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BREAKING: Prince Harry and Meghan to return to live in the UK

 

Prince Harry and Meghan ‘moving back to Britain this month’

 

Reports say Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to relocate from US, with children to start British school in September

 

Caroline Davies and Nadeem Badshah

Thu 20 Aug 2026 08.32 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/19/prince-harry-and-meghan-moving-back-to-britain-this-month

 

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to return to live in Britain, six years after leaving for the US, it is understood.

 

The couple and their two children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, are expected to relocate later in August to a non-royal residence.

 

The property is believed to be outside London, and the children are enrolled to start school in September, the Daily Telegraph and the Sun have reported.

 

King Charles was reportedly informed on Sunday that his son and daughter-in-law would return to Britain.

 

It comes after the Sussexes, who have lived in California since 2020, had a reunion with the king last month at Highgrove in Gloucestershire.

 

The king is said to welcome the opportunity to see more of his family in a personal capacity but there will be no change in their status as private individuals after relinquishing their official working roles within the royal family.

 

The couple will not be offered a “half-in half-out” option, it is understood, with that having been firmly rejected by the late Queen Elizabeth II at the so-called Sandringham summit in 2020, which thrashed out the terms of their departure from the UK and resulted in them officially stepping down as senior royals and no longer using their HRH titles.

 

There has been no official comment from the Sussexes.

 

The Prince and Princess of Wales are said to have also been informed of the decision.

 

William remains estranged from his brother after criticism by the couple aimed at him, Catherine, Charles and Camilla since their departure from the UK.

 

Former BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt suggested the couple’s return would have left William, the future king, “apoplectic”.

 

“In the long term, the return of the Sussexes to the UK opens up the prospect of two rival courts, William’s and Harry’s. In the short term, Harry will be able to deepen his rapprochement with his father. And his presence back home will make it harder for his brother to duck a reconciliation,” Hunt told the PA news agency.

 

“The surprise return of Harry and Meghan is likely to have left William apoplectic.”

 

The Sussexes are expected to retain their homes in Montecito, California, and Portugal, where they went on holiday earlier this summer.

 

The duke and duchess’s security arrangements have not been disclosed.

 

The long-running issue over their security meant that Prince Harry did not bring Meghan, 45, or their children to events in London last month, as had been originally planned.

 

Prince Harry, 41, has previously stressed he would not feel safe bringing his family back to the UK without police protection.

 

The Sussexes are not eligible to receive taxpayer-funded protection while in the UK, other than when within royal residences.

 

A Home Office spokesperson said on Wednesday night: “The UK government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate.

 

“It is our longstanding policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security.”

 

Decisions on security for members of the royal family and other key public figures are taken by the executive committee for the protection of royalty and public figures, whose membership includes the Home Office, Metropolitan police and the royal household, who work together to advise the independent chair in making decisions, which are informed by expert risk assessments and in line with government policy.

 

In May 2025, after losing a legal challenge over his security in the UK, the Duke of Sussex said: “I can’t see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the UK at this point.”

 

In an interview with the BBC after the ruling, Prince Harry said he “would love a reconciliation” with the royal family. He said: “There have been so many disagreements between myself and some of my family,” but that he had now “forgiven” them.

 

“I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s no point continuing to fight any more, life is precious.”

 

Prince Harry added that the dispute over his security had “always been the sticking point”.

 

Asked whether he had asked the king to intervene in the dispute over security, he said: “I never asked him to intervene – I asked him to step out of the way and let the experts do their jobs.”

 

In July, the Duke of Sussex and six other co-claimants lost their privacy case against the publishers of the Daily Mail in London. The claimants, who included Doreen Lawrence and Elton John, sued Associated Newspapers Ltd over allegations of unlawful information gathering. Their claims were dismissed in their entirety by Mr Justice Nicklin.

 

Last year the Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed a fresh multi-year film and television deal with Netflix, after media reports suggested poor viewing figures meant the streaming company might not renew its contract with them.

 

Harry and Meghan struck the original five-year deal in 2020, reportedly worth $100m (£78m), which resulted in a number of projects, including the duchess’s lifestyle series With Love, Meghan.

 

Not all the couple’s forays into content creation have been commercially successful. In 2023, a $20m deal they had signed with Spotify to produce podcasts came to an end after just 12 episodes.

 

A YouGov poll in July found that only 22% of Britons saw Meghan in a positive light, compared with 65% who hold an unfavourable opinion of the former actor, with 33% seeing Harry positively and 58% negatively.

 

The education secretary, Lucy Powell, said she hoped the move would be “part of a bigger reconciliation” for the royal family.

 

“I think that the vast majority of your listeners will welcome that news and – they obviously are not working royals any more – and want to come back to this country,” she told LBC radio.

 

“I assume because we do have great schools, great education, that’s why many people do return to this country and choose this country to bring up their children in.

 

“And I hope that this is all part of a bigger reconciliation for the family because you know the royal family is very important to this country and to our reputation around the world, and you know I for one think it’s great to have Harry and Meghan and their family back here.”

Teddy Boys, Mods, Skinheads, Punks, Youth Culture

Suedeheads and Skinheads at The Ivy Shop

REVIEW: JOHN SIMONS – A MODERNIST DOCUMENTARY

on June 13, 2018

https://www.modculture.co.uk/review-john-simons-a-modernist-documentary/

 

The man, the legend and the clothes. A new DVD looks at the life and work of John Simons, with the appropriate title of A Modernist. We obviously wanted to take a look.

 

I remember my first visit to the John Simons shop. I dragged my girlfriend (now wife) to a corner of Covent Garden and into one of the few shops that wasn’t packed with tourists or fashionistas.

 

The man himself was behind the counter and could’t have been more helpful. After a bit of browsing, I bagged a pair of Weejuns (and I still have that original bag) and left knowing it wouldn’t be my last visit, despite living at the other end of the country. It was a place like nowhere else then and now.

 

The shop has moved since, as it has done in the past, but the legend and the clothes remain. In fact, John Simons’ stock has never been higher.

 

It might well go up a few notches after the release of this particular labour of love, a documentary by Lee Cogswell, Mark Baxter and Jason Jules, looking at a man who has survived in the fickle world of fashion for around six decades by simply staying faithful to the timeless styles he loves.

 

Simons’ career is almost a timeline of modern culture, starting out at a time when youth culture was really just beginning after the malaise of the post-war years, working the windows of key retailers as a youth and was a result, getting hands on with the American labels that were coming to the fore and onto the shelves.

 

From dressing windows to selling clothes, it seemed the obvious step, with Simons talking about his first move to the markets with Clothesville, selling fashion to the Mods in ’63 (pea coats, slim trousers and cord jackets for example), moving onto the Ivy Shop in Richmond in 1964 and expanding the range to include raincoats, Harringtons (yes, JS did give the jacket its name) and button-downs, some made locally and sourced in the US.

 

The latter is probably what made the John Simons ‘brand’ and something that still makes him relevant to new generations today. John had the ‘eye’, heading to America to pick out what he saw as the items that would work for UK customers and in its earlier days, whether that was the mods, the skinheads, the suedeheads or any any other sharply dressed youth or gent.

 

He curates a range that has appealed to youth cults and over time, an older crowd who still want that considered and timeless ivy look or those who want a slight re-invention of the modernist look sported by the jazz icons of the 1950s.

 

Over time some authentic vintage has made it to the shelves, as well as own brand goods from the Apparel Company offshoot, designed to appeal to both younger generations and more established customers. At the end of the day, John Simons still sells a classic and standout look for all ages, whether that was from the Squire Shop in Soho in ’67, Covent Garden a couple of decades later or the Chiltern Street store of the modern era, which is now being run by John’s son Paul.

 

If you want some meat put on the bones of that story, you need this DVD.

 

Essentially this is a tribute to John Simons and the concept he has created in the words of both John Simons himself and some of his regular customers and for want of a better word, his ‘fans’.

 

Those people include the likes of Kevin Rowland and Paul Weller (both of whom have taken the ivy look to the masses with their respective bands), along with Suggs, Robert Elms, art expert Ronnie Archer Morgan, GQ’s Dylan Jones, advertising guru Sir John Hegarty and clothing maker and retailer Sir Paul Smith.

 

But not just the big names, the DVD also has the input of fans and customers, including some passionate words from John Wild (aka Bomber from the old Modculture forums). Oh, and John Simons himself along with son Paul, the current manager.

 

All have their own their own take on and memories of John Simons, whether that’s from the Ivy Shop, Soho shopping at Squire or stumbling into the store in Covent Garden in the ’80s, painting a picture of the shopping experience, the clothes they picked up and the youth cults that kept the tills busy.

 

But what really sells the DVD and in turn, John Simons itself, is the passion and the enthusiasm for John Simons throughout. This is a DVD that will have you re-evaluating your wardrobe, browsing the Simons website and checking the train times for a day trip down.

 

If you have any interest in mod, you’ll know that buzz of excitement you get when you find that item of clothing, whether it’s the perfect button down, the jacket, or the loafers. That must-have item regardless of how low your bank account is.

 

That’s the kind of ‘buzz’ you get from this DVD. The mix of words, archive imagery and modern-day ‘sweeps’ of the store racks really do showcase everything that is great about the retailer and his philosophy. If you’ve looked at John Simons or read about the clothes and haven’t quite ‘got’ what it’s all about, then this is the documentary for you.

 

A wonderful overview of a man who has been under the radar for too long. At least, for those who aren’t in the know. One comment in the DVD suggested there should be a statue of John for the work he’s done over the years. That might be a bit extreme, as both the shop and this DVD are tribute enough to the man and his passion.

 

Go buy it.

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