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On Saturday, The Royalist reported that the Duchess of Sussex may be considering a return to the United Kingdom as early as this summer.
A spokesperson for Prince Harry dismissed the claim as mere speculation, though The Sunday Times has since published a similar account.
While The Sunday Times does not provide the same level of detail as The Sun—which suggested that Meghan Markle could return to the UK ahead of the Invictus Games in July 2027—it does state that Meghan would be prepared to come back as part of any new agreement Harry reaches with the British government regarding his security arrangements.
One source was quoted as saying of Meghan: “I think she would come back with him and the children. They love to do stuff as a family whenever they can, and when they do things philanthropically, they often take the kids along privately. I can’t see a reason why he’d come over with the kids without her.”
This is a notable development and helps shed light on a recent report by The Mail on Sunday, which revealed that Prince William has brought a seasoned crisis specialist, Liza Ravenscroft, into his communications team. Ravenscroft—who leads the UK crisis and issues division at Edelman—has been described by a former superior as “bulletproof sunshine” and is known for working “arm in arm with big names facing into the toughest times.”
Kensington Palace has been quick to emphasise that Ravenscroft’s position is intended to be a “non-crisis” role. Even so, it appears William is at least preparing for the possibility of turbulence ahead—particularly surrounding the potential consequences of Prince Harry regaining his security and effectively re-establishing a royal-style operation in the UK.
There have also been conflicting reports, including coverage from The Times suggesting that the security outcome is far from “nailed on.”
That much is accurate. As has been explained on the YouTube channel, there is no chance such a decision was finalised over the Christmas period. Claims that it was “nailed on” only surfaced on the first Sunday of the New Year, at a time when the UK Home Office had effectively been closed for several days.
Still, this does not alter the wider picture. All indications suggest momentum is moving decisively in Harry’s direction.
He now has a government-mandated security review underway, growing media support arguing that his protection should be reinstated, and a communications strategy that is increasingly—if not entirely successfully—presenting this outcome as reasonable and justified.
While Harry’s camp may be moving ahead of the official process, it would be unwise to dismiss the broader trend. He has invested years and millions of pounds into pursuing this review, and it is difficult to imagine such persistence without a strong belief that it would ultimately result in his security being restored.
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It could, of course, be argued that this is simply the work of his communications team trying to steer public perception. Shaping a storyline in the press until it solidifies into accepted wisdom is, after all, a fundamental public-relations strategy.
Several threads are now converging: ongoing talk of Meghan Markle returning to the UK, similar speculation about the children, the lack of any firm pushback from King Charles III’s office against reports that Prince Harry could open the Invictus Games alongside his father, and Prince William’s apparent decision to strengthen crisis-management capacity.
Taken together, these elements make it increasingly difficult to dismiss the idea that concrete preparations are being made for Harry to regain his security and establish a more substantial Sussex presence in the United Kingdom.
