Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are
reportedly preparing to move back to the United Kingdom after spending several years in California. Reports say the decision was driven by their “disillusionment with the current White House.”
The BBC, citing reports from The Telegraph and The Sun, said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will relocate with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
The family is expected to live at a private residence outside London.
Their children will also reportedly be enrolled in a British school come September.
King Charles III has been informed about the planned move and reportedly welcomed the news.
Despite the return to the United Kingdom, the couple is not expected to reclaim its previous place within the working royal family.
Fox News reported that the relocation will not alter Harry and Meghan’s existing royal status.
“The move is not expected to change Harry and Meghan’s royal status. They reportedly have no plans to resume duties as working royals and will remain private individuals,” Fox News reported.
People linked the reported move to the couple’s concerns about the political climate in the United States.
The outlet said Wednesday that the change comes amid Harry and Meghan’s “disillusionment with the current White House.”
The timing also places the decision against the backdrop of the coming midterm elections.
“With the midterm elections fast approaching, concerns about the direction of the U.S. loom large for many,” People said.
Public tension has previously emerged between the Sussexes and President Donald Trump.
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In January 2026, Trump said NATO allies “stayed a little back” from the frontlines during the war in Afghanistan.
Harry, who served in combat during the Afghanistan War, responded with a direct statement about his own experience.
“I served there. I made lifelong friends there. And I lost friends there.”
Trump later discussed Meghan during remarks to royal biographer Robert Hardman in May. “Boy, what she’s done to that guy [Harry],” Trump said.
As the couple reportedly plans its return, royal author Simon Vigar suggested that Harry and Meghan could eventually establish a “hybrid version” of royal involvement.
Such an arrangement would allow them to support relatives without formally returning as working royals.
“Harry did think that there was a hybrid version that they could do. And I think, in years to come, there will be a hybrid version. I think he’s right. There has to be a hybrid version of this where people don’t get accused of cashing in but can support their cousins or their brother or whatever,” Vigar said.
Vigar also described the arrangement the Sussexes previously believed might be available to them.
It would have combined their business and private lives with limited periods spent supporting the royal family in the United Kingdom.
“The [Sussexes] thought they could have a hybrid role of having a business life and a private life, while also spending a few months in the U.K. supporting the queen.
Harry believed that was an option, which was whipped away from him,” he added.
Neither Harry nor Meghan has visited the United Kingdom since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in 2022.
They left royal duties in 2020 and moved to Montecito, California.
Their relationship with the royal family became estranged as the couple discussed their grievances in public interviews.
Even so, their reported relocation would bring them and their children back to Britain without restoring their former public roles.
Kinsey Schofield, host of YouTube’s Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered, drew a distinction between Harry supporting his relatives privately and representing the monarchy publicly.
She also noted that the monarchy has continued with a reduced group of working royals.
“There’s always room for Harry to support his family privately as a son and brother,” Schofield told Fox News.
“That’s very different from supporting the monarchy publicly as a working royal. The monarchy has successfully adapted to a smaller working team.”
