00:00Meghan Markle faces major hurdle ahead of first UK visit in four years.
00:05Meghan Markle is reportedly hesitant about returning to the UK after four years.
00:10Due to fears of intense media scrutiny and online backlash, while Prince Harry had
00:15continued making solo visits for legal, charitable, and family reasons.
00:20Meghan may join Harry in the UK this summer for the 2027 Invictus Games Build.
00:25Years after the couple left royal duties and moved to California due to media pressure
00:30and mental health concerns.
00:32A source close to the couple said her biggest worry is
00:35not logistics or protocol.
00:36It is the sheer volume of press attention and negativity she
00:40expects.
00:41She feels the UK media climate toward her has only hardened.
00:45The potential trip is believed to be linked to early promotional activity for the Invictus
00:50Games.
00:50which Harry founded in 2014 and will be hosted in Birmingham in 2020.
00:551997.
00:56Insiders said the couple has discussed traveling together, possibly with their
01:00children, Prince Archie, Six, and Princess Lilibet.
01:034.
01:04Although no formal
01:05plans have been confirmed.
01:06One royal expert told us Meghan would approach any return without
01:10apprehension.
01:11She would approach a visit with a great deal of anxiety because the rift within
01:15the royal family remains unresolved.
01:17Her approval numbers in the UK remain extremely low.
01:20with a clear majority still opposed to her.
01:23The source said,
01:25Those comments echo what sources close to Meghan said she feels
01:28privately.
01:29She feels the
01:30the UK is a place where she is judged without pause.
01:33Her last appearance in the UK came
01:35during Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022.
01:40when the Sussexes were largely sidelined from official events.
01:43Since then Harry has traveled
01:45alone to his homeland including for his father King Charles's coronation in
01:502023 and multiple court cases against British newspapers.
01:55On previous visits,
01:56she felt the attention quickly shifted away from the purpose of her trip and toward
02:00purpose.
02:00her personal criticism,
02:01a source added,
02:02that pattern of having her character question
02:05rather than her work acknowledged is exactly what she is desperate to avoid happening all
02:10over again.
02:11A source said,
02:12Meghan fully understands the importance of Invicta
02:15this to Harry,
02:16and wants to stand beside him.
02:17She wants to stand beside him.
02:18She wants to stand beside him.
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