The Duke of Sussex is expected to give evidence against the publisher of the Daily Mail, during a court case set to start in London on Monday 19 January.
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, moved to the US after stepping back from official royal duties.
Why did Harry and Meghan leave the Royal Family?
Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior royals in January 2020.
They were angry about media intrusion and frustrated that Buckingham Palace prevented them developing their “SussexRoyal” brand.
Harry remains a prince and is fifth in line to the throne.
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The couple, who met in 2016 and married in 2018, kept their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles, but are no longer addressed as His or Her Royal Highness (HRH). Harry also gave up his military titles.
When Harry’s father became King, the couple’s two children became Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet of Sussex.
Where do Harry and Meghan live?
Harry and Meghan moved to California in June 2020, saying they wanted space to raise Archie. Lilibet was born there in 2021.
The couple no longer have an official UK residence, after being asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage, a Grade-II listed property on the Windsor estate.
Prince Harry’s US immigration status has been challenged by conservative US think tank The Heritage Foundation, because of past comments about taking drugs including cocaine and marijuana.
How often do Harry and Meghan come to the UK?
Since moving to the US, Prince Harry has made a number of trips to the UK.
In September 2025, he spent about 50 minutes with the King at Clarence House.
The duke also attended charity events, including the WellChild award ceremony for children with serious illness or disability.
Harry play swordfighting with a young girl at at the WellChild awards [PA Media]
Harry has also returned to the UK for court cases about his security arrangements and action against newspaper publishers.
In August 2024, he attended a memorial service for his uncle, Lord Robert Fellowes.
In February 2024, he flew back for a 45-minute meeting with Charles after Buckingham Palace announced that the King had cancer.
Harry attended his father’s coronation in May 2023 without Meghan.
The duke and duchess returned to the UK for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, and her funeral in September of that year.
How do Meghan and Harry earn their money?
As working royals, they received 95% of their annual income from Harry’s father, then Prince of Wales. The taxpayer-funded Sovereign Grant made up the other 5%.
When they stepped down as senior royals, King Charles gave them “a substantial sum” to help establish their new life.
Harry and Meghan set up the Archewell charitable foundation, now known as Archewell Philanthropies.
They also established commercial arrangements with private companies and launched their Sussex.com website.
As Ever
In March 2024, Meghan launched a lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard. It was later renamed “As Ever”, with jam, tea, “cookie mixes”, and flower sprinkles for sale.
The Duchess has also launched a digital shop, allowing fans to purchase clothing, accessories and jewellery.
Television
The Sussexes’ media company, Archewell Productions, makes programmes for Netflix, under a deal thought to be worth millions of dollars.
They first featured in the Harry and Meghan documentary series and spoke about life in the Royal Family.
The Heart of Invictus series discussed the duke’s emotional “unravelling” after military service in Afghanistan.
With Love, Meghan – a lifestyle show, blending “practical how-tos and candid conversation” – began in March 2025.
The second series of With Love, Meghan was broadcast in August 2025 [NETFLIX]
Podcasts
Archewell has also made podcasts for Spotify under a contract thought to be worth $25m (£19.7m).
This included a series called Archetypes, which featured the duchess in conversation with well-known women.
A series with Lemonada Media, Confessions of a Female Founder, followed.
Books
Harry’s memoir, Spare, was published in January 2023.
It discussed his relationship with his brother and father, as well as his grief over the death of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales.
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The book’s publishers promised $1.5m (£1.18m) and £300,000 respectively would be given to the Sentebale and WellChild charities.
Meghan wrote a children’s book called The Bench in 2021.
Inheritance
William and Harry received the bulk of their mother Princess Diana’s £13m fortune when she died in 1997.
In a 2021 interview, Harry told Oprah Winfrey his share of the money funded his family’s move to the US.
He is also thought to have inherited millions from his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother.
It is not known whether the late Queen Elizabeth left him any money.
Acting
During her acting career, Meghan was reportedly paid $50,000 (£40,000) for each episode of the legal drama Suits.
She appeared in more than 100 episodes.
The Duchess of Sussex – pictured with her co-stars in 2012 – played Rachel Zane in Suits from 2011 to 2018 [Getty Images]
What is Harry’s latest court case about?
Harry and others claim that Associated Newspapers’ publications gathered information about them by unlawful means.
The other plaintiffs include Sir Elton John, Liz Hurley and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, mother of murder victim Stephen Lawrence.
Associated Newspapers Ltd has strongly denied the “preposterous allegations”.
Harry is not expected to meet King Charles while in the UK to give evidence.
What happened with Harry’s court cases against other newspapers?
In January 2025, the publisher of the Sun newspaper agreed to pay Harry “substantial damages” and apologised for “serious intrusion” into his private life between 1996 and 2011.
News Group Newspapers – which also published the News of the World before its 2011 closure – also apologised for serious intrusion into the private life of Princess Diana.
Harry also settled a phone hacking claim against Mirror Group Newspapers in 2024.
His lawyer said the duke had been awarded “substantial” damages. He was also granted £140,600 in damages in another part of the case.
Why did Harry go to court over his security arrangements?
The duke and duchess are no longer covered by standard security arrangements for senior royals.
In May 2025, Harry lost a legal case to have full police protection reinstated when visiting the UK.
He told BBC News that it was not safe to bring his family back to the country because he could not guarantee their safety.
Harry said he “would love a reconciliation” with his father and the rest of the Royal Family, but that the dispute over security had “always been the sticking point”.
In December 2025, sources told BBC News that a Home Office review would consider whether he should automatically receive full police protection.