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Prince Harry's reasons to leave the U.K.

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are headed back to the U.K. after their stunning departure more than six years ago. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports.
Aug 20 (02:50)

TRANSCRIPT FOR: “PRINCE HARRY GAVE MANY REASONS FOR DEPARTING THE U.K. BUT NOW HIS FAMILY IS RETURNING”

RAMY INOCENCIO:
00:01:03

More than six years ago, Prince Harry told Oprah that concerns about his family's security and lack of support from the palace pushed him to uproot his family and move to the US. It was both.

OPRAH WINFREY:
00:01:14

Both? Yeah.

RAMY INOCENCIO:
00:01:16

Since then, time and more tension have rippled through his family. Lilibet was born in 2021. A year later, his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, died. In 2023, he released his explosive memoir, Spare, writing that his brother, Prince William, physically attacked him in an argument. Then a year after that, his father, King Charles, revealed he had cancer, as did his sister-in-law, Princess Catherine of Wales. But just last year, he still insisted this. I can't see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK at this point.

RAMY INOCENCIO:
00:01:56

Clearly, that world has changed. The Sussexes are now coming home. This shift is enormous. It's the biggest change in Harry and Meghan's lives since they stepped back from royal duties in 2020.

RAMY INOCENCIO:
00:02:09

It's understood Harry and Meghan's visit home just last month and secretly to King Charles's Highgrove estate in the Cotswolds was a turning point. We do know their visit to see Charles over the summer, the first time that Archie and Lilibet had seen their grandfather in four years, was very successful. It's also understood that the king and queen only learned of the news last Sunday and that they both welcomed it. As for Harry's relationship with his brother, his estranged brother, there's been no comment yet from William. Harry and Meghan's return home here could happen in just a matter of days, Errol. We hope it's the start of a warm family reunion. We shall see. Ramy in London for us, thank you.

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