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Meghan Markle is visiting the UK for the first time since 2022 – here’s why

Harry and Meghan show rare glimpse of Archie and Lilibet in Christmas video
  • Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is expected to make her first UK visit in four years to attend an Invictus Games event in Birmingham.
  • Her attendance is conditional on the reinstatement of armed police protection for the couple in the UK.
  • The Duke of Sussex previously lost a court case challenging the removal of his taxpayer-funded police protection after stepping down as a working royal.
  • However, a request for a full risk assessment regarding their security has since been granted by the Home Secretary.
  • The visit would mark a one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games, and it is uncertain if their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, would accompany them.
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