Prince Harry plays pickleball at Invictus Games event, but no Meghan

But his return to the UK this week has been dogged by chaos and changes of plan.

Two weeks ago, details of the visit were published, announcing that Meghan would be appearing at events in London and Birmingham, which would have been her first appearance in the UK since 2022.

But after a dispute over levels of security, Meghan pulled out of events in London - although the possibility of her appearing at events later in the week in Birmingham was left open.

On Thursday it was then announced that she would not be at any public events at all in the UK.

Her representatives are not commenting on any private meetings, which could still mean that King Charles could be meeting his grandchildren, Archie and Lilibet, along with Prince Harry and Meghan.

Even before the week of events had officially started there was confusion over whether Prince Harry was going to stay in Buckingham Palace.

His team had announced that he had accepted an invitation to stay at the Palace, but that was then swiftly rejected by the Palace, who said Prince Harry had already been told that he would not be allowed to stay there.

The first engagement on Tuesday, promoting the Invictus Games, had then been overshadowed by the result of Prince Harry's court case against Associated Newspapers, where he lost on all his claims of unlawful information gathering.