Prince Harry Reveals Why He Wants His Family Back in the UK

Prince Harry is opening up about his reasons for returning to the U.K. in his first interview since the move.

In a newly released sit-down with GQ’s Zach Baron that was filmed in September during Harry’s trip to New York City, the Duke of Sussex shared what motivated him and Meghan Markle to move their family — including their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5 — back to Britain, people.com reports.

Prince Harry and Meghan, 45, stepped back from their royal roles in 2020 and relocated to her home state of California later that year, when Archie was a baby. Lili was born in California the following year. However, the Sussexes announced in August that they would be moving back to Britain for an extended period, with their children enrolled in school there, and they arrived in the U.K. the same month.

“Opportunities for the family,” Harry, 42, said first about their reasons for the move. “Being able to put the kids in a British school has meant a lot to me. I didn’t know how important it was to me.”

“I always thought it was gonna be something that I would try and do or that we would try and do, but now they’ve been in school for two weeks,” he noted. “They’re loving it, and it’s just giving them a whole different experience.”

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“Don’t worry, I’m not criticising American schools,” he continued. “But I think for kids at 7 and 5 to be able to have that comparison and to have two completely different cultural experiences is so important today.”

Prince Harry also said the reasons for the move were to be “back closer to my family and to be back on U.K. soil for longer than a few days or a week here or there.”

Harry added, “It’s been nice to be close to friends, family, friends and friends and their children as well, to be able to have endless playdates to really, like, help our kids settle in.”

While he admitted that moving back to the U.K. was something he and Meghan had “thought about and considered,” the move wasn’t planned far in advance.

“For us, when certain stars align, and it’s clear that this should or probably will end up being the case, then we lean into that,” he explained.