games, which Harry's initiative will host in Birmingham. The Duke is also scheduled to participate in events for WellChild and Scotty’s Little Soldiers, two charities he champions.
This upcoming journey follows a meeting last September between Harry and his father, Charles, who is currently receiving treatment for cancer, marking their first encounter in 19 months.
Althorp House was Diana’s home from her parents’ divorce until her marriage to Charles.
Diana died aged 36 as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash in Paris in August 1997 while Harry was a child.
Following her death, Diana was laid to rest on a secluded, tree-covered island in the centre of the ornamental Round Oval lake on the Althorp Estate.
Harry has faced a protracted legal battle with the Home Office over the security arrangements for him and his family while in the UK after his level of protection changed when he stepped down as a working royal in 2020.
Security worries for his family have been cited by the duke as a reason he could not bring them to the UK, but it appears his concerns have been mitigated, with reports claiming the Sussexes were given assurances.
But sources have stressed all matters of security are issues for the Home Office to decide and the King does not play a role in the process and has not made any private undertakings.
It is four years since Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, last saw their grandfather the King in person during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022.
Harry and Meghan do not have a permanent UK home after they were asked to vacate their Windsor residence Frogmore Cottage, a gift from the late Queen, in 2023 just weeks after the duke’s damning memoir Spare was released.
