ALBAWABA - Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, paid a visit to King Charles on Friday, following a week of security controversy in the United Kingdom.
Buckingham Palace reported that King Charles and Queen Camilla hosted Harry, Meghan, and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lillibet, at Highgrove House. The palace stated that it was a private family visit, thus no details or images will be given.
Harry and Meghan had planned to visit the United Kingdom in conjunction with the Invictus Games, a sporting competition for injured warriors founded by Harry, who is a veteran himself. However, CBS News' international partner BBC News reported that the prince was reconsidering bringing his family on a trip to the United Kingdom slated for July after his request for taxpayer-funded police protection was denied by British authorities.
Harry visited the United Kingdom alone over the last week, and the Sussexes' officials told CBS News that the prince "continues to explore every available option to enable the visit to proceed safely and to give his children the opportunity to enjoy the UK."
After leaving his public job and moving to California, Harry and his family's protection was decreased, and it is now determined on a case-by-case basis by the Royal and VIP Executive Committee of the United Kingdom government.
In addition to tensions over moving to California and stepping down as senior royals, the prince's tell-all book, "Spare," as well as interviews and a documentary in which they were harshly critical of their treatment by the royal family, have strained his relationship with his father and brother, Prince William.
Harry had a difficult week in general, losing a long-running legal struggle on Tuesday against the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.
Harry was one of several claimants in the case, along with Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley, who accused the publisher of popular tabloids of illegally gathering information about them using methods such as phone tapping, intercepting voicemails, and impersonating people to obtain personal information.
However, the U.K. High Court dismissed the allegations, stating that they could not be proven.
In a related case, the publisher of The Sun newspaper paid the duke "substantial damages" in an out-of-court settlement last year and sincerely apologized for hacking his phone to obtain information.
