Prince Harry is expected to visit two surprising relatives during his upcoming UK trip with his family, according to a royal commentator. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will stay at a royal residence when they travel to the UK next month with their children, Archie and Lilibet—their first family journey across the Atlantic in four years.
Invictus Games Countdown
The Duke of Sussex, who resides in Montecito, California, will travel to the UK to begin the countdown to next year's Invictus Games in Birmingham. His engagements span from July 7 to 11, including a visit to Birmingham Children’s Hospital to mark the 20th anniversary of its WellChild Nurse role. Meghan is also due to take part in her first UK engagement in six years with a hospital visit.
Wider Family Introduction
Daily Mail senior editor-at-large Richard Kay discussed speculation that Harry wishes to introduce his children to the "wider family." Speaking to Palace Confidential, Kay said: "My guess is, and I have to stress it is only a guess, that it is... he's referring to the Spencer family, so his late mother's sisters and brother, whom he has continued to keep up with throughout the years of his exile in California."
Kay added: "The Spencers have been in many ways a sort of a bridge between the Royal Family and Harry. They've kept up a good relationship with, for example, they have a good relationship with William. It has been extremely tricky for them over the years, about keeping in with both sets of this really divided family. Harry's particularly close to his aunts, his maternal aunts, Jane and Sarah. And I suspect that is who he has in mind when he talks about the wider family."
Diana's Family
Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in 1997 at age 36, had two sisters—Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes—and one brother, Charles Spencer. She also had an older brother, John Spencer, who died hours after his birth in 1960.
Security Concerns
Harry has previously rejected an offer to stay at Buckingham Palace due to security worries and lost a legal battle last year to secure police protection when visiting Britain. He told the BBC: "I can't see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK at this point and the things they're going to miss is, well, everything. You know I love my country, I always have done despite what some people in the country have done."
While Harry and Meghan are expected to attend at least one public event as a couple, reports suggest their children will not join them.
