{"id":227013,"date":"2026-01-10T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/227013\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:54:08","slug":"prince-harry-will-bring-archie-and-lilibet-to-britain-amid-looming-security-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/227013\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry &#8216;WILL bring Archie and Lilibet&#8217; to Britain amid looming security decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry will bring Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to Britain, should his personal security be granted, a royal correspondent has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The children of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have not been seen in the UK since 2022, and have only met King Charles a handful of times throughout their lives. <\/p>\n<p>Reports had claimed that Harry\u2019s request for police security in the UK was \u201cnailed on\u201d, however, a government source has contradicted that. <\/p>\n<p>Harry has claimed it would be \u201cimpossible\u201d to bring Meghan and his children to the UK without security.<\/p>\n<p>Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond revealed: \u201cHarry says the security issue has been the biggest obstacle in any reconciliation with his family, and the primary reason that he has not brought his family to see their grandfather and experience their heritage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"28992\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"81a6fef5b882f71e69fa7c4db0a6538d\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201668%201246'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/prince-harry-prince-archie-princess-lilibet-meghan-markle.png\" width=\"1668\" height=\"1246\" alt=\"Prince Harry, Prince Archie, Princess Lilibet, Meghan Markle\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jennie Bond has claimed Prince Harry will bring his children to the UK should his security review be successful <\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>INSTAGRAM<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, if that obstacle is removed, it seems reasonable to presume that he will bring Archie and Lilibet over here. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I think most people would be glad to see our old King reunited with the son he called his &#8216;darling boy&#8217; and with the grandchildren he barely knows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m less convinced that the public is ready for Meghan Part Two. She\u2019s clearly happy at home in California and I can\u2019t see why she would want to come to the UK and face possible hostility. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, perhaps in future we will see more of Harry and possibly the children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The duke is preparing to travel to the UK for a court case, with claims emerging that reinstating his police security was all but certain following a new risk assessment.<\/p>\n<p>However, a source familiar with the proceedings claimed: \u201cI have no idea what the RMB (risk management board) recommendation to Ravec (the Royal and VIP executive committee) will be, but what I do know with certainty is that neither does anyone else, since they are still undertaking the review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn that basis, claims that a decision is already \u2018nailed on\u2019 seem more like an attempt to manipulate the media into manifesting an outcome from what will be a fair and rigorous review, but one that is very much still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever is behind them must not realise how transparent and counter-productive to proper process that is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"57a26\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"f6d7aa2163f3f59a2023fe1655da7104\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202000%201333'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/prince-harry.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Prince Harry\"\/>Prince Harry is set to return to the UK in coming weeks  | GETTY<\/p>\n<p>If the review is successful, the likelihood of the Sussexes spending time in the UK is set to increase, Ms Bond believes that comes with its own issues.<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cI don\u2019t think that he will be taking on any royal duties here. The decision was made that you cannot be half in and half out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, I think that was pretty harsh, however it is the way things are. And I think it would be a smack in the face to William, who has remained so completely loyal to his father and his duty, to allow Harry back as a working royal, even a part-time one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this decision, which looks pretty imminent, is a vindication for Harry. He has stamped his feet, complained to the government, taken matters to the High Court and publicly denounced its decision to deny his plea as a \u2018good old-fashioned establishment stitch -up.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think it would be the correct decision to restore his security. As he has consistently argued, nothing has changed about the threat level he faces. <\/p>\n<p>He is still the King\u2019s son, still fifth in line to the throne and, most pertinently, still a former army officer who served and killed in Afghanistan. He and his family are obvious targets,\u201d she concluded to the Mirror.<\/p>\n<p>Harry is set to return to the UK later this month when his High Court case against Associated Newspapers Limited begins. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"bb2cb\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"c28f33e222c4433016133d25f8ebf129\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%203409%205000'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768067648_66_prince-harry.jpg\" width=\"3409\" height=\"5000\" alt=\"Prince Harry\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Sussex will travel from his home in California for the trial opening, currently scheduled for around January 19<\/p>\n<p> | GETTY<\/p>\n<p>The case is scheduled to commence on January 19.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>ANL, which also operates The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, firmly rejects all accusations of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry will bring Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to Britain, should his personal security be granted, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69,19694,3578,19697,9855],"class_list":{"0":"post-227013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-prince-archie","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-princess-lilibet","16":"tag-royal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}