{"id":1072706,"date":"2026-07-06T20:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1072706\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T20:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:52:40","slug":"prince-harrys-u-k-return-thrown-into-chaos-duke-accuses-royals-of-withdrawing-offer-to-stay-at-buckingham-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1072706\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry\u2019s U.K. Return Thrown Into Chaos: Duke Accuses Royals of Withdrawing Offer to Stay at Buckingham Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Harry&#039;s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/t\/prince-harry\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Harry&#8217;s<\/a> U.K. return has been thrown into chaos after the Duke claimed <a data-ylk=\"slk:King Charles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/t\/king-charles\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">King Charles<\/a> withdrew his offer for him to stay at <a data-ylk=\"slk:Buckingham Palace.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/t\/buckingham-palace\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Buckingham Palace.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:RadarOnline.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/RadarOnline.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">RadarOnline.com<\/a> can reveal Harry, 41, initially turned down the proposal, but he eventually agreed to stay at the royal residence.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry Arrived in U.K. Solo<img alt=\"Harry touched down in the U.K. on Monday without wife Meghan Markle and their two children.MEGA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_radar_online_140\/35cec1e714090c970bb44239f4111039.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Harry touched down in the U.K. on Monday without wife Meghan Markle and their two children.MEGA<\/p>\n<p>However, because he didn&#8217;t accept the offer until Saturday, the Palace reportedly decided against providing Harry the accommodation, claiming that the deadline had passed and they allegedly did not have adequate time to prepare.<\/p>\n<p>Palace sources also said there were concerns about Prince Harry staying in a royal residence on the day that the judgment is handed down in his long-running High Court case against Daily Mail publishers.<\/p>\n<p>Doubts Grow Over Meghan Meeting King Charles<img alt=\"Meghan's absence from the trip cast doubt over when she'd meet with King Charles. MEGA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_radar_online_140\/ec769133484830fff3f941abf227ccec.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meghan&#8217;s absence from the trip cast doubt over when she&#8217;d meet with King Charles. MEGA<\/p>\n<p>Harry was due to return to the U.K. with wife <a data-ylk=\"slk:Meghan Markle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/t\/meghan-markle\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a>, 44, and their two children, <a data-ylk=\"slk:Archie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/t\/archie-harrison-mountbatten-windsor\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Archie<\/a>, 7, and <a data-ylk=\"slk:Lilibet;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/prince-harry-privately-raging-meghan-164500046.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lilibet<\/a>, 5, but instead, he arrived alone on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Doubts now remain whether Meghan and their kids will meet King Charles for the first time in four years.<\/p>\n<p>TheSuits actress has not made an official trip to the U.K. since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Harry&#8217;s Spokesperson Calls Situation &#8216;Disappointing&#8217;<img alt=\"Harry's spokesperson addressed the retracted offer of a Buckingham Palace stay.MEGA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_radar_online_140\/36a0b6d8b72819b12e31444cdac5ff2d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Harry&#8217;s spokesperson addressed the retracted offer of a Buckingham Palace stay.MEGA<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the situation, a spokesperson for Harry said: &#8220;I am aware of multiple briefings from Buckingham Palace last week suggesting that the Duke had not accepted the offer of accommodation at a Royal Residence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following RAVEC&#8217;s decision not to provide security for his family, the duke spent last week making alternative security arrangements,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;Once those arrangements were in place, he was able to formally accept the offer of accommodation for himself over the weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman called it &#8220;disappointing&#8221; that the offer for a place to stay was &#8220;withdrawn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Buckingham Palace has, however, been aware of that judgment since last Thursday,&#8221; the spokesperson added. &#8220;It is therefore unclear why, having formally accepted the accommodation offer, it has now been withdrawn at the last moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The Duke has repeatedly trashed the royals since moving to the U.S.MEGA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_radar_online_140\/3a2c4756444ac4d57f3c107e28592a57.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Duke has repeatedly trashed the royals since moving to the U.S.MEGA<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Harry faced a lengthy legal battle with the Home Office over security arrangements for him and his family when in the U.K. His level of protection famously changed when he stepped down as a working royal in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>When the Duke lost a Court of Appeal challenge last year, he gave a BBC interview in which he expressed hopes of a reconciliation with his family, revealing Charles allegedly would not speak to him because of his security court case.<\/p>\n<p>Harry added: &#8220;I can&#8217;t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point and the things that they&#8217;re going to miss is, well, everything you know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, there were already tensions between them for years prior to the security dispute. The Duke, who stepped down from the working monarchy six years ago, leveled a barrage of embarrassing accusations at the King, his stepmother, <a data-ylk=\"slk:Queen Camilla;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/t\/camilla-parker-bowles\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Camilla<\/a>, his brother, <a data-ylk=\"slk:Prince William;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/t\/prince-william\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Prince William<\/a>, and his sister-in-law, <a data-ylk=\"slk:Kate Middleton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/t\/kate-middleton\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Middleton<\/a>, in an interview with <a data-ylk=\"slk:Oprah Winfrey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/t\/oprah-winfrey\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Oprah Winfrey<\/a>, his <a data-ylk=\"slk:Netflix;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/t\/netflix\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> documentary and in his autobiography, Spare, since moving to <a data-ylk=\"slk:California;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/t\/california\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">California<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry&#8217;s U.K. return has been thrown into chaos after the Duke claimed King Charles withdrew his offer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1072707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7708],"tags":[38827,2633,1760,1281,447,5105,7710,519,247447,448,92811,15689],"class_list":["post-1072706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-royals","tag-accommodation","tag-buckingham-palace","tag-king-charles","tag-meghan-markle","tag-prince-harry","tag-royal","tag-royal-families","tag-royal-family","tag-royal-residence","tag-royals","tag-the-duke","tag-u-k"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116875019661754953","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1072707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}