Harry and Meghan reportedly plan UK move for children’s schooling
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly planning to relocate their primary residence to Britain, six years after stepping back from royal duties and settling in Montecito, California. Daily Mail diary editor Richard Eden says the driving factor is a desire to educate their children, Archie and Lilibet, in the UK, and claims sources have confirmed the couple were already selecting British schools rather than merely planning years ahead as previously assumed.
According to Eden, Harry told friends as far back as last September that he wanted his children to benefit from the "extensive family network" enjoyed by their cousins Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, who attend Lambrook School, with George due to start at Eton this September. A friend suggested King Charles was "delighted" at the prospect, though Meghan, said to regard boarding school as "barbaric", reportedly still needed persuading; the article, published on 20 August 2026, states it has now been confirmed that seven-year-old Archie and five-year-old Lilibet are involved in the schooling plans, though further specifics were not detailed.
- Harry and Meghan reportedly plan to move back to Britain
- Move said to be driven by desire for UK schooling for their children
- King Charles reportedly "delighted"; Meghan said to need persuading
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, left royal life and Britain in 2020, settling in Montecito, California. They have two children, Archie and Lilibet, and this story concerns reports that the family may shift their main home back to the UK, largely so the children can be educated there.
The children's cousins, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, are the offspring of Prince William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and are being educated in England, with George set to follow his father and grandfather to Eton. Any move by Harry and Meghan would bring the wider royal family, including King Charles, back into closer contact after years of public distance and reported tension between the brothers.
The story matters because it touches on the Sussexes' long-running, sometimes strained relationship with the monarchy since their departure, and because decisions about where their children are raised and schooled carry symbolic weight for how that relationship might evolve. It is currently based on reported claims rather than any official confirmation from Buckingham Palace or the couple themselves.
Coverage
- Daily Mail — The British Sussex squad: The allies set to rally round Harry and Meghan as they return to UK
- Daily Mail — Welcome home, Meghan and Harry. This is why we need you more than ever… and bitter reality we must face about Kate and William: LIZ JONES
- Daily Mail — I was mocked a year ago when I warned there was an Establishment plot to bring Harry and Meghan back to Britain. Now I’ve been proven right… and my sources have made it clear this is only the beginning: RICHARD EDEN