Prince Harry arrives in Britain amid hopes for royal reunion with King Charles: Live updates

Caption: Prince Archie is pictured with his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in South Africa in 2019

Prince Archie is attending a £2,000-British-themed ‘soccer camp’ located over an hour away from the Sussexes’ Montecito mansion.

It emerged that the six-year-old adores football after he was spotted wearing a red sports jersey in photos posted online by his mother, Meghan Markle.

In snaps, Archie can be seen wearing a jersey with the logo of ‘GB Soccer School’ – a football training facility located in Studio City, California, that is roughly 70 miles away from Harry and Meghan’s sprawling Montecito estate.

The soccer camp later seemingly confirmed that Archie was one of its students by reposting Meghan’s Instagram post on their own Stories with emojis of a smiling face and football.

According to its website, the organisation offers group classes for children between the ages of two and 10, and private coaching, as well as running summer soccer camps.

It is mandatory for parents to remain with their children for the entire duration of the class, as the website highlights it doesn’t run any ‘drop off’ programs – meaning Archie is likely always accompanied by either the Duke or Duchess of Sussex.

A 45-minute session is priced at £238 ($320) while a longer, one-hour class will set parents back by nearly £270 ($360).

Considering each cycle runs for the duration of eight consecutive weeks, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are likely forking over between £1,900 ($2,560) and £2,148 ($2,880) to the soccer school.

Caption: Prince Harry is pictured leaving the High Court in April

Prince Harry was last on UK soil in April for a court hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice.

He was pictured on April 8, before losing his appeal against a High Court ruling preventing him from getting automatic taxpayer-funded police protection in the UK.

The royal was told that his ‘grievance’ over downgraded security had not ‘translated into a legal argument’ to successfully challenge the decision.

However, Harry believed he had been ‘singled out’ and ‘badly treated’ for ‘unjustified, inferior treatment’ since moving to America five years ago.

His barrister argued that the removal of Met Police armed bodyguards when he is in the UK has left the royal’s life ‘at stake’.

His wife, Meghan Markle, did not attend the court case.

Caption: A young Prince Harry is pictured with Princess Diana and the Duke and Duchess of Kent on the Buckingham Palace balcony in 1990

As Prince Harry will be in Britain this week following the death of the Duchess of Kent, many may be wondering whether he will attend her funeral.

Katharine died aged 92 at Kensington Palace on Thursday evening, surrounded by her family and is expected to have a Catholic funeral this week.

Details of royal attendance will be released in the coming days but it is expected that most, if not all, members of the family would attend – including non-working royals. This is likely to include Prince Andrew, the Duke of York.

In May, Harry said that he although he misses the UK he could not envision returning with his family following a failed challenge over his security arrangements in the British courts.

But according to the Times, a friend of the Duke has since said he wants to bring his family back to his homeland to show his children Archie and Lilibet ‘where he grew up’.

‘He’s not given up hope on bringing his family back to the UK,’ they told The Times.

‘He wants to be able to show his children where he grew up. He wants them to know their family here. He really would like to come back to the UK much more.’

Harry will be in the capital today – the third anniversary of the late Queen’s death – for the annual WellChild Awards, a cause close to his heart as the charity’s long-standing patron.

The duke will travel to Nottingham to visit the Community Recording Studio (CRS) in the city’s St Ann’s area.

He last visited with Meghan to mark World Mental Health Day in October 2019 just two months before he and the Duchess of Sussex announced they were stepping down as senior working royals and moving to North America.

Prince Harry is feeling ‘so excited’ and ‘really positive’ about his upcoming trip to the UK, a source claimed ahead of his visit.

Harry moved to the US five years ago with his wife Meghan Markle after stepping down as senior members of the royal family in 2020.

Since, his visits back to his homeland have been rare, and he was last in the UK in April for his High Court hearing into changes to his security arrangements.

Despite losing his appeal for taxpayer-funded security in May, the Duke is now said to be in a ‘really good headspace’ and is feeling ‘really positive’ about his upcoming visit.

A source told Hello Magazine:

He’s so excited to come back to the UK. He’s in a really good headspace. He’s really looking forward to seeing everyone from his patronages face to face and focusing on the causes. He’s really positive about coming back to do all the stuff that he loves doing.

Charles and Harry pictured together in 2018

Harry and Charles last met face to face in February last year.

The Duke made a transatlantic dash to see his father after hearing of his cancer diagnosis, but they spent just over 30 minutes together before the King left to recuperate in Sandringham.

Charles is currently at Birkhall, his Scottish residence, and will remain there until at least tomorrow, privately marking his mother’s death and his accession to the throne on Monday.

The King does have a number of private audiences and meetings this week that could, potentially, bring him back to the capital.

Currently, there is no specified window for a meeting with Charles. However, The Mail on Sunday reported last night that should an invitation to meet be extended, Harry would drop everything to attend.

A meeting with Charles is not off the table but the only people who would know about it are Clive Alderton [the King’s private secretary] and Charles and Harry.

If anything is planned, then he is keeping this extremely close to his chest. It certainly is part of his intention to see his father. If it’s on Wednesday, then he would make it work.

The Daily Mail’s Royal Editor Rebecca English writes Harry’s longest trip to the UK since he visited with Meghan when his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II died comes amid claims he would like to ‘reset’ his tattered relationship with his family.

But Buckingham Palace is remaining tight-lipped on whether King Charles will meet his estranged son.

It demonstrates the level of sensitivity around the feud between Harry and the Royal Family – exacerbated by his pursuit of His Majesty’s Government through the courts over the withdrawal of his full-time security.

Read the full report from Rebecca English here:

Good morning and welcome to the Daily Mail’s live coverage of Prince Harry’s return to Britain.

The Duke of Sussex arrives back in the UK to carry out a series of engagements including an appearance at the WellChild Awards tonight in London.

He left his home in California without wife Meghan and their two children, Archie and Lilibet, for the visit – his first in five months.

It is not known whether the Duke will meet his father King Charles, who is in Balmoral this week with no public engagements planned.

Harry and Charles last met face to face in February last year when the duke made a transatlantic dash to see after hearing of his cancer diagnosis.

Stick with us throughout the day as we bring you the latest developments on Harry’s return.