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Will King Charles attend Prince Harry’s Invictus Games? Royal expert weighs in

Will King Charles attend Prince Harry’s Invictus Games? Royal expert weighs in

The Invictus Games are set to head to Birmingham next year, but is King Charles likely to join Prince Harry when the Duke of Sussex returns to the UK? On this week’s edition of A Right Royal Podcast, the Sun’s political editor, Matt Wilkinson, shared how it was unlikely that the monarch would be joining his son, while Queen Camilla and Prince William certainly wouldn’t be in attendance. “I think Invictus is a big event for Harry,” Matt explained. “I mean, I think it was between Washington DC or Birmingham, they were the two candidate cities for Invictus. And it’s not like the Olympics where you have loads of members voting. “I think there was only one decision. It was going to Birmingham and Harry wanted to bring his whole family down here. He wants to sit there with the royal family, in the stands, but that’s very optimistic.” He added: “Who knows what could happen next week? If you want an answer on that, looking at my crystal ball, I don’t think the King …

Meghan Markle to visit UK for the first time in four years for Invictus Games event

Meghan Markle to visit UK for the first time in four years for Invictus Games event

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Duchess of Sussex is expected to make the first UK visit in four years for an Invictus Games event. Meghan is due to join her husband, the Duke of Sussex, at the event in Birmingham, but only if the couple’s right to armed police protection in the UK is reinstated, The Sun on Sunday reported. It is also not known if their children will attend the event. In May last year, the Duke of Sussex lost his court case against the royal and VIP executive committee (Ravec) over their decision to remove his right to taxpayer-funded police protection after he left as a working member of the royal family. This meant the duke needed to inform the Metropolitan Police 30 days before arriving in the UK in order to apply for a security review, which is decided on a case-by-case basis. As a result, …