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  "textContent": "No decision has been made on whether the Duke of Sussex’s wife and children will accompany him for the rest of his five-day trip to the UK (Picture: Reuters)\n\nMeghan Markle, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will not join Prince Harry in London next week.\n\nNo decision has been made on whether the Duke of Sussex’s wife and children will accompany him for the rest of his five-day trip to the UK, it is understood.\n\nThis is despite Harry saying he was ‘determined’ to bring them to Britain safely this month after his request for taxpayer-funded police protection was denied.\n\nThe family were hoping to travel at the start of this month to attend celebrations marking the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games in Birmingham.\n\nHarry lost a legal battle with the government last year over his security.\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nThe level of protection he was offered was downgraded after he stepped down from being a working royal and moved to the US in 2020.\n\nThe family were hoping to travel at the start of this month to attend celebrations marking the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games (Picture: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)\n\nA government spokesperson previously said: ‘The UK government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate.\n\n‘It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security.’\n\nIt has been four years since Harry’s children have seen their grandfather King Charles.\n\nA source said: ‘The hope is they can meet their grandfather. But there is no way that can happen if they are chased by paparazzi wherever they go from the moment they step off the plane.’\n\nSources in Buckingham Palace have stressed the monarch is not involved in decisions around Harry’s security.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Meghan, Archie and Lilibet ‘will not join Harry on trip to London next week’"
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