Meghan Markle has offered confirmation that Prince Harry took their kids to Althorp during their recent summer trip to the UK, via a carefully curated Instagram carousel posted on Thursday (July 23). The photographs seem to subtly reveal what many have been wondering about the family’s European travels.
Prince Harry visits Princess Diana’s childhood home with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, carrying flowers to honor his late mother’s memory during the family’s trip to the UK. Image credit (Instagram).
Town & Country reports that among the snaps from Portugal and the UK, one image shows Prince Harry and Prince Archie carrying large bouquets of flowers as Princess Lilibet follows them around the grounds of the Spencer family’s ancestral estate. People pointed out that Diana’s burial site is on an island in the middle of a lake on the estate, suggesting that the bouquets were brought to honor her grave.
Prince Harry returns to Princess Diana childhood home with Meghan Markle
This is the second time Harry has taken Meghan to Althorp during a visit to the UK. In September 2022, he took her to the estate, where Diana’s siblings Charles, Sarah and Jane welcomed them to visit their mother’s resting place. That momentous occasion inspired reflections in Harry ‘Spare”s 2023 memoir.
Harry maintains a close connection to the Spencer family and Diana’s legacy
Harry has remained close to his Spencer family over the years. The family maintained their ties, with Diana’s sisters Lady Jane and Lady Sarah McCorquodale reportedly present at Princess Lilibet’s christening in 2023.Harry and Meghan took Archie and Lilibet to meet King Charles at his private country house Highgrove on their recent visit to the UK. Althorp is just over two hours’ drive from Highgrove and both visits were doable during the family’s time in Britain.Having the children there so close to these personal family places indicates Harry’s work to provide opportunities for Archie and Lilibet to engage with their grandfather’s legacy and their grandmother’s memory.