Prince Harry Plans More Frequent Visits to the United Kingdom Ahead of Invictus Games

Prince Harry is preparing to make more regular trips to the United Kingdom, a royal editor of a British newspaper reported. The next visit, planned for next month, will last a week and include engagements with the charity WellChild and promotion of the Invictus Games, the multi-sport event for disabled veterans that he founded twelve years ago. The 2025 Invictus Games are slated for Birmingham in July, and a source close to the duke said the frequency of his trips is expected to rise in the run-up to the event.

"The template for his visits has been working well, so the frequency of trips will increase, especially in the run-up to Invictus – which he’s determined to make the best games yet," the source said. The source added that Harry wants "more and more of a foothold here, more trips back, less courtroom drama" and enjoys seeing his family.

Harry’s last trip to Britain in May included a private audience with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Highgrove House, the first meeting between the monarch and his California-based grandchildren in four years, according to the same royal editor. No official photographs or recordings of the meeting were released.

Separately, Harry continues to face a high-profile privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers. A judge ruled in favor of the newspapers on all 97 claims, and the publisher has said its legal costs exceed £34 million. The court has ordered Harry and his co-claimants to pay an initial £10 million before a final costs hearing scheduled in the coming weeks.