Prince Harry snubbed Buckingham Palace offer as Duke fails to find UK base
Prince Harry snubbed the opportunity to stay at a room in Buckingham Palace during his most recent trip to the UK, according to a source.
The invitation to use an apartment at the palace came in May when Harry returned to London to attend an anniversary event for the Invictus Games
No members of the Royal Family attended the event held at St Paul’s Cathedral as the Duke of Sussex performed the solo engagement.
Harry chose to stay at a hotel rather than a royal residence, a decision he also took in February during his only other trip to the UK in 2024.
King Charles did not see Prince Harry during his trip to the UK as his schedule was full with planned engagements.
A source told the Times: “I don’t know what more the King could have done.
“He offered Harry to stay at Buckingham Palace but that it seems even that wasn’t good enough.
“It was far from clear what the duke’s plans were. When it came to it there was no space in the King’s diary in between treatment and other scheduled events.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down as working members of the Royal Family in 2020 and moved to the US via a short stay in Canada.
The couple got married in May 2018 at Windsor Castle and received a royal residence from the late Queen Elizabeth II to mark the occasion.
Harry and Meghan were given Frogmore Cottage and lived there until 2020 before they stood down from their Royal Family roles.
Despite living in Montecito, California the Sussexes used Frogmore as their UK base and would stay there when they returned to England.
However, in 2023 following the publication of the Duke of Sussex’s autobiography Spare, King Charles asked the couple to vacate the royal residence.
Spare contained multiple attacks on senior members of the Royal Family including Queen Camilla, Prince William and the Princess of Wales.
The Sussexes officially vacated the royal residence in July 2023 and have not found a UK base since leaving Frogmore.
Prince Harry has made multiple trips to London since being evicted from Frogmore Cottage but has stayed in hotel rooms rather than at a Royal Family residence.
