By Katherine Tinsley
9:05am PST, Jan 27, 2026
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Meghan Markle is expected to return to
Prince Harry's homeland for the 2027 Invictus Games, but her approval rating continues to decline.
"Meghan will manage to shield some of her unpopularity by bringing Archie and Lilibet to the U.K.," royal commentator
Richard Fitzwilliams told
GB News.
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"Her poll ratings are terrible, and the rift with the royal family will cause the press to be hostile," Richard Fitzwilliams continued. "We know all of the problems with the couple, but we do not know how they will resolve it."
Meghan Markle called her time in the U.K. "inauthentic" and previously alluded to the British media and royals being racists.
Prince Harry has since corrected the couple's comments and attempted to redefine his family's behavior as a form of "unconscious bias," but royal watchers heavily criticized the statement.
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Prince Harry previously said he won't bring Meghan Markle or their two kids, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, to his home country unless he could keep them safe. However, his security lawsuit is under review by the U.K. government, and the results could lead to the Sussexes visiting the region before the upcoming Invictus Games.
"Security is always going to be a deciding factor in this," a source close to the duchess said, per
GB News.
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While there were reports of
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's security being "nailed on," sources familiar with the case clarified that the outcome remains unclear.
"I have no idea what the RMB (risk management board) recommendation to RAVEC (the Royal and VIP executive committee) will be, but what I do know with certainty is that neither does anyone else, since they are still undertaking the review," a source said.
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"On that basis, claims that a decision is already 'nailed on' seem more like an attempt to manipulate the media into manifesting an outcome from what will be a fair and rigorous review, but one that is very much still ongoing," the source continued.
