Kate Middleton and Prince William Will Be Hundreds of Miles from London During Prince Harry’s U.K. Return
- - Kate Middleton and Prince William Will Be Hundreds of Miles from London During Prince Harry’s U.K. Return
Meredith KileJanuary 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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Prince Harry will be in London next week for his trial against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday
However, Prince William and Kate Middleton are traveling to Scotland for a joint engagement
Harry is also unlikely to see his father, King Charles, as the King avoids active court cases
Prince Harry returns to London next week, but most of his family will be out of town.
The Duke of Sussex, 41, will be back in the U.K. for the opening of his High Court trial, the final legal step in his series of lawsuits against Associated Newspapers.
However, on Jan. 21, Prince William, 43, and Kate Middleton, 44, have a joint engagement in Scotland, taking them hundreds of miles from the English capital.
The royal couple will first visit the National Curling Academy in Stirling to meet with Great Britain's Olympic and Paralympic curling teams ahead of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic Games.
They will then visit Radical Weavers in Stirling, a working handweaving studio that doubles as a charity where patrons learn about the heritage of Scottish tartan and benefit from the therapeutic qualities of weaving while creating blankets and textiles to give back to those in need.
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Kate Middleton and Prince William in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 5, 2023
Meanwhile, Prince Harry is expected to be in court for most of the week, as he joins several high-profile figures, including pop star Elton John, actress Elizabeth Hurley and Jude Law's ex-wife Sadie Frost, in suing Associated Newspapers (ANL) — the publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday — for alleged illegal information gathering.
Associated Newspapers has "vigorously" denied the allegations, the BBC previously reported.
Harry is also not expected to see his father, King Charles, while he is in London, as the King tries to avoid active legal cases. The father and son had their first in-person meeting in 18 months during Harry's last visit to the U.K. in September.
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Prince Harry leaves courts in London in April 2025
Prince Harry — along with his wife, Meghan Markle, 44, and their two children, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4 — may soon be making more returns to the country of his birth.
The Duke of Sussex previously said that he didn't feel safe bringing his family to the U.K. after his full-time security was stripped when he and Meghan stepped back from their roles as working royals in 2020.
Earlier this month, however, insiders told PEOPLE that there were “positive” indications coming from the government about a reversal of that decision. At the time, the sources were cautiously hopeful that the decision would be made to once again grant him a taxpayer-funded security cover.
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