Harry and Meghan return: can they be trusted to come home without damaging the monarchy?

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are preparing to make Britain their permanent home again — but their return is already raising a much bigger question inside royal circles: can the Sussexes be trusted not to cause yet another crisis for the monarchy?

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are reportedly set to relocate to the UK at the end of August with their children, Archie and Lilibet. They are understood to have secured a private residence outside London and have reportedly enrolled the children in British schools.

The family will retain its California home, but Britain is expected to become their primary base.

And remarkably, reports suggest King Charles was only informed of the move on Sunday, despite the family having met in Britain only weeks ago.

No return to royal duties

The move does not mean Harry and Meghan are becoming working royals again.

According to reports, they will remain outside the official royal structure and will not resume royal duties. Their new home will be a private residence rather than a royal property.

That may sound like the neatest possible arrangement.

But the history between Harry, Meghan and the Royal Family makes the situation considerably more complicated.

Since leaving Britain in 2020, the couple have launched a series of public attacks on the institution and members of Harry's own family, including their explosive television interview, Harry's memoir and numerous subsequent interviews.

Now they are coming back — permanently.

‘Enormous damage’ if things go wrong

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams warned that the return could cause “enormous damage to the monarchy if things go wrong.”

He questioned what the couple would actually do in Britain and whether they could be trusted, pointing to the intense media and public scrutiny they are likely to face.

“Obviously reconciliation is always desirable but what will they do?” Fitzwilliams said.

He also raised the difficult question of Harry's relationship with his brother William.

That could prove to be the biggest obstacle of all.

Harry's ultimate test

The Sussexes will be returning to a country where their popularity remains deeply divided and where virtually every public appearance will attract enormous attention.

Their decision to bring their children back permanently means Archie and Lilibet will now grow up with a much closer connection to Britain and, inevitably, to the Royal Family.

For Charles, William and the rest of the monarchy, that creates both an opportunity and a risk.

A genuine reconciliation could eventually help heal a spectacular family rupture.

But another round of interviews, accusations, private revelations or public disputes could reopen wounds that the Royal Family has spent years trying to close.

And with Harry having already demonstrated that family secrets can become commercially valuable public material, the question being asked by royal watchers is brutally simple:

Can Harry and Meghan really be trusted?

For the monarchy, getting the answer wrong could be enormously expensive.

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I rather suspect that Harry's impending bankruptcy due to his spectacularly stupid court cases means that their Californian properties will have to be sold.

A UK home will make it easier to pitch to his father for funding; funding which will come with conditions - behave yourself. I wouldn't be at all surprised if "Meghan" doesn't up sticks in due course -a couple of years tops!

I thought he was afraid to come back unless he got special police protection or has he now realised nobody gives a fxxk about him or his family.

Doubt he will get a warm welcome from the uk population.

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