Prince Harry makes major announcement about UK return this week

Prince Harry has announced that he will undertake a series of engagements when he returns to the UK this week. The Duke of Sussex, who stepped back as a working royal in 2020, is back in London for the annual Wellchild Awards on Monday evening, and on Tuesday, he will head to Nottingham to show his support for BBC Children in Need.

He will return to a community recording studio, which he last visited in October 2019 - just two months before he and the Duchess of Sussex announced they were stepping down as senior working royals and moving to North America. While he's there, he will carry out a number of engagements and make a substantial donation to the broadcaster's charity to help support its work tackling violence affecting young people.

It is not known whether Harry, who is estranged from his brother, the Prince of Wales, will reunite with the King during his stay.

Father and son last saw each other last February when the Duke rushed home to see the King after his cancer diagnosis was made public.

But after senior aides from both sides were pictured meeting in London in July, hopes for reconciliation have been raised.

Relations between the King and his youngest son declined significantly after the Sussexes stepped down as senior royals and made a series of public attacks on the Royal Family.

But now that his legal challenge against the Home Office has ended, Harry is keen to make amends.

The duke will be in London on Monday - the third anniversary of the late Queen's death - for the annual WellChild Awards, a cause close to his heart as the charity's long-standing patron, before travelling to Nottingham on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Harry is planning to hold a private briefing with Children in Need, the Police and Crime Commission, the CRS and community outreach group Epic Partners in Nottingham, stage informal catch-ups with some of the young people he met before, and watch performances from CRS artists and make a short speech.

The duke is hoping to bring together key stakeholders, influencers and potential funders to shine a light on the work of grassroots organisations such as CRS and Epic Partners and the sports apprenticeship body Coach Core.

Coach Core was originally started as a programme by William, Harry and the now-Princess of Wales's joint Royal Foundation in 2012 to use the power of sport to help change lives and train young apprentices.

It has since become an independent charity. Harry and Meghan broke away from William and Kate's Royal Foundation in 2019 after rumours of a rift began to circulate.