Prince Harry 'reconsidering' bringing Meghan and children to the UK after his request gets denied

Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their two kids, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, were set to make a trip to the UK next month.

This would mark their first family visit over here in four years.

However, it is said the Duke of Sussex is now ‘reconsidering’ the plans after his request for police protection was denied.

Prince Harry’s team had put in a formal request to have this police security while the family are in the UK but it’s reported that on Friday (26 June) they were told they wouldn’t be getting it. Had it gone ahead, it’s believed the security would be funded by taxpayers. He had spoken last year about fears for his, Meghan and the kids' safety without it.

This decision has reportedly been made just days before the family, who are based in the US nowadays, are due to arrive.

If the trip goes ahead, it would be the family's first visit in four years. (meghan/Instagram)

Per the BBC, sources say that Prince Harry is ‘distraught about the decision’ but that he’s still hoping to find a way to make their trip over work. They were due to be over here for around five days, with the trip marking the start of the yearlong countdown to his founded Invictus Games in Birmingham next July.

His team had announced the details of their UK visit before the Royal and VIP Executive Committee (Ravec) shared its decision. Responsible for deciding on the security provision for senior royals for the Home Office, it had done a security review for the prince.

A government spokesperson told the outlet that its protective security system was ‘rigorous and proportionate’

"It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals' security," they added to the BBC.

King Charles had already offered a royal estate for them to stay at during the trip as his guest, and Prince Harry and Meghan had accepted. This location has not been made public and it’s expected that they would also be using private accommodation.

Harry has previously spoken about fears for his family's safety. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

While staying on a royal estate, they’d have police protection available but its outside of those times that they’d now have to rely on the private security team that are travelling over with them.

During the visit, Meghan and Harry were set to do public engagements together in London and the Midlands and he was also expected to visit a number of UK-based charities.

In 2025, Prince Harry lost a legal battle to have regular police protection while visiting the UK.

He told the BBC at the time that he worried it wouldn’t be safe to bring Meghan and their rarely-seen children over.

"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," he said.

"You know I love my country, I always have done despite what some people in the country have done."