Prince Harry Opens Up About Visiting Queen Elizabeth II With Wife Meghan Markle: ‘It Was Great to See Her’

, this marked the pair's first joint trip to the U.K. since moving to California in 2020. Their daughter, who is , was born in June 2021 and, as far as we know, has yet to make a trip abroad.Back in February, Prince Harry's lawyers expressed that the duke did not traveling to the U.K.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are heading across the pond with their kids. The couple will attend Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June, a spokesperson for the pair confirmed to ET.What's more is they will be bringing their children, Archie and Lilibet, with them to the celebrations, marking the first time their daughter will meet the monarch since being born in Santa Barbara, California, last June. According to a source close to the royal family, the queen is delighted she will be meeting her great-granddaughter for the first time and excited to be able to spend time with Archie and Lili. ET understands Harry’s relatives are also looking forward to meeting the couple's infant daughter and seeing Archie, who is now a 3-year-old toddler. While ET has learned that it was the sovereign herself who invited Harry and Meghan to attend her celebrations, they will not be permitted to partake in the royal family's traditional balcony appearance at Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Colour event.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are planning to bring their children Archie and Lilibet to the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee next month.The Duke, 37, and Duchess of Sussex, 40 are said to be flying over to celebrate the festivities with their children and the Royal family over the bank holiday weekend.This comes despite a recent announcement from Buckingham Palace confirming that the couple and Prince Andrew won't be welcome on the balcony for the flypast. Instead, the 96 year old monarch decided to have the Trooping the Colour appearance include only members of the family who are still undertaking official public duties.

K.J. Yossman UPDATE: CNN’s royal correspondent Max Foster has said that Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex – and their children Lilibet and Archie – will attend the Queen’s jubilee.

Archie Mountbatten-Windsor's third birthday. On Friday, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's oldest child turned another year older, and his relatives in the United Kingdom were quick to pay tribute to the toddler on social media. Queen Elizabeth II's Instagram page posted a photo on her Story of Her Majesty and Prince Philip greeting Archie when he was just a baby.

All hail the Queen. Queen Elizabeth II—Queen of the United Kingdom and the bearer of a legacy of over 70 years of rulership, she is one of the most powerful women on the planet.

Queen Elizabeth II turned 96 on Thursday, and members of the royal family wasted no time paying tribute to the family matriarch.Prince William and Kate Middleton were two of the first to post a sweet message on social media for Her Highness.«Wishing Her Majesty The Queen a very happy 96th birthday today!» the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrote alongside two photos, one which showed Queen Elizabeth surrounded by her great-grandchildren and late husband, Prince Philip.A post shared by Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@dukeandduchessofcambridge)William and Kate added, «An inspiration to so many across the UK, the Commonwealth and the world, it’s particularly special to be celebrating in this #PlatinumJubilee year.»The Platinum Jubilee is being celebrated this year in the Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of the Queen Elizabeth II on Feb. 6, 1952.In a post on the Royal Family's official Twitter page, a portrait of the Queen as a toddler could be seen alongside the message, «Happy Birthday Your Majesty! Today as The Queen turns 96, we’re sharing this photograph of the young Princess Elizabeth aged 2.

Prince Philip, a refuge from the affairs of state.Elizabeth is expected to spend the day at the estate’s Wood Farm cottage, a personal sanctuary where she also spent her first Christmas since Philip’s death in April 2021. Philip loved the cottage, in part because it is close to the sea, she said in February when hosting a rare public event at Sandringham.“I think the queen’s approach to birthdays very much embodies her keep calm and carry on attitude," said Emily Nash, the royal editor at HELLO! magazine.

Prince Harry considers himself an American now, but his first loyalty will always be to Queen Elizabeth.

Settling in. Prince Harry got honest about his life with Meghan Markle in the United States two years after their exit from their senior royal duties — and he made it clear that he has no regrets.

Exiled UK royal Prince Harry readily admitted that the UK is no longer his home — and notably avoided saying whether he misses his dad and brother after their years-long bitter feud.“Home for me now, for the time being, is in the United States — and it feels that way as well,” the 37-year-old prince told the “Today” show in an interview that aired Wednesday.Asked pointedly by Hoda Kotb if “you feel like that’s home more for you,” Harry nodded and said, “Yup.”“I’m sure it will become a thing,” he admitted of having turned his back on the nation his family rules over.Harry gave a vague “of course” reply when asked if he missed his family, whom he has rarely seen since fleeing Britain and quitting life as a royal at the beginning of 2020.But he quickly changed the topic when asked if he missed his dad, heir to the throne Prince Charles, 73, and his once-close 39-year-old brother, Prince William.“For me, at the moment, I am here focused on these guys,” he said of the military veterans at the 2022 Invictus Games, where he was interviewed.“That’s my focus here and when I leave here I get back the focus is my family, who I miss massively,” he said of his kids with wife Meghan Markle, son Archie, 2, and daughter Lilibet, 10 months.Harry pointedly said it was “great” seeing his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, during his recent surprise trip to the UK — again making no mention of also seeing his 73-year-old dad, Charles.“It was really nice to see her — to be able to see her in some element of privacy was nice,” he said.“We have a special relationship with talking about things that she can’t talk about with anybody else,” he said of the Monarch, who turns 96 on Thursday, joking that by now she must be “bored” of birthdays.Even so,

Prince Harry revealed his fiercely caring nature for the Queen as he opened up about the meeting with his grandmother during an interview on NBC's Today Show.The Duke of Sussex sat down with American presenter and journalist Hoda Kotb in between activities in The Hague, Netherlands, where he is attending the Invictus Games. As the pair chatted from everything between the 37 year old Royal's life with wife Meghan Markle, 40, his work on the games and family life with children Archie, three, and 11 month old Lilibet, talk turned to the reported "secret meeting" at Windsor Castle. According to reports, the Duke and Duchess only made a fleeting visit on their way over from the US as they headed to their final destination in the Netherlands.

Still a family. Prince Harry is operned up about where he stands with his royal relatives — especially Queen Elizabeth II — after visiting her earlier this month with wife Meghan Markle.

Prince Harry is set to give another interview with US news broadcaster The Today Show tomorrow, April 20, following his secret meeting with The Queen in Windsor Castle.The Duke of Sussex, 37, is currently in The Hague, the Netherlands, for the Invictus Games, of which he is the founder. It was reported that ahead of touching down in the European country with his wife Meghan Markle, the Royals made a flying visit to see family in the UK first.The meeting marked the first time Harry and Meghan were both in the UK since their controversial exit from their roles as senior members of the Royal family.

Together again … almost. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle didn’t see Prince William and Duchess Kate during their secret visit to Queen Elizabeth II‘s Windsor Castle residence.

Prince Harry is giving a little insight into one of his first face-to-face meetings with Queen Elizabeth II since leaving the U.K. Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle visited the Queen at Windsor Castle for the first time as a couple since moving to the U.S.They were on their way to the Netherlands for the 2022 Invictus Games.  "She had plenty of messages for Team UK, which I have already passed on to most of them," Prince Harry told the BBC regarding the meeting.

Ahead of their appearance at the Invictus Games over the weekend, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle met with his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Prince Harry has given an insight into his and wife Meghan Markle's visit with the Queen, after jetting to the UK for a secret meeting with the Queen last week.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were reported to have flown from California to the UK together for the first time since stepping down from their roles as senior royals in 2020. Harry, 37, and wife Meghan, 40, were said to have left onlookers stunned as they stopped by Windsor Castle on Thursday 14 April. A spokesperson for the couple confirmed to OK! the couple visited the Queen before flying to the Netherlands for their appearance at the Invictus Games over the weekend.