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Harry and Meghan Return to Britain and Will Live Privately Outside London

Their move raises immediate questions about who will fund their UK protection, possible tax exposure from returning after six years, and how public activity will be coordinated with the Royal Household.

Overview

  • The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are relocating from Montecito to a private, non-royal residence outside London and have enrolled Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet in British schools for the September term, a development reported Monday.
  • They will remain private, non-working members of the royal family and are understood to have an arrangement to coordinate public engagements with Buckingham Palace to avoid schedule clashes.
  • Decisions over who will pay for the couple’s UK security remain unresolved, with the Home Office, the Metropolitan Police and the RAVEC risk board identified as the bodies that must determine protective arrangements.
  • Tax advisers warn that returning after six years, rather than completing ten consecutive non-UK tax years, could reduce access to Foreign Income and Gains relief and affect inheritance-tax treatment of overseas assets.
  • Meghan posted an As Ever social teaser for a likely autumn product, while reports that she has been cast in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentleman remain contradictory and unconfirmed.