In an exclusive chat with OK!, Jennie said: “Well, if an offer has indeed been made – which seems quite logical – and if they accepted, it would fly in the face of everything Harry has said about security. He has repeatedly said he believes it’s unsafe to bring his wife and children to the UK without a guarantee of official security.”

“That situation is extremely unlikely to change at all, and certainly not before Christmas. So I think it would be very odd indeed if the family suddenly fetched up here. It would surely mean that Harry was going to abandon his legal appeal against the ruling? Therefore, I do not think that we shall be seeing them in the UK for Christmas, or indeed anytime soon.”

The latest news suggests Prince Harry made a discreet visit to Althorp House, the Spencer family’s ancestral seat and his mother’s final resting place, during his recent UK trip. The Duke reportedly stayed at the Northamptonshire estate while attending Lord Robert Fellowes’ memorial service in Norfolk on 28 August.

Despite both Prince Harry and Prince William being present at the funeral, sources claim they kept their distance, choosing to sit separately at the back of St Mary’s Church.