Prince Harry announces next high-profile trip – but Meghan Markle won’t be joining him: Royal family news

This is the latest blow for the Sussexes, who have struggled to retain their staff.

A source told Closer magazine: “The brutal reality is Harry and Meghan are the toughest of taskmasters, they are very demanding and difficult to work for, and that puts a lot of people’s backs up.”

While Meghan has soft-launched jams and dog biscuits from the brand on social media and unveiled its logo, an official launch date has yet to be revealed.

Royal expert Tom Quinn told The Mirror: “Meghan was in tears when the brand launched, and her new jam was widely mocked for being expensive and nothing special.”

He added: “She has reached the point now where she thinks that anything and everything she does will be unfairly criticised. Like her husband, she feels that people are unfairly picking on her – she cannot understand why people don’t admire her work.”

Harry, who turns 40 on 15 September, will travel to the Big Apple for the UN General Assembly High-level Week and Climate Week.

“[The duke] will participate in engagements with African Parks, The HALO Trust, The Diana Award, and Travalyst,” the spokesperson said.

As part of the trip, he will also “be furthering the work of The Archewell Foundation, the nonprofit organisation he co-founded with his wife Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex.”

The duke’s last solo trip was to the UK earlier this year, which marked the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.

This comes four years after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as working royals and moved to California.

Describing themselves as an “old friend”, the insider told The Times: “He’s an angry boy. Things haven’t turned out how he wanted. I think he misses being over here [in Britain] desperately and wants to be admired more.

“Anyone who knows him feels he’d rather be top of the pops here with everyone loving him, as they do with William and Kate.”

Following the news that King Charles has stripped Prince Andrew of his security at the Royal Lodge, it has been suggested that the property could be given to Prince Edward and Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh.

Richard Kay told the Daily Mail: “Charles has entertained the thought of offering Royal Lodge to his youngest brother Prince Edward.

“The two haven’t always seen eye to eye, but the King has been hugely impressed by the manner in which Edward and his wife Sophie have increased their workload since their elevation to Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.”

Columbian official Andres Escobar said that the trip was used by vice president Francia Marquez as a distraction from the bigger issues facing the country.

Ahead of the visit, it was claimed that the tour would “illuminate” Colombia’s role on the world stage as a beacon of culture and innovation.

“There are many, many Colombians who are hungry and have a lack of basic needs,” Mr Escobar claimed, OK! magazine reports.

“They invested this money because the Vice President wanted to meet two high-profile public figures and brush aside criticism and problems that we have here.

“We are in an economic crisis and eight billion pesos have been spent for the visit of Harry and Meghan, Colombian military planes and helicopters have been used and the money could have been better spent.”

A source told OK! magazine: “Both Meghan and Harry are keen to do more of these tours as that’s what they love doing and what they enjoyed most about royal life.

“But they’ve been left embarrassed by this latest backlash, especially as they faced similar comments when they went to Nigeria.”