{"id":598383,"date":"2026-09-12T19:42:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T19:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/598383\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T19:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T19:42:32","slug":"prince-archie-and-princess-lilibet-start-school-in-the-uk-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/598383\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet start school in the UK: reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan<\/a>\u2019s two children have begun school in the UK, it\u2019s understood.<\/p>\n

Prince Archie<\/a> and Princess Lilibet<\/a> started the new school year this week, according to People<\/a> magazine, just weeks after moving to England from California<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Prince<\/p>\n

Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet started the new school year this week as they settle into their new life in the UK.\u00a0Instagram\/@Meghan<\/p>\n

The young royals join their older cousins – Prince William and Kate\u2019s three kids<\/a> – who also went back to school this week for the start of the new UK school year.<\/p>\n

Eldest cousin Prince George, 13, was dropped off for his first day of high school at Eton College<\/a>, with media there to capture the future king\u2019s milestone day.<\/p>\n

However, the return for his younger siblings – Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, 8 – to Lambrook School<\/a> down the road was a more subdued affair and without a press pack.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, enjoyed their first day with little fanfare, with Harry and Meghan not issuing any official photos or even confirmation of which school they\u2019re attending.<\/p>\n

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The young royals join their older cousins – Prince William and Kate\u2019s three kids – who also went back to school this week for the start of the new UK school year.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

The Sussexes moved to the UK last month, leaving their Montecito home as their US base to take residence in the Cotswolds for \u201can extended stay\u201d.<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan have kept a low profile<\/a> since their return but a source tells the US magazine they are currently focusing on their kids and helping them adjust to their new lives.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Focusing on their kids] has been, and remains, their focus,\u201d the unnamed source said. <\/p>\n

\u201cEverything else will fall into place when the time is right.\u201d<\/p>\n

They hinted the couple are not in hiding of any kind but simply getting themselves set up and preparing for big projects to come.<\/p>\n

\"Meghan,<\/p>\n

This photo of Meghan, shared on her lifestyle brand\u2019s Instagram page, is believed to have been taken in the UK following the family\u2019s return to Britain.\u00a0@aseverofficial<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a lot to do,\u201d the insider said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey have just moved halfway across the world, and it\u2019s been really busy getting the kids settled. Their focus has been on that, and will remain on that, for the time being. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey are happy to be back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments on the Sussexes\u2019 new lives comes just days after King Charles issued a letter reiterating the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remain \u201cprivate citizens\u201d<\/a> and will not be working royals, six years after giving up their roles as senior working royals for a life in the US.<\/p>\n

As a result, Uganda made a bombshell announcement that they were pulling out of next year\u2019s Invictus Games on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry with Ugandan officials at a Chatham House event in London in July announcing the country would become the 26th nation involved in next year\u2019s Invictus Games.\u00a0Instagram<\/p>\n

It came just weeks after they were announced as the 26th nation – and first East Africa country – to join the competition for injured servicemen and women.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall not participate in anything that does not have His Majesty\u2019s approval,\u201d General Muhoozi Kainerugaba announced on social media.<\/p>\n

A Sussex insider squarely blamed the King\u2019s letter for the announcement, after the military chief\u00a0said he\u2019d chosen to show the Commonwealth country\u2019s allegiance to the monarch.<\/p>\n

\u201cIntended or unintended, this is clearly a consequence of the Lord Chamberlain\u2019s guidance regarding the Duke and\u00a0Duchess of Sussex\u00a0that was rushed out without consultation on Monday,\u201d they\u00a0told ITV News<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, the only people who will suffer are the Invictus Games competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Charles<\/p>\n

A Sussex insider squarely blamed the King\u2019s letter for the announcement that Uganda was dropping out of next year\u2019s Invictus Games.\u00a0Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/p>\n

The Lord Chamberlain\u2019s letter, sent on behalf of the King, to government departments, military officials and Lord Lieutenants, emphasised any charity endeavours are the couple\u2019s own.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe charitable work of the Duke and Duchess is a personal matter for them both and undertaken in their private capacity,\u201d the letter stated.<\/p>\n

However, a Buckingham Palace source told multiple UK media outlets after Uganda\u2019s announcement that the King supports all organisations and efforts for wounded service personnel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan\u2019s two children have begun school in the UK, it\u2019s understood. Prince Archie and Princess…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-598383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598383","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=598383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}