Prince Harry won’t stay at Buckingham Palace during London visit, meeting with King Charles unknown
News
Prince Harry will not stay at Buckingham Palace when he visits London this week on a trip he originally planned to make with his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and their two children.
Harry is scheduled to attend his first engagement in London on Tuesday for a trip centered around several charities with which he is involved, including the Invictus Games.
It is not known where Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, will stay during his time in London, where he grew up and lived for much of his life.
Details
ABC News understands that an offer to stay at Buckingham Palace in London was made to Harry, but that Harry’s team formally declined the offer on Saturday morning.
Later that same day, Harry’s team reversed course and accepted the offer, but it was too late for the Royal Household to accept such a request, a royal source told ABC News.
A spokesperson for Harry said in a statement Monday that the withdrawal of accommodation is “disappointing,” adding that it is “unclear why, having formally accepted the accommodation offer, it has now been withdrawn at the last moment.”
Analysis
According to Harry’s spokesperson, the palace cited as the reason for the withdrawal of accommodation the fact that Harry’s first engagement on Tuesday also falls, by chance, on the same day a ruling is expected in a case he and other celebrities, including Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley, brought against the publishers of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Buckingham Palace has not commented on Harry’s upcoming trip or his accommodations.
In addition to confusion over where he will stay, there has also been uncertainty over who could be joining Harry on his trip to the U.K., amid security concerns.
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