Royal news – live: King Charles snubs Prince Harry who arrives in UK without Meghan for Invictus ceremony

There, he will be joined by his wife, Meghan Markle, who is expected to fly to fly directly from California.

The couple’s visit will be to mark the 10th anniversary of The Invictus Games, which Harry is currently acknowledging in the UK.

His wife is reported to have chosen to “skip” the UK part of the celebrations.

In Nigeria, Harry and Meghan are expected to give talks about the event for wounded, injured and sick service people, which the Prince founded back in 2014.

While the couple are reported to be funding their own travel, a spokesperson for Nigeria’s Ministry of Information and National Orientation said that they will likely be given free accommodation from the government.

It is not known if they will be accompanied on the trip by their children, Archie and Lilibet.

The Duke of Sussex arrived back in the UK today from his home in California to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the games he founded in 2014.

In snaps of today’s celebration, he can be seen smiling with Dominic Reid OBE and CEO of the Invictus Games Foundation.

The Prince was also photographed speaking with Pikemen and Musketeers at the Honourable Artillery Company.

This was all part of an event from The Invictus Games Foundation Conversation titled “Realising a Global Community”.

The representative for the Duke of Sussex, 39, said that a reunion will not be possible because of the Monarch’s busy schedule following his return to duty last week.

“It unfortunately will not be possible due to His Majesty’’s full programme. The Duke of course is understanding of his father’s diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon,” they said.

Harry and the King last saw each other for a reported 45 minutes in February following news of Charles’s cancer diagnosis breaking.

Located at Moreland Primary School, the new facility was transformed in the year since King Charles’s coronation by the National Literacy Trust, of which the Queen Consort is a patron.

Prince Harry, meanwhile, is attending Invictus Games-related events after arriving back in London this afternoon for the 10th anniversary of the event.

A royal expert has opened up about the ‘telling sign’ Prince Harry will be alone at his first public-facing event in some time.

The Duke of Sussex is set to give a thanksgiving speech at a ceremony celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games and it is believed he will not be joined by any members of the royal family.

He will also be without the support of his wife Meghan Markle and their two children, who remain in the US.

The games, which celebrates the sporting abilities of wounded, sick or injured veterans, was founded by the fifth in line to the throne back in 2015.

Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said: “He’s here to celebrate the Invictus Games… and rightly so, it is a great achievement.

“But how telling it will be to see him there without a single member of the royal family present to salute his achievement. It will be a graphic illustration of what he has done to the family he still professes to love.”

A reconciliation between Prince Harry and Prince William is unlikely to happen in “the foreseeable future”, a royal expert has claimed.

The fifth in line to the throne returned to the UK from California today (7 May) for the first time since February to mark the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.

He is expected to give a thanksgiving speech at a ceremony in St Paul’s Cathedral in London, which organisers have said won’t be attended by other members of the royal family.

Former BBC royal correspondent Michael Cole said: “After so much bad blood, it is very difficult indeed to see any sort of reconciliation between the Sussexes and the Royal Family happening [this] week – or for the foreseeable future.”

As reported by Page Six, none of the family are expected to attend the thanksgiving service at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, which celebrates the 10th anniversary of the sporting event founded by the Duke.

The Prince is reported to be spending the evening in a London hotel after attending other Invictus-related events today.

Meghan Markle was reportedly given a “rare honour” ahead of her and Prince Harry’s decision to step down as working royals in 2020.

BBC royal correspondent Micheal Cole said that before the Sussex’s relationship with the royals went “badly wrong”, the firm did everything they could to welcome the former actress into their family.

“It was a rare honour when the King offered to walk her down the aisle because her father, Thomas, is estranged from her, as are most members of her family,” he told Good Morning America. “That was a great honour, and the late Queen went out of her way to make a friend of Doria, her mother.

“It’s really hard to puzzle where it all went so badly wrong. She could not have been welcomed more into this country or the Royal Family.”

The Duke of Sussex, 39, is here to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, which he founded back in 2014. The event celebrates the sporting abilities of wounded, injured and sick service people.

The Prince’s arrival was announced by ITV News’s royal editor, Chris Ship, on Twitter (X) this afternoon.

Ship wrote: “[Harry] landed here ahead of his St Paul’s Cathedral service tomorrow to mark 10 years of the @WeAreInvictus which he founded in 2014. He’s doing some Invictus related events today.”

The revelation was made by Penny Mordaunt, the Lord President of the Privy Council, 51, who regularly meets with the King as part of her work.

Her comments come after the King returned to duty last Tuesday (1 May) after taking a step back following news of illness breaking in February.

“I think people won’t be surprised to know that he’s completely charming and always calm,” Mourdant told GB News.

“And he’s also got a really good sense of humour as well. But he’s always asking about how things are going, particularly issues that we’re dealing with in Parliament or about particular groups who he knows that are having a rough time.

“He’s always asking after those people, so he cares a great deal and he’s a delight to work with.

“He’s very good. And I know that he would have been so pleased to get back to public duties. He would have missed it tremendously.”