The Duke of Sussex is expected to take his children, Archie and Lilibet, to visit the grave of Diana, Princess of Wales for the first time during a trip to the UK next month, according to The Sun. The visit to Althorp House in Northamptonshire is planned to take place days after what would have been Diana's 65th birthday.
Planned UK visit for Invictus Games and charity events
The Sussexes are expected to travel from their home in California to the UK next month to attend celebrations marking the one-year countdown to Harry's Invictus Games hosted in Birmingham. The duke is also scheduled to attend events with WellChild and Scotty's Little Soldiers, charities he supports.
This trip comes after Harry met his father, King Charles III, who is still undergoing treatment for cancer, last September for the first time in 19 months.
Diana's resting place at Althorp
Althorp House was Diana's home from her parents' divorce until her marriage to Charles. Diana died at age 36 from injuries sustained in a car crash in Paris in August 1997 while Harry was a child. Following her death, she was laid to rest on a secluded, tree-covered island in the center of the ornamental Round Oval lake on the Althorp Estate.
Security concerns and legal battle
Harry has faced a protracted legal battle with the Home Office over security arrangements for him and his family while in the UK, after his level of protection changed when he stepped down as a working royal in 2020. Security worries for his family have been cited by the duke as a reason he could not bring them to the UK, but it appears his concerns have been mitigated, with reports claiming the Sussexes were given assurances.
However, sources have stressed that all matters of security are issues for the Home Office to decide, and the King does not play a role in the process and has not made any private undertakings.
Family visits and permanent residence
It has been four years since Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, last saw their grandfather the King in person during Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022. Harry and Meghan do not have a permanent UK home after they were asked to vacate their Windsor residence, Frogmore Cottage—a gift from the late Queen—in 2023, just weeks after the duke's damning memoir Spare was released.
