Meghan Markle, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will not travel to the UK with Prince Harry if the Duke of Sussex returns to London later this month.
The Duchess of Sussex has not returned to Britain since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in September 2022.
Archie and Lilibet’s last appearance in the UK came earlier that year when the Royal Family were celebrating the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
King Charles has only met his granddaughter, Princess Lilibet, once when she was six months old.
Meghan Markle, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will not travel to the UK with Prince Harry if the Duke of Sussex returns to London later this month.
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The Duke of Sussex has made many solo trips to the UK over the last three years while Meghan, Archie and Lilibet have remained in the US.
Prince Harry is poised to make a return to Britain within the coming weeks as his legal battle with Associated Newspapers approaches a High Court trial.
The Duke of Sussex, alongside six other prominent figures, is pursuing legal action against the publisher of the Daily Mail over claims of unlawful information gathering spanning three decades.
ANL, which also operates The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, firmly rejects all accusations of wrongdoing.
The Duke of Sussex has made many solo trips to the UK over the last three years while Meghan, Archie and Lilibet have remained in the US.
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The full trial is anticipated to commence at London's High Court later this month, with preliminary hearings already underway to address procedural matters.
The Duke of Sussex is not pursuing this case alone, as the group litigation includes several other high-profile individuals.
Sir Elton John and his husband, filmmaker David Furnish, are among those bringing claims against the publisher.
Actresses Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost have also joined the legal action, alongside Baroness Doreen Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence.
Former Liberal Democrat politician Sir Simon Hughes completes the group of seven claimants.
The Duke of Sussex is not pursuing this case alone, as the group litigation includes several other high-profile individuals.
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Barrister David Sherborne is acting on behalf of the entire group in these proceedings.
Prince Harry’s case against Mirror Group Newspapers over historical phone hacking allegations did proceed to a full trial, during which the duke became the first senior royal to testify in court since the nineteenth century.
Mr Justice Fancourt ruled in December 2023 that the duke's phone had been hacked "to a modest extent" between 2003 and 2009, awarding him £140,600 in damages.
During a further hearing in February 2024, Harry and MGN reached a settlement over the remaining parts of his claim.
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