{"id":7993,"date":"2026-07-06T19:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/prince-harry-insiders-slam-royal-courtiers-for-disinviting-him\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T19:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:37:29","slug":"prince-harry-insiders-slam-royal-courtiers-for-disinviting-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/prince-harry-insiders-slam-royal-courtiers-for-disinviting-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry insiders slam royal courtiers for disinviting him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2Fnewspress-collage-sgxnn2pw5-1783366518851.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261783352146\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Royal insiders blame King Charles\u2019 \u201cmen in gray suits\u201d for the latest chaotic dispute surrounding Prince Harry and his ill-fated trip to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Early Monday, Harry\u2019s reps announced he had accepted an invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace this week, after finalizing his security plans \u2014\u00a0only for <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/06\/royal-family\/prince-harrys-buckingham-palace-invite-withdrawn-at-the-last-moment\/\">palace staffers to brief that it would be impossible <\/a>because he missed a July 3 deadline to let them know he was coming.<\/p>\n<p>Harry, 41, arrived in London Monday afternoon, but it\u2019s not yet known where he\u2019s staying.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Prince Harry\u2019s latest trip back to the UK is already mired in some chaos. However, he still wants to see his father, King Charles (above, with Princes William and Harry in 2014). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>But Vickers does not blame the king, saying Charles\u2019 staffers \u2014 whom Harry famously called the \u201cmen in gray suits\u201d in his memoir, \u201c<a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"0593593804\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSpare-Prince-Harry-Duke-Sussex%2Fdp%2F0593593804%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F07%2F06%2Froyal-family%2Fprince-harry-insiders-slam-royal-courtiers-for-disinviting-him%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spare<\/a>\u201d \u2014\u00a0are in charge of protocol.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King Charles was seen riding a battle tank during The Royal Tank Regiment\u2019s Families\u2019 Day at the Tank Museum in Dorset, England, Monday. <span class=\"credit\">via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A source said that it\u2019s the king\u2019s courtiers \u2014\u00a0and not Charles himself \u2014\u00a0who ultimately made the decision to rescind Harry\u2019s invitation. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe courtiers. It\u2019s always them, of course it is,\u201d he said. \u201cIf the king wants to see Harry, they will meet. [The courtiers] can always arrange something, but this sounds like it has become far too complicated and everyone is too fed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although we are told Harry very much wanted to bring his children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, to see King Charles, there are now no plans for them to come to the UK. Instead, the renegade royal will undertake his charity commitments there,\u00a0then head back to wife Meghan Markle and the kids, who are currently in Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Harry had hoped to bring his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, to see their grandfather in the UK, but that now looks unlikely. <span class=\"credit\">meghan\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am aware of multiple briefings from Buckingham Palace last week suggesting that the duke had not accepted the offer of accommodation at a Royal Residence,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cFollowing [the Royal and VIP Executive Committee\u2019s] decision not to provide security for his family, the duke spent last week making alternative security arrangements. Once those arrangements were in place, he was able to formally accept the offer of accommodation for himself over the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buckingham Palace also briefed that it would not be pertinent for Harry to stay at a royal property, as a judgment is due in his <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/11\/10\/royal-family\/prince-harrys-lawsuit-against-daily-mail-publisher-can-go-to-trial\/\">case against Associated Newspapers Limited<\/a> on Tuesday and it would not be correct for Charles to be swept up in the matter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Harry has been battling the British Government for VIP security while in the UK. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@meghan<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harry, alongside other high-profile figures including Sir Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley, sued\u00a0Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) \u2014 publisher of the\u00a0Daily Mail\u00a0and\u00a0Mail on Sunday \u2014 over claims of\u00a0unlawful information gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuckingham Palace has, however, been aware of that judgment since last Thursday. It is therefore unclear why, having formally accepted the accommodation offer, it has now been withdrawn at the last moment,\u201d said the Sussex rep.<\/p>\n<p>While the palace\u2019s decision may sound heartless, Harry has often spoken about the rigidity of living within palace walls and the structures his father and the monarchy abides to.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were last in the UK four years ago. They\u2019re seen at a service of thanksgiving for the late Queen Elizabeth II in July 2022. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He went as far as to say his father and brother Prince William were<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/03\/08\/prince-harry-says-he-has-tried-to-help-trapped-brother-william\/\"> \u201ctrapped\u201d within the royal system,<\/a> insisting he had \u201chuge compassion for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his bombshell 2020 interview with Oprah Winfrey, he said he too had been trapped in royal life but did not realize it until he met his wife.<\/p>\n<p>Despite everything, Harry still hopes to meet with his father for the first time since last September \u2014\u00a0but any visit will be conducted in private.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Sussexes last saw Prince William and Kate Middleton following the death of Queen Elizabeth in September 2022. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All the chaos around the situation, though, \u201cdetracts from what the royal family is really trying to do, which is represent the UK and \u00a0the Commonwealth and do good,\u201d said Vickers of the trip. \u201cThis will potentially make the king look bad, and it just creates more division.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sources said it\u2019s all the more galling because Harry has been trying to get <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/25\/royal-family\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-bringing-own-security-to-the-uk\/\">the same armed security as senior working royals <\/a>approved by the UK government \u2014 and Charles\u2019 private secretary, Sir Clive Alderton, sits on RAVEC, the committee that would approve or deny his ask.<\/p>\n<p>A private secretary to William also sits on the committee, as\u00a0do representatives from the Risk Management Board, a secretive internal royal body chaired by a senior private secretary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Harry has made it clear he wants to reconcile with his family. <span class=\"credit\">Alexi Lubomirski \/ Duke and Duch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Charles, 77, has a busy week of engagements and meetings ahead of him separate of seeing his son. On Monday, he took a ride in a British Army tank during his first visit to the Royal Tank Regiment (RTR)\u00a0since becoming Colonel-in-Chief.<\/p>\n<p>Harry, meanwhile, plans to attend an Invictus Games Foundation event at Chatham House in London to speak with experts and policymakers. He is then scheduled to visit veterans at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the week, he will travel to Birmingham for events at the National Exhibition Centre to mark exactly one year until the 2027 Invictus Games.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/06\/royal-family\/prince-harry-insiders-slam-royal-courtiers-for-disinviting-him\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal insiders blame King Charles\u2019 \u201cmen in gray suits\u201d for the latest chaotic dispute surrounding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/newspress-collage-sgxnn2pw5-1783366518851.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}