Meghan Markle and Prince Harry returned to the UK last week.

Meghan and Harry were both in the UK last week (Image: GETTY)
Meghan Markle had a major motive for attending Prince Harry’s meeting with King Charles in the UK last week. Although Harry arrived in the UK early last week, Meghan joined him with their two children last Friday – their first visit to Britain since 2022.
Shortly after Meghan arrived in the UK with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, it was reportedly that the King and Queen had hosted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their children at Highgrove House on July 10. The visit is said to have lasted one hour, with no further details of the meeting revealed.
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It has now been revealed that the likely reason Meghan was also at the meeting was to support her husband and to be with Archie and Lilibet at the unfamiliar location.
Speaking on The Times’ podcast The Royals, royal editor Roya Nikkhah said: “I suspect that she was there more to support Harry and be with the kids in a new environment.”
Although no details have been shared about the meeting, sources close to the Sussex couple have told Vanity Fair that the meeting was “completely cloak-and-dagger, orchestrated by the King.”
A source said: “The King wanted to see Harry and the children. A time was agreed for the Sussexes to come to Highgrove on Friday afternoon, and it was uncharacteristically last-minute for the King. Everyone was sworn to secrecy so that the meeting could remain private.”

The couple attended the meeting with their children, Archie and Lilibet (Image: GETTY)
They added: “[Meghan and Harry] are keeping the meeting top secret. They haven’t said anything to anyone.
“The agreement was made before they met the king that nothing would be shared—no photos, no details. It was a top-secret arrangement, and they pulled it off, and frankly, they are delighted about that.”
“They were at Highgrove for an hour or so, but don’t expect to hear anything about what was said.”
