Prince Harry ‘wants invitation to Sandringham’

Prince Harry remains keen for his children to spend more time
with King Charles III and it’s now reported that Sandringham is
being talked about as a possible destination for such a
reunion.

The Sunday Times reports that a friend of Harry’s is suggesting
that an invitation from King Charles to the Sussexes to visit the
Norfolk estate would lead to the enhanced security for a trip that
the family has been asking for.

Prince Harry is currently awaiting the outcome of a review into
his security arrangements by the Royal and VIP Executive Committee,
known as Ravec. It is tasked with making the final decision on the
level of security given to people including Harry. He asked for the
review after losing a long legal case with the government over the
level of security he receives when in the UK.

Currently, Prince Harry funds his own security when in the
country and relies on unarmed protection personnel. He wants the
level of protection he had while still a working member of the
Royal Family and says it isn’t safe to bring his wife and children
to the country without it.

Now, a friend of Prince Harry has suggested that if The King
were to invite the Duke and Duchess of Sussex along with Prince
Archie and Princess Lillibet to the country, they would get the
level of protection that they feel is needed.

And it’s been suggested that a stay at Charles III’s Norfolk
home, Sandringham, would be the ideal place for such a visit to
take place.

Sandringham is the private property of the Monarch. It was
bought by the future Edward VII in the 19th century and has since
been left by each Monarch to the person who succeeds them although
it is a personal gift rather than part of the Crown Estate. That
means it is up to the Monarch who lives there and on the properties
within the wider estate.

The former prince Andrew is currently moving into a home on the
Sandringham estate having surrendered his lease on Royal Lodge on
the Windsor estate. He had lived in the thirty room mansion for
over twenty years on a peppercorn rent. He agreed to surrender the
lease at the same time that Charles III stripped him of all his
titles and royal honours. Since then, he has been known as Andrew
Mountbatten-Windsor and removed from all aspects of royal life
although he remains in the line of succession.

King Charles often spends weekends at Sandringham while the
Prince and Princess of Wales have a home at nearby Anmer Hall,
given to them by Queen Elizabeth II.

The Sunday Times now quotes a friend of Harry saying ”if he was
invited by The King, he would get a package of security that
automatically kicks in. He’d like an invite to Sandringham. Would
he go? It would depend who was there.”

Prince Harry spent just under an hour with King Charles in
September 2025 when he was in London. It’s understood the two men
haven’t met since then.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex live in California with their two
children. They settled there after giving up their roles as working
royals in 2020. In recent weeks, the departure of the Sussexes from
royal life and the subsequent fall out including interviews they
have given and TV programmes they have made, has been highlighted
in two new books. In one, Hugo Vickers wrote that Queen Elizabeth
II encouraged Prince Harry to wait at least a year before marrying
Meghan Markle but he chose to act differently. He also writes that
calls by Prince William for Harry to wait before marrying were one
of the reasons the brothers had initially fallen out.