Overview
- Multiple outlets report the Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to relocate later this month to a private, non-royal home outside London and to make the U.K. their primary base for an extended period.
- Their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, have been enrolled in British schools and are expected to start classes in September.
- King Charles was told of the plan on Sunday, Aug. 16, and is said to welcome more private family contact while the couple will remain non-working, private members of the royal family.
- Security remains unsettled because Harry lost a 2025 legal challenge over taxpayer-funded protection and is awaiting or engaged in RAVEC review processes, and the Home Office has said it will not disclose individual protection details.
- The couple will keep homes in Montecito and Portugal and continue commercial work, a decision that deepens family and institutional questions about roles, public reaction, and how the royal household will coordinate private and public engagements.