Prince Harry is plotting a major UK comeback, with friends revealing the Duke wants to spend “more and more” time in his home country following his successful family reunion with King Charles III.
The 41-year-old Duke of Sussex recently brought his wife, Meghan Markle, 45, and their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, back to Britain for a highly significant reunion with the King and Queen at their Highgrove House estate.
The trip marked the first time Meghan and the children had visited the UK since 2022 and only the second time Lilibet had met her paternal grandparents.
Now, friends of the Duke have revealed Harry was left “buoyed” by the reunion with his 77-year-old father and intends to dramatically increase the amount of time he spends in Britain.
Rather than occasional appearances, Harry reportedly wants to establish a much greater “foothold” in the UK, with trips expected every few months as preparations ramp up for the 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham.
“The template for his visits has been working well, so the frequency of trips will increase, especially in the run-up to Invictus, which he’s determined to make the best games yet,” a source close to the Duke told The Times.
“So he’ll be coming back and forth a lot more, every few months.”
The plans signal a striking change for Harry, whose relationship with Britain has been dominated by bitter family tensions, security concerns and courtroom battles in the years since he and Meghan stepped down as senior working royals and moved to the US in 2020.
Now, however, the Duke appears increasingly determined to rebuild a presence in the country he left behind.
The next step will come as soon as next month, when Harry is due to undertake a series of engagements with WellChild, the national charity for seriously ill children he has been patron of since 2007.
But his biggest date on the horizon is the Invictus Games in Birmingham in July 2027- and Harry reportedly wants his father there with him.
Sources recently told the Mirror that the Duke is hoping for a “public reunion with the King” at the Games, in what could provide a powerful symbol of their improving relationship while also bolstering Harry’s bid for taxpayer-funded security.
“Harry’s intention is two fold. He would love the King’s support at the Games, while having his father by his side would also add considerable weight to his argument for security for his family to accompany him on the trip,” one source said.
While there has been no suggestion Harry is formally seeking to return as a working member of the monarchy, his renewed focus on Britain comes after years in which he repeatedly said security concerns prevented him from comfortably bringing his family back.
No decision has yet been made on whether Meghan, Archie and Lilibet will accompany him for either his WellChild engagements next month or the Invictus Games.
Meghan had initially been expected to accompany Harry for the entirety of his July visit, including Invictus-related events in Birmingham, but instead arrived towards the end of the trip amid ongoing security concerns.
Harry has fought a lengthy legal battle with the Home Office over his access to taxpayer-funded security whilst in the UK after he and Meghan left their lives as senior royals behind.
He has previously said “security stuff” contributed to his fractured relationship with his family, particularly his father, while also publicly expressing his desire for reconciliation.
“I can’t see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the UK at this point,” he told the BBC in 2025.
His family’s latest visit, however, demonstrated just how much circumstances may have shifted since those remarks.
The Sussexes did not receive taxpayer-funded security during the trip, but it is understood their time in Britain went ahead without any security hitches.
Royal reporter Tom Sykes believes the direction Harry is heading is becoming increasingly clear, although he does not expect Meghan and the children to join the Duke for his WellChild engagements next month or spend Christmas in Britain this year.
“I don’t think that the family will come in September- the chatter on that seems to have receded… And I don’t think Christmas this year,” he said on his The Royalist YouTube channel.
“But the thing that I think about Christmas, whether it’s this year or whether it’s next year- I do believe that in the end they will be there for Christmas.”
Sykes added: “It’s very clear what the direction of travel is.”