Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as senior royals in January 2020. Their emancipation caused shockwaves through the United Kingdom as the couple moved to California. They are still called the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but they are no longer referred to as his and Her Royal Highnesses. The title shift seems to be one of the few clear-cut answers regarding this situation. Rather, many people want to know how emancipation affected the relationships within the royal family. Although the royals themselves give little comment on the matter, their actions indicate an unfortunately standoffish family dynamic.

Prince Harry’s Recent Visits to the U.K.

Prince Harry has visited the U.K. several times since his dramatic departure. In February 2024, he visited London to meet with his father for 45 minutes after the announcement of the king’s cancer treatment. He had also returned several times due to the open court cases he has against different newspaper publishers. In May 2023, Harry attended King Charles’ coronation without Meghan. However, the pair came together for the queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, and her funeral that September.

On May 8, Harry attended a service at St. Paul’s Cathedral celebrating the Invictus Games’ 10th anniversary, a sporting event he had helped found for injured veterans. During this brief visit, he didn’t see his brother Prince William or King Charles. Royal expert Emily Andrews reported that Charles’ packed schedule didn’t allow for a visit from his son.

Missing Trooping the Colour

However, that was far from the only “snub”. Harry was also missed on the guest list for Trooping the Colour, also known as the Sovereign’s Birthday Parade, for the second year in a row. He was also not invited to the wedding of Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminister, who is also the godfather to Harry’s son Prince Archie.

“It has been humiliation after humiliation for Prince Harry,” Andrews reports. “Harry has broken so many bonds of trust with so many people, it is difficult to see him ever attending a society wedding or Trooping the Colour again.” She adds that he won’t meet with the Prince and Princess of Wales because they are “still understandably too hurt” to see him.

“No longer part of the royal family…”