Meghan Markle and Prince Harry plotting move back to U.K. years after walking away from royal duties

The couple will maintain their homes in California and Portugal, but enroll their children in school in Great Britain.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are heading back to the U.K.

Six years after the couple stepped away from their royal duties, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have reportedly enrolled their children in school in Britain and will establish a private home there, according to PEOPLE.

The move back to Britain presents Harry and Meghan with their first residence in the country since they relinquished their Windsor home, gifted to them by Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II and his father, King Charles. Following the release of Harry’s 2023 memoir “Spare,” Charles asked the couple to move out of the house. The couple will maintain their

King Charles, 77, reportedly is welcoming the idea of the couple returning to the U.K. to see them and his grandchildren in a private and personal capacity. Over the summer, Meghan took her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lillibet for a visit to the U.K., marking the first time the King had spent time with his grandchildren in more than four years.

Their return to the U.K. does not change their status as private citizens and all terms of the agreement they signed when they stepped back from royal duties will be honored.

2026 has been a year of transformation for the couple, even with the announcement of their imminent return to the U.K. The pair will not be dissolving their production company, Archewell Productions, nor will Markle let go of her lifestyle brand, As Ever.

Despite their strained relationship with Netflix due to low productivity, reports say they are developing an adaptation of “No Way Out: The Searing True Story of Men Under Siege,” a memoir about the Afghanistan War.