Reports say Prince Harry and family return UK after six years in the US, with news outlets saying the couple and their two children have relocated to a private home near London.
British and international outlets reported in August that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle planned to move back to Britain and that the family “have moved” from California, citing the couple’s decision to live in a private, non-royal residence outside London. Reuters wrote that the family was “due back in the UK” after living in the United States for six years, and the BBC reported the move and that children Archie and Lilibet are expected to attend school in Britain.
Multiple reports said the move does not signal a return to official duties. Reuters noted media coverage that the couple “will not return to royal duties,” and BBC coverage described the residence as private and non-royal rather than an official royal household. The reporting emphasized the family’s private status while living back in Britain.
Reporting has linked the relocation to practical matters around schooling and family life. The BBC reported that Archie and Lilibet are due to start school in the UK in September, and other outlets said the children’s education was a factor in the decision to relocate.
Observers and commentators have noted security and public-pressure issues in previous coverage. Reuters and other outlets have covered Harry’s longstanding dispute over government-funded police protection and his public statements about the British press; those items were cited in background pieces explaining why the family had lived in California and why the move back attracted attention.
The move has also prompted official clarifications about royal status. A recent internal report linked in the site’s pool reproduces King Charles’s letter saying Prince Harry “isn’t a working royal,” a point the palace and coverage have reiterated while describing the couple’s private lives in Britain.
How long the family will remain in the UK and whether they will change their public roles further has not been announced by the couple or by an official palace statement; reporting to date frames the relocation as a private resettling rather than a resumption of royal duties.
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- Reuters — reported the family “due back in the UK” and that the couple “will not return to royal duties.”
- BBC — reported the move to a private, non-royal residence and that children Archie and Lilibet are expected to start school in the UK.
- ECIKS — internal coverage reproducing King Charles’s letter stating Prince Harry is not a working royal.
