Prince Harry is expected to make increasingly frequent trips to the U.K. following his family reunion with King Charles last month, with a source close to the Duke of Sussex suggesting the July visit could mark the beginning of a more regular presence in his home country.

“The way the wind is blowing, he’s going to want to be here more and more,” the source recently told The Times.

According to the source, Harry is keen for future visits to concentrate more heavily on his charitable commitments and patronages, particularly now that some of the legal battles that have dominated his previous trips have concluded.

“He’s happy these trips can now have more focus on the patronages and be less obscured by the other nonsense. He wants more of a foothold here, more trips back, less courtroom drama,” the source said. “And he always loves seeing his family.”

PEOPLE has contacted the Duke of Sussex for comment.

July reunion brought the Sussex family back together with the King

Harry, 41, returned to the U.K. as planned in July, with events marking the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games among the reasons for his visit.

The trip followed a public exchange between Harry and the palace concerning security arrangements and accommodations. This time, however, the Duke was joined by Meghan Markle and their two children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5.

The family met King Charles, 77, and Queen Camilla, 79, at Highgrove House, the King’s private country residence in Gloucestershire.

The gathering carried particular significance for the royal family. It was only the third time Harry and Charles had met since the King’s cancer diagnosis in 2024, while Archie and Lilibet had not seen their grandfather in more than four years.

The palace kept the reunion private, announcing that no photographs would be released and offering no account of the conversations that took place.

“It is better that people don’t know anything about these meetings,” a source close to the family said at the time. “They should be allowed to rekindle those family ties.”

Sources later told The Times that Harry emerged from the meeting “buoyed, very happy and really energized.”

More frequent visits expected ahead of the Invictus Games

Harry already has several reasons to maintain a presence in Britain over the coming months.

Preparations are continuing for the 2027 Invictus Games, while the Duke also remains connected to U.K.-based charities and patronages including the Halo Trust and Scotty’s Little Soldiers.

Against that backdrop, sources cited by The Times suggested the July trip could provide a model for Harry’s future visits.

“The template for his visits has been working well, so the frequency of trips will increase, especially in the run-up to Invictus, which he’s determined to make the best games yet,” a source close to Harry said. “So he’ll be coming back and forth a lot more, every few months.”

It remains uncertain whether Meghan, Archie and Lilibet will accompany him on those future journeys. Security and privacy continue to be important considerations for the Duke and his family.

Harry’s July visit also brought a courtroom defeat

Although the trip included a significant family reunion, Harry also experienced a legal setback while in Britain.

A judge dismissed all claims in a case brought by Harry and six other high-profile claimants against Associated Newspapers Limited, publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.

The judge ruled that the evidence presented by the claimants did not establish that the articles at the center of the case resulted from unlawful information gathering.

Following the decision, Harry and fellow claimant Baroness Doreen Lawrence issued a joint statement expressing their disappointment.

“We came to Court seeking justice and accountability. But we have received neither,” they said.

The statement went on to characterize the judgment as “a complete and obvious whitewash” and said the extent to which the court had gone to exonerate the Mail was “as shocking as it is totally unwarranted.”

With that legal action now concluded, sources indicate Harry wants future U.K. visits to be less dominated by courtroom proceedings and more focused on the causes and relationships that continue to connect him to Britain.

A deeply personal connection to Princess Diana

Harry’s return to the U.K. also gave his family an opportunity to reconnect with the legacy of his late mother, Princess Diana.

During their trip, Harry, Meghan and their children visited Althorp, Diana’s childhood home and the estate where she is buried.

Meghan later shared a photograph showing Harry, Archie and Lilibet walking through the grounds. Harry and his son could be seen carrying flowers, prompting speculation that the family may have visited Diana’s burial site during their time there.

Diana is buried on an island in the center of The Round Oval, an ornamental lake within the Pleasure Garden at Althorp Park.

Her brother, Charles Spencer, inherited the estate and has previously spoken about the importance of William and Harry being able to visit their mother’s resting place away from public attention.

“I think it’s very important for them to be there with her,” Spencer previously told PEOPLE. “It is, luckily, very tranquil here, and they can come and go as they wish whenever they want. And that’s very lovely for me to know that.”

For Harry, the combination of his Invictus commitments, British charities, renewed contact with his father and his family’s connection to Diana provides several reasons for continued visits.

If the pattern described by those close to him continues, his July return may prove to have been more than a single family reunion, serving instead as the starting point for more regular trips between his life abroad and the country where many of his personal and charitable ties remain.