Following King Charles's eviction of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from Frogmore Cottage in the previous year, the couple ceased to maintain a residence within the United Kingdom. Their occupancy of the royal domicile had been minimal over the preceding three years, culminating in an official announcement expressing their desire to vacate the property in 2023.
Royal commentator Michael Cole characterized the King's limited access to Archie and Lilibet as a "profoundly melancholic" circumstance. Cole articulated, "When the King requested Prince Harry and his spouse to relinquish Frogmore Cottage, Prince Harry inquired, 'Does the King not wish to rendezvous with his descendants?' The reality is, he is seldom in the company of his grandchildren. His encounters with Prince Archie have been few and far between, and I am uncertain whether he has even glimpsed Princess Lilibet on more than a solitary occasion. It is an exceedingly sorrowful state of affairs."
Throughout 2023, the Duchess of Sussex abstained from returning to the United Kingdom, and her absence seems poised to endure, given Prince Harry's rejection of an invitation to reunite with his family in 2024.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle received an invitation to the Duke of Westminster's impending nuptials, scheduled for the summer of 2024. King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, and Princess Catherine are all anticipated attendees. Nevertheless, insiders close to the Sussexes assert that the couple declined the invitation due to apprehensions of potential discomfort.
The Duchess of Sussex last set foot in the United Kingdom to attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral in September 2022. Prince Harry, in isolation, attended King Charles's Coronation in May 2023 after his spouse opted to abstain from the momentous occasion.
Furthermore, Meghan chose not to accompany Harry to the WellChild Awards in September 2023, despite her recent travels to Germany in support of the Duke of Sussex's Invictus Games, mere days thereafter.
