{"id":613064,"date":"2026-09-27T04:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T04:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/613064\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T04:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T04:50:09","slug":"prince-harry-says-its-great-to-be-back-in-uk-kids-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/613064\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry says its &#8216;great&#8217; to be back in UK, kids happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry says &#8220;it&#8217;s been great&#8221; being back in the UK after spending the past six years in California.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been great to be back on British soil. The kids are happy in school and it gives me a chance to be able to really focus on the Invictus Games in Birmingham in July next year,&#8221; he told Canadian network CTV.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to CTV after completing a skydive in Toronto to honour a 102-year-old World War Two veteran and raise awareness of military charities.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Sussex said there were &#8220;lots of reasons&#8221; behind the move, but did not elaborate further.<\/p>\n<p>The Sussexes are understood to be staying at a private property in the Cotswolds, outside London, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/08\/20\/harry-and-meghan-to-move-back-to-the-uk-in-shock-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">returning to the UK last month<\/a>. The move comes six years after Harry and Meghan stepped back from royal duties and relocated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/09\/03\/i-wasnt-a-fan-trump-happy-harry-and-meghan-left-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the US<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Their return has been accompanied by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/09\/26\/review-dianas-brother-flips-royal-family-the-bird-in-scathing-new-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ongoing tensions<\/a> with the Royal Family and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/09\/15\/harry-and-meghan-move-kids-to-new-school-over-security-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">safety concerns for their children<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The couple were reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/09\/09\/harry-and-meghan-surprised-by-kings-letter-about-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">surprised<\/a> by a letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/09\/08\/king-charles-clarifies-status-of-harry-and-meghan-after-uk-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">authorised by the King<\/a> that reaffirmed their status as private citizens and outlined how senior government and military figures should treat them.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Spencer, Princess Diana&#8217;s brother, recently said the media&#8217;s treatment of Harry and Meghan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/09\/21\/dianas-brother-says-harry-and-meghans-treatment-echoes-hers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;echoes&#8221; that of his sister<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, were moved to new schools just days after starting because of security concerns. The family&#8217;s return to has also prompted a review into the level of protection the family receives, with a committee reconsidering security measures now that they are full-time residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry says &#8220;it&#8217;s been great&#8221; being back in the UK after spending the past six years in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69,3578,6747,1745],"class_list":["post-613064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-prince-harry","tag-royalty","tag-uk-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613064","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=613064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}