Harry to visit children’s hospital after Wednesday’s meetings made private

Britain’s Prince Harry will be back in the public eye on Thursday as he visits a Birmingham children’s hospital.

Harry held private meetings without media present at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on Wednesday following his High Court defeat against the Daily Mail publisher the day before.

No external press was permitted into the event in London, which is part of his five-day run of solo visits in the UK.

Plans for pool media coverage changed the day before and the decision was attributed to the heatwave.

Harry is set to continue allowing pooled media to cover remaining events this week.

Other royals will carry on a busy series of summer engagements on Thursday.

Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla will make a joint visit in central London, while the Prince of Wales travels to Hastings to meet a fishing community as well as local youth-led and community-driven organisations.

Charles on Wednesday met with police officers who dealt with the Bedfordshire train crash at the new British Transport Police headquarters in central London, before hosting The King’s Award for Enterprise 2026 at St James’s Palace gardens, alongside the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.

Meanwhile, Harry’s stepmother Camilla watched from the royal box as British wildcard Arthur Fery stormed into the Wimbledon semi-finals.

There has yet to be any suggestion that Harry will meet with Charles during his UK visit.

Harry learned on Tuesday at the start of an Invictus Games appearance at Chatham House that he had lost his case over allegations of unlawful information gathering against the publisher of the Daily Mail.

Judge Mr Justice Nicklin dismissed all of the claims directed at Associated Newspapers Limited by Harry and other household names, including Doreen Lawrence and Elton John.

Harry has been criticised for his reaction to losing the legal battle after he branded the ruling, in a joint statement with Lawrence, a “complete and obvious whitewash”.

Meghan Markle had originally been due to attend the Royal Hospital Chelsea with Harry, but the plans were switched last week when it was decided Meghan, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet would not join the duke in London due to concerns over security.