HRH title and bu:lletproof glass: Meghan’s diva demands for UK visit revealed
Meghan Markle is reportedly considering a return to the U.K. this year — but only if a series of eye-catching conditions are met.
According to reports, the Duchess of Sussex has drawn up a list of diva-style “demands” that must be satisfied before she agrees to travel back to Britain, including one that would directly contradict an agreement she and Prince Harry made with the late Queen Elizabeth II.
A Potential July Visit for the Invictus Games
The 44-year-old is said to be planning to join Prince Harry, 41, in Birmingham this July for a one-year-to-go Invictus Games event. If it happens, it would mark her first visit to the U.K. since Queen Elizabeth’s funeral in September 2022.
While friends of the Sussexes recently told The Times that Meghan is open to returning, new claims suggest she will only do so if she has “total control” over every detail of the trip.
“She wants four floors of the Hyatt completely shut down just for her,” a source told celebrity reporter Rob Shuter on Wednesday.
“Extra security outside. Staff aren’t allowed to look at her. She’s in total control.”
Extensive Security and Luxury Arrangements
According to the same source, the proposed security measures are extensive. They allegedly include bulletproof glass at Invictus Games events, armed security accompanying Meghan at all times, round-the-clock drivers, a fleet of luxury vehicles, and a police escort from the airport straight to the hotel.
The insider also claimed Meghan intends to fly in her own chef, assistant, and hair and makeup team, as well as reserve four separate rooms solely for her public relations staff.
HRH Title Controversy Resurfaces
A second source alleged that Meghan has instructed staff to continue using her HRH title, despite no longer being a working royal.
“Anyone who has any interaction with her has to call her ‘Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex’. No exceptions,” the source claimed.
Meghan has previously faced criticism for using the HRH style, which she and Prince Harry agreed to stop using after stepping back from royal duties in 2020.
That decision was announced jointly by Buckingham Palace and the Sussexes on January 8, 2020, following their move away from royal life.
The Sandringham Agreement With the Queen
Later that month, Queen Elizabeth II held crisis talks at her Sandringham estate — now widely known as the Sandringham Summit — to formalize the terms of the couple’s departure.
After the meeting, an official statement from the Queen confirmed: “The Sussexes will not use their HRH titles as they are no longer working members of the Royal Family.”
As part of the same agreement, the couple also lost access to taxpayer-funded U.K. security after relocating to the United States.
Ongoing Security Battle
Prince Harry has since fought — and recently lost — a High Court challenge to have that security reinstated. However, he has written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who approved a review of the decision.
The review, being conducted by the Royal and VIP Executive Committee (Ravec), is expected to be finalized “very soon.”
Sources claim the outcome could ultimately determine whether Meghan travels to the U.K. at all.
“She will not step foot in Britain without full protection — police escorts, secured venues, no risks — period,” an insider told Shuter.
An Alternative Offer From King Charles
Despite reports that Meghan prefers a luxury hotel stay spanning four floors, it has also been claimed that King Charles III has offered the Sussexes accommodation at his beloved Highgrove House in the Cotswolds.
According to royal reporter Tom Sykes, the historic estate sits within a “permanent security bubble,” complete with a no-fly zone, armed police, and a steel-lined panic room.
Writing in his The Royalist Substack, Sykes said Highgrove would be an ideal base for the Sussexes, noting that Harry “has made the restoration of armed protection a red line for any full family return to the UK.”
