Police will NOT provide security for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during trip to Manchester

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s battle over security whilst in the UK continues this week as it is revealed they will have to use their own bodyguards during a trip to Manchester on Monday.

The couple reportedly landed on UK soil yesterday morning after flying commercial, and did not appear to have their children with them in their first return to the country since the Queen‘s Platinum Jubilee in June.

But tensions remain over Prince Harry’s legal battle with the Home Office over its refusal to provide a heavy police protection to the Sussexes – despite them offering to pay for it.

Now the couple face relying on their own security staff and event organisers to keep them safe at a One Young World event they will attend in Manchester tomorrow, the Sun reports.

One Young World is an organisation which promotes young leaders and brings together communities from across the world, supporting young campaigners and representatives with impactful projects.

Meghan has been supporting the organisation, which has previously seen speakers such as Emma Watson attend, for several years.

She is expected to deliver the keynote speech at the opening of the four-day conference on Monday.

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police confirmed to MailOnline that the couple’s security is being ‘privately secured’.

One Young World declined to comment on arrangements for security reasons.

Tensions remain over Prince Harry’s legal battle with the Home Office over its refusal to provide a heavy police protection to the Sussexes – despite them offering to pay for it

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, pose for a picture while attending a roundtable discussion with The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT) and One Young World at Windsor Castle in 2019

This week’s visit is the first time the couple have returned to the UK since the Platinum Jubilee in June (Pictured: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex leaving the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, on day two of the Platinum Jubilee)

Harry and Meghan, pictured arriving at the public walkabout at the Rotorua Government Gardens in October 2018, flanked by security guards. Harry has taken the UK Home Office to court over the level of security proposed in Britain after they quit as frontline royals

Prince Harry has been embroiled in a lengthy legal battle with the UK Home Office after it previously refused to provide police protection for the couple to return to the country after they stepped back from royal duties and moved to California.

The Duke of Sussex, 37, has been taking legal action against the department after being told he would no longer be given the ‘same degree’ of personal protective security when visiting from the US.

His representatives have previously told of how he wants to bring wife Meghan Markle and their children Archie and Lilibet to visit from the US, but that they are ‘unable to return to his home’ because it is too dangerous.

Although the whole family did make the trip for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the couple stayed out of the limelight. Their children, Archie and Lillibet, are believed to have remained at home in California this week.

After stepping back from royal duties, it was decided that the prince should be taken off the list for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), whose members receive automatic security funded by the taxpayer.

In July, Harry won the right to bring a High Court challenge against the Home Office over his security arrangements in the UK. 

A High Court judge said Harry had an ‘arguable’ case on four of the five grounds on which he brought his claim, and that his lawyers will be able to make his arguments at a judicial review of the Home Office decision. 

After his official role ended and he became ‘a privately funded member of the Royal Family with permission to earn his own income and pursue his own charitable interests’, Ravec withdrew guaranteed police support.

Ravec chairman Sir Richard said in a letter to the Queen’s private secretary that while the committee would ‘continue to monitor the security of the Sussex family’, the ‘existing provision by the Metropolitan Police will be withdrawn… there is no basis for publicly funded security support’.

Harry said he only discovered the extent of the change when he made one of his rare visits to England in June 2021, and was unhappy with arrangements made.

The Home Office maintains Ravec was entitled to reach the decision that his security arrangements will be considered on a ‘case by case’ basis. 

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have a packed schedule ahead of them as they return to the UK this week, including the One Young World conference on Monday, a trip to Dusseldorf, Germany on Tuesday, and another charity event in the UK on Thursday.

The visit to Germany will mark one year to go until the beginning of the 2023 Invictus Games in the city, which was set up by the Prince and enables former servicemen and women to compete in a variety of sport events. 

But despite having a free day on Wednesday, it is understood there are currently ‘no plans’ for Prince Harry to meet with his brother, Prince William. 

Prince Harry is not believed to be planning on meeting with his brother during the jampacked visit

William’s relationship with Harry is said to be extremely strained, as William feels ‘betrayed’, according to royal sources

Harry and Meghan will be staying just 380ft away from the Cambridges as the crow flies

As Harry and Meghan are believed to be planning on using their Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage, as a base, they will be staying just five minutes away from Prince William and Kate Middleton, who moved into their new Windsor home, Adelaide Cottage, with their children this week. 

William and Kate will live there with children George, Charlotte and Louis during school term-time, having enrolled them locally.