MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 14: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive at the Australian National Veterans Arts Museum (Anvam) in Southbank on April 14, 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. Meghan and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex are on a four-day visit to Australia, with engagements across Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. (Photo by Jonathan Brady-Pool/Getty Images)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are barely two months into their UK return, and complications keep stacking up. After moving back to England with their two children in late August, the couple faced a public rebuke from Buckingham Palace, which released a letter from King Charles III to government officials clarifying that they wouldn’t hold working royal status. Now they’re dealing with an even more immediate problem: their kids had to leave school after just two days.
Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, started at their new school this September but are no longer enrolled there. According to the Daily Mail, the removal came down to security concerns raised by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s protective team. The journey from their home to the school created operational challenges that the security staff couldn’t adequately manage.
Friends close to the couple told Hello! that while security checks had been completed before the family relocated, nobody anticipated how difficult the daily commute would be. The school itself was fine. The route, though, presented problems. “It’s a real shame, because they absolutely adored the school, the kids and their parents,” one source said. “It was perfect for them in every way, and the children really enjoyed their time there. They really wanted to make it work, but they had to make a difficult decision based on the fact that the team couldn’t make the school run operationally secure.”
This development carries fresh weight given Harry’s ongoing fight over security arrangements. He appealed for publicly funded protection after losing it when the family moved to the United States in 2020, but his appeal was denied in May. At that point, he told the BBC he couldn’t imagine returning to the UK under such conditions. The Royal and VIP Executive Committee is currently reviewing what level of protection the family actually needs, and this school situation may strengthen their case for reassessment.
The children are now enrolled elsewhere. According to Hello!, they’ve already been added to the new school’s parent group chat. A spokesperson for the couple emphasized that their decision to withdraw isn’t a critique of the original institution. “The parents remain extremely grateful to all the teachers and staff for the love, care, and effort they have shown their family. This decision should in no way be interpreted as a reflection on the school or the exceptional care the children have received there.”
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