Will Prince Harry and Meghan return to UK after Prince Philip’s death?

Prince Harry is preparing to return to the UK for the first time since leaving Royal duties after the death of Prince Philip – but questions remain over whether Meghan will join him.

Harry’s grandfather’s death comes weeks after they gave an interview to Oprah alleging racism in the Royal Family which aired while Philip was in hospital. 

Since then, they have launched a charity, accepted lucrative business deals with Netflix and Spotify, given public talks, appeared on Zoom conferences, and on March 7, they criticised the Royal Family in a sit-down interview with Oprah that was viewed around the world. 

Meghan is now pregnant with their second child and due to give birth sometime in the summer but she has not disclosed exactly when. The couple has not commented on any plan to return to the UK. 

A source close to the family told DailyMail.com on Friday: ‘Harry will absolutely do his utmost to get back to the UK and be with his family. 

‘He will want nothing more than to be there for his family, and particularly his grandmother, during this awful time.

‘Meghan is obviously pregnant so she will need to take advice from her doctors about whether it is safe for her to travel, but I think Harry will definitely go.’ 

What kind of reception they will receive after their extraordinary interview and behaviour over the last year is uncertain.   

The most damaging claim they made during the Oprah interview was that someone in the family made comments to Harry expressing ‘concern’ over his son Archie’s skin tone. Meghan also suggested that the concern was why Archie would not be given the title of Prince.

Harry would not reveal who in the family said it, but Oprah said after the interview aired that he assured her, off camera, it was neither the Queen nor Prince Philip.  

Harry was due back in the UK on July 1 for the unveiling of a statue of his mother. 

Royal commentators had said that he intended to be there, despite Meghan’s imminent due date, and despite the rift between him and William. 

It is not clear if he planned to return in June, when Prince Philip would have turned 100, and when a Trooping of the Colour was planned.   

There was enormous criticism of the fact the interview aired on CBS at a time when Prince Philip was gravely ill in the hospital. The pair filmed it weeks beforehand. 

CBS host Gayle King, who is a close friend of Oprah, claimed afterwards that the pair had a contingency plan that if Prince Philip’s condition worsened, the interview would not have aired. It has not been confirmed by TV networks that that is the case.

The interview was sold by CBS to dozens of countries around the world, and CBS paid a reported $8million for it. 

The Queen said after the interview that the allegations were ‘concerning’ and that she would address them within Buckingham Palace.  

While Harry claimed in the interview to have always had a good relationship with the Queen, it’s unclear what kind of relationship, if any, he now has with Prince William and his father, Prince Charles. 

Meghan claimed during the interview that contrary to public reports based on palace sources, she did not make Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, cry during the run-up to her wedding and that it was Kate who made her cry instead. 

She also claimed that she’d been trapped by the ‘institution’ and was at one point suicidal but that when she sought mental health help, she was told she could not have it. 

The Royal Family has not commented on those claims.