Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan may not return to the UK next month, it has been reported, after being denied security by the taxpayer.
“Their plans to meet family and friends and visit various charities close to the Duke’s heart were scrapped at the eleventh hour,” a source told the Guardian on Sunday.
A source said the Duke of Sussex is “considering all options to safely bring Markle and her children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, to the UK and keep them safe while on the ground.”
“If he can find a way to do it, he will,” the source said.
The couple had planned to cross the pond with their children so they could be reunited with their cancer-stricken grandfather Charles III.
Prince Harry, 41, is reportedly “distraught” by the shock and doesn’t want his children to experience “being followed by paparazzi everywhere you go from the moment you step off the plane.”
“He wouldn’t put his children through that,” the source said.
A second source told the Daily Mail that the Sussexes’ office had sent a memo informing them that the four members of the family would be traveling to the UK in “recognized royal accommodation”.
The decision was reportedly reversed within 24 hours.
Spokespeople for Buckingham Palace and the Sussexes were not immediately available for comment to Page Six.
But insiders told Page Six last week that Markle, 44, and Prince Harry, who pay an estimated $3 million a year for private security, are expected to bring their own security on the trip and are preparing for a “huge spectacle.”
The couple had sought to ensure 24/7 armed security, but private security was reportedly only allowed in the royal residences provided.
Prince Harry and other Suits alums lost their security privileges in 2020 after stepping down from royal duties.
As a result, the Invictus Games founder refrained from traveling to the UK with his family because he “didn’t feel safe”.
However, Harry continued to appeal this decision.
