The Invictus Games were set to be a central reason for the Sussexes’ return to Britain. Meghan’s reported decision to skip the Birmingham event suggested the family trip had been significantly reshaped. | Source: Getty Images
But the family as a unit? They haven’t all been in the UK together since the Platinum Jubilee in June 2022,
The visit centers on Harry’s charity work. He’ll attend the 14th Invictus Games Foundation Conversation at Chatham House, and he will sit in on private meetings at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Meghan was expected to join him for the private meetings.
Harry and Meghan had been vacationing in Europe with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet before the planned UK journey. The children were never expected to attend public engagements. | Source: Getty Images
To mark one year out from the 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham, the couple was also set to visit the city’s National Exhibition Centre, where Harry would take part in exhibition events alongside former competitors.
As patron of WellChild, he’ll also drop by Birmingham Children’s Hospital to mark 20 years since the charity’s first WellChild Nurse. And in his role as Global Ambassador for Scotty’s Little Soldiers, he’ll attend Scotty’s Summer Festival at Maxstoke Castle in Warwickshire.
Here’s where it gets interesting. Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, were expected to come too — it would have been their first time on British soil since they were tiny tots at the Platinum Jubilee.
