Harry and Meghan ‘won’t reunite’ with William and Kate on UK trip

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are reportedly set to snub the Cambridges during a planned visit to the UK next month.

A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle said the couple would attend charity events in Manchester and London, as well as popping over to Germany, during their first trip back since the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in early June.

Following the announcement, The Daily Mirror’s royal editor Russell Myers said that the California-based couple were “in line for a dramatic reunion” with Prince William and Kate Middleton. But according to The Telegraph’s royal correspondent Victoria Ward, despite speculation that Harry “might take the opportunity to reconcile with his brother, with whom tensions remain”, the Sussexes “have no plans” for a catch-up.

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Although the two couples are expected to be staying “just a stone’s throw” from each other on the Windsor estate, “there is no current expectation that they will meet”, Ward reported.

The two brothers are not believed to have spoken face-to-face since last summer, when they unveiled a statue of their mother, Diana, at Kensington Palace. Harry and Meghan have returned to the UK only twice since quitting their royal roles and moving to the US more than two years ago.

The Sun reported last month that the Queen had invited them to join her at the Balmoral estate in Scotland. An insider told the paper that “staff have been told to expect the full list of royals including Harry, Meghan and their children Archie and Lilibet”.

But celebrity news site Page Six said the claims had been denied by “multiple sources close to the couple”.

The September visit is being planned at a particularly tense time for the Royal Family, as Harry prepares to publish a “tell-all memoir” later this year.