Royal Family LIVE: Prince Harry to speak at Invictus Games service in London after 'snub' from King Charles – before he joins Meghan Markle on tour in Nigeria

With most of the senior royals in the UK today, let’s not forget the Princess Royal who arrived in Canada last week for a series of engagements with the country’s navy.

As Commodore-in-Chief of the Canadian Fleet Pacific, Princess Anne attended the Commissioning Ceremony for the HMCS Max Bernays – the Canadian Pacific Fleet’s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel in British Columbia.

The moment has been posted by The Royal Family’s X account.

Retired sportsmen Peter Shilton, England’s former goalkeeper, and Sir Bill Beaumont, England’s ex-rugby captain, have also received honours from Windsor Castle at an investiture hosted by Prince William.

Mr Shilton, 74, holds the England men’s team caps record with 125 appearances between 1970 and 1990, and will be made a CBE for his services to association football and the prevention of gambling harm.

While Sir Bill Beaumont will see his knighthood upgraded to a Knight Grand Cross for services to rugby and charity.

These photographs show Prince William honouring Gladiator director Sir Ridley Scott by making him a Knight Grand Cross at Windsor Castle this morning.

The 86-year-old, whose filmography includes Blade Runner and Alien, was recognised for services to the UK film industry.

As Prince Harry focuses all his attention on the Invictus Games ahead of his speech at St Paul’s Cathedral in London this afternoon, The Daily Mail has revealed how problems have surfaced at Sentebale, another one of his ventures.

Richard Eden, The Daily Mail’s diary editor, has disclosed the charity, which was founded in 2006 to benefit African orphans, has fallen into trademark difficulties in the US – thwarting plans to expand operations in America.

Looking ahead to today’s agenda, Prince William is holding an investiture at Windsor Castle where film director Sir Ridley Scott is to be made a Knight Grand Cross.

The 86-year-old, whose filmography includes Gladiator, Blade Runner and Alien, will be recognised for services to the UK film industry.

Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton will also be recognised during Wednesday’s investiture ceremony.

The 74-year-old holds the England men’s team caps record with 125 appearances between 1970 and 1990, and will be made a CBE for his services to association football and the prevention of gambling harm.

Uefa Women’s Euro 2022-winning goalkeeper Mary Earps will also be honoured. The 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award winner will be made an MBE

Prince Harry has said the Invictus Games will continue in its form ‘as long as it’s serving a purpose’ while speaking on a panel discussion in London.

Our reporter Eirian Prosser has written how Buckingham Palace raised a few eyebrows on Tuesday after it was announced Prince William will be made the Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps – the regiment Harry toured Afghanistan with.

MailOnline readers are giving their verdicts on Prince Harry after it emerged he will not be meeting his father King Charles during his whistle-stop visit to the UK.

Reacting to our live coverage today, readers have had this to say:

Harry has hardly been “snubbed”. He has had plenty of time to arrange to meet his father and given he has no real commitments Harry could have come a few days earlier or stayed a few days longer. The King is not only undergoing treatment he is now playing catch up to meet the commitments others have looked after for him. All of which will have been booked and arranged some time ago. Once again, it is all about poor Harry, the son who rubbished his father, his fathers new wife his brother his brothers wife and any other members of the family he felt slighted by. Harry needs to grow up and accept responsibility for his actions.

Unfortunately, Harry will never grow up and especially having his wife calling the shots all the time, no hope for him. Anyway, hasn’t he chosen USA as his home now and has left the UK. Why oh Why, is he still on the front of our papers, is beyond me.

Well he hasn’t come to do any work, he’s only here to show his face. I wonder what the people who thought of the Invictus Games and the organisers think of this Grifter turning up?

After the Duke’s event in London this afternoon he will visit Nigeria with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex after the couple were invited by the African nation’s chief of defence staff, who met Harry during the Invictus Games held last year in Germany.

Nigerians are said to be excited to welcome Meghan for a visit after she revealed in 2022 that she found out she was ’43 per cent Nigerian’ following genealogy research.

Harry made reference to his wife’s new connection during the Invictus Games last year.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Dusseldorf Invictus Games in September, he said:

We’re really excited to have new nations join us. Let’s hear it for Colombia, Israel and Nigeria.

Now, I’m not saying we play favourites in our home, but since my wife discovered she is of Nigerian descent, it’s likely to get a little bit more competitive this year!

Let’s just remind ourselves of the last time Prince Harry saw King Charles which was under very different circumstances.

The Duke of Sussex was granted a 45-minute audience with his father on February 6 after it was announced Charles had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer.

He would have surely hoped for another reunion this week on his return to the UK to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games but admitted the King was too busy.

His spokesman released the following statement:

In response to the many inquiries and continued speculation on whether or not the duke will meet with his father while in the UK this week, it unfortunately will not be possible due to His Majesty’s full programme.

The duke of course is understanding of his father’s diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon.

Richard Kay, The Daily Mail’s Editor-at-Large, has written about how the palace gates remain firmly closed for Prince Harry after he was denied an audience with his father on his UK return.

He writes the ‘hand-wringing excuses of ‘full diaries’ offers a different and, for Harry, a more ominous message’.

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While Prince Harry visits London to give a speech celebrating the Invictus Games, it will be business as usual for other members of the Royal Family with engagements and an investiture taking place today.

Prince William is hosting an investiture at Windsor Castle later this morning where former England rugby captain Bill Beaumont and English goalkeeper Peter Shilton will be among those to receive honours.

Meanwhile, King Charles will have meetings at Buckingham Palace this morning before guests arrive for the first garden party of the season in the afternoon.

Charles will also hold weekly meetings with Rishi Sunak and the Privy Council later today.

Our reporters Chris Matthews and Rebecca English reported on how Buckingham Palace announced the King and Prince William will carry out a joint engagement next week just hours after it was revealed the monarch would not be meeting Prince Harry.

MailOnline reporter Mark Duell spoke to royal experts who claimed Prince Harry had been ‘snubbed’ by his father following a statement confirming the two men will not meet during the Duke’s UK visit.

Speaking after a spokesman for the Duke admitted it would not be possible for a meeting ‘due to His Majesty’s full programme’, Richard Fitzwilliams said it will be ‘widely perceived as a snub.

This is one of the most public rifts in the world. If it was handled in private without so much press speculation, it would have a better chance of being resolved.

While Michael Cole added.

It is quite a snub. For the King to not see his younger son, Prince Harry, although the two men will be only two miles apart tomorrow afternoon, gives an indication of the depth of the divide.

The Prodigal Son is not welcome – not for the present, anyway. In royal terms, this is big medicine. Prince Harry is bound to see it for what it is, the clearest possible indication of the hurt that has been caused.

Here’s what we know so far about Prince Harry’s visit to the UK:

• Duke of Sussex flew into the UK on Tuesday and was spotted attending a private panel discussion with TV presenter Louise Minchin at the Honourable Artillery Company – just three miles from where the King was meeting Fiji’s Prime Minister at Clarence House
• Harry put out a statement confirming he will not be meeting the King on his visit to the UK because of ‘His Majesty’s full programme’.
• The King has meetings at Buckingham Palace this morning before attending the first garden party of the season in the afternoon. He will also hold his weekly private audience with Rishi Sunak.
• Harry spent the evening dining with Guy Monson, an Old Etonian and chief investment officer of the £18 billion investment fund Sarasin and Partners and trustee of the Invictus Games Foundation.
• The Duke will today give a speech this afternoon at St Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games

Rebecca English, The Daily Mail’s Royal Editor, has the full story as Harry’s reunion hopes with his father were dashed.

Prince Harry will likely spend the day preparing for a speech at St Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.

The Duke of Sussex may have hoped to see his father following a positive update on his cancer treatment but admitted the King was too busy to see him because of his full programme.

The fact the two men won’t meet on Harry’s whistle-stop visit was described by royal experts as ‘quite a snub’ from the King.

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