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Much speculation swirled around the return of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to the UK: whether the children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet<\/a>, would join them; if a full family reunion with King Charles III and Queen Camilla would play out; what public engagements for the Sussexes as a set could even look like after four years away.<\/p>\n The Duchess of Sussex shared a series of photos to her Instagram<\/a> that documented just some of their trip. Posted on July 23 and captioned \u201cSummer Holiday,\u201d one image shows Harry, seven-year-old Archie, and five-year-old Lilibet walking down a tree-lined path at Althorp estate, the ancestral home of the Spencer family and where Princess Diana<\/a> grew up. Seen from behind, they\u2019re carrying large bouquets, so it\u2019s likely they visited Diana\u2019s grave on an island within the estate\u2019s Oval Lake.<\/p>\n Prince Archie, Princess Lilibet, and Prince Harry at Althorp Estate.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n The Sussex family stayed at the Northamptonshire estate, one of England\u2019s most well-known stately homes, as a guest of Harry\u2019s uncle, Charles Spencer. The property, on 13,000 acres, has been in the Spencer family for over 500 years. Diana (then Spencer, later the Princess of Wales) lived there from the time of her parents\u2019s divorce until her marriage to King Charles. Diana\u2019s burial site features a Doric-style temple with her name inscribed on top.<\/p>\n The estate\u2019s website noted<\/a> that it would be closed to visitors on July 10 and 11, so it was widely assumed that Harry, Meghan, and the children would be there.<\/p>\n This trip was Meghan Markle\u2019s first time back in the UK in over four years, having made the permanent move to Montecito in 2020. But it wasn\u2019t her first time visiting Althorp. Harry wrote about visiting on the 25th anniversary of his mother\u2019s death and bringing Meghan in his memoir<\/a>, Spare<\/em>. \u201cAt long last, I was bringing the girl of my dreams home to meet mum,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n