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He’ll pass.
Prince Harry has reportedly declined an invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace during his upcoming trip to London. The Duke of Sussex, 40, is set to return to his home turf solo next week for the start of his trial against News Group Newspapers.
Ahead of his 5,459-mile-long trip, a source told the Mirror that Harry was offered a place to lay his head at the lavish royal residence, but turned it down.
What’s more, the father of two will be given “limited police protection” during his London visit, despite him being fully stripped of tax-payer funded security last year.
London’s Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has since agreed to provide the duke with security protection via armed officers from the Royalty and Specialist Protection Command.
“He is offering Harry limited police protection,” a source told the outlet. “The Met has been trying to recruit officers on their days off because they don’t have a lot of spare staff.”
It’s currently unclear where the duke is planning on staying during the trip.
The Post has reached out to Buckingham Palace and Harry’s reps for comment.
Harry was last in London in May 2024. He stayed at a hotel in the city during his brief three-day visit, sans his wife, Meghan Markle.
Similarly to this time around, the former working royal declined his father King Charles’ offer of staying at a royal residence during the trip.
As for Harry’s last trans-Atlantic trip to England, the duke attended his uncle Lord Robert Fellowes’ funeral in the English town of Snettisham, located in the county of Norfolk.
Harry stayed at Althorp House — his late mother Princess Diana’s childhood home, which now belongs to her brother, Charles Spencer.
Harry and the former actress no longer boast a royal residence to their name in the UK after the pair were forced to hand over the keys to Frogmore Cottage in 2023.
After London’s High Court ruled to strip the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of their protection in Feb. 2024, Harry has made it his mission to win it back — but has notably received zero help from the royals.
Harry was ordered to pay 90% of the UK Home Office’s legal costs for defending the court’s initial ruling.
Sir Peter Lane, the judge of the High Court, ruled that there was no unlawfulness in stripping the Sussexes of their security in Feb. 2020.
Harry has since been granted permission to appeal the decision.
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