Royal Family's Move to California: Harry and Meghan Leave Royal Duties Amid Security Conc虑
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Harry and Meghan gave up their royal duties and moved to California more than six years ago to earn their living through lucrative contracts with Netflix and Spotify. Although relations with the rest of the royal family have soured since then, Harry has recently expressed an interest in reconciliation so he could spend more time with his father, King Charles III, who is being treated for an undisclosed form of cancer.
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New York PostPrince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are leaving sunny California to move back to the United Kingdom — but the pair is not expected to return to royal life.
Washington TimesPrince Harry and Meghan Markle are relocating to Britain with their two children in the biggest shift to their family life since they stepped back from royal duties six years ago, People magazine reported.
The Daily WireIn a royal surprise, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle plan to leave California and establish a home base in the United Kingdom, British media reported Wednesday.
NBC NewsPrince Harry and his family will leave the sunny shores of southern California and return to the United Kingdom, a source familiar with the couple’s plans said.
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The couple’s children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, have already enrolled at British schools and will start classes in September, according to a person close to the Sussexes who was not authorized to speak publicly. The family plans to live at a private, non-royal residence outside of London, but plans to maintain their home in Montecito, California, and their vacation property in Portugal.
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Washington TimesThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex are moving to the U.K. with Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, for an extended period beginning this month, with the children set to start school there in September, according to People, which cited unnamed sources close to the couple. The outlet reported that the location of the family’s new home and the children’s school are being kept private.
New York PostThe couple, along with their kids Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, are set to move across the pond for “an extended period” after ditching their royal duties and relocating to the US six years ago, Page Six confirmed.
NBC NewsThe Telegraph and The Sun were the first to report the move Wednesday evening. The reports said Archie and Lilibet have been enrolled in British schools, to start in September, meaning the family will likely move within the next two weeks.
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The move follows years of public tension over the Sussexes’ security in Britain. He lost his automatic taxpayer-funded police protection after stepping down as a working royal in 2020, prompting a yearslong legal fight over the security arrangements provided during his U.K. visits. He lost his appeal in May 2025, when the Court of Appeal upheld the bespoke, case-by-case security arrangements established for his visits to Britain. At the time, Prince Harry told the BBC he could not see a world in which he would bring his wife and children back to the U.K., while still voicing hope for a thaw with his relatives: “I would love reconciliation with my family.”
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Associated PressHarry has also been embroiled in a legal wrangle with the British government after a government committee refused to authorize police protection for the prince and his family when they are in the U.K. The prince says he and his family need armed police protection because they are at risk simply because they are members of the royal family, regardless of whether they are working royals.
The Daily WireThe move comes after years of bitter tensions between Harry and his estranged royal family — and just months after a low-key British trip that nonetheless caught the attention of royal watchers.
NBC NewsThe move back across the pond comes on the heels of Harry’s contentious visit to the U.K. in July — where his offer to stay at Buckingham Palace was rescinded and he had to walk back initial plans to travel with his wife and children over security concerns.
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01 New York Post The couple have enrolled their two young children at a British school and will be living in a non-royal residence, where they will continue to work on their independent businesses.
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02 Associated Press Buckingham Palace has a policy of not commenting on speculation about non-working members of the royal family. A representative for Harry and Meghan declined to comment.
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03 NBC News King Charles welcomes the opportunity to see more of the Sussex family in a private capacity, but maintains that they will remain private individuals and non working members of the Royal family, the source said.
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04 Washington Times Prince Harry’s desire for his children to spend time in British schools is not new. He raised the subject last September with singer Joss Stone, who had recently moved her own family back to the U.K. from Nashville, Tennessee. “Maybe Harry will move back too. That would be nice,” Stone told Hello! magazine at the time, recalling that Prince Harry had asked her about how her family was settling in. Team Sussex later denied a separate report that Prince Archie had been enrolled at Eton College, Prince Harry’s alma mater.
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05 The Daily Wire Christys’ also questioned the motive and timing of the relocation. “And yet here they are now. Their kids are getting to proper school age, and they want to move to a chocolate box quintessentially English village in the countryside, untouched by any other issues this country faces, so they can give their kids a good British education,” he added.
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