Prince Harry and Meghan are set to stay in a royal residence when they visit the UK with their children, Archie and Lilibet, and it seems the Duke will be making the most of the trip
Prince Harry is tipped to visit two unexpected relatives when he travels to the UK(Image: Getty Images)
Prince Harry is expected to visit two surprising relatives during his upcoming UK trip with his family. Prince Harry and Meghan are set to stay at a royal residence when they travel to the UK next month with their children, Archie and Lilibet—representing their first family journey across the Atlantic in four years.
The Duke of Sussex, who resides in Montecito, California, will travel to the UK to begin the countdown to next year’s Invictus Games in Birmingham—and it seems the King’s youngest son will be maximising the five-day visit.
Daily Mail senior editor-at-large Richard Kay recently discussed speculation that Harry wishes to introduce his children to the “wider family” and was questioned about who, precisely, that might encompass.
Speaking to Palace Confidential, Richard said: “Well, my guess is, and I have to stress it is only a guess, that it is… he’s referring to the Spencer family, so his late mother’s sisters and brother, whom he has continued to keep up with throughout the years of his exile in California.
Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Lady Jane Fellowes and Earl Spencer, with their nephew Prince Harry(Image: Getty Images)
“And again, the Spencers have been in many ways a sort of a bridge between the Royal Family and Harry. They’ve kept up a good relationship with, for example, they have a good relationship with William.”
He continued: “It has been extremely tricky for them over the years, about keeping in with both sets of this really divided family. Harry’s particularly close to his aunts, his maternal aunts, Jane and Sarah.
“And I suspect that is who he has in mind when he talks about the wider family.”
Harry and William’s mother, Princess Diana, died in a car crash in 1997, aged 36. She has two sisters, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes, and one brother, Charles Spencer.
She also had an older brother, John Spencer, who died only hours after his birth in 1960.
The Duke’s engagements span from July 7 to 11(Image: ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
Harry has, in the past, rejected an offer to stay at Buckingham Palace because of security worries. He also lost a legal battle last year to secure police protection when visiting Britain.
He told the BBC: “I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK at this point and the things they’re going to miss is, well, everything.
“You know I love my country, I always have done despite what some people in the country have done.”
Meghan is due to take part in her first UK engagement in six years with a hospital visit. They are expected to attend at least one public event as a couple, but reports suggest their children will not join them.
The Duke’s engagements span from July 7 to 11, including his own visit to a hospital, Birmingham Children’s, to mark the 20th anniversary of its WellChild Nurse role.