No senior members of the royal family are expected to join Prince Harry to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games in the UK, according to a report.

The Duke of Sussex is gearing up to return to London on May 8 for the first time since his visit to see King Charles after his cancer diagnosis in February.

It’ll be Harry’s first trip to his home soil since learning of his sister-in-law Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis last month.

No senior members of the royal family are expected to join the Duke of Sussex at the Invictus Games event. Getty Images For Buckingham Palace

But unfortunately for Harry, 39, Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace officials have not confirmed any indication of a royal reunion being in the cards during his trip, the Telegraph reports.

The father of two is expected to give a reading at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral on May 8 to mark a decade since the inaugural Invictus Games took place in the capital.

Actor Damian Lewis, star of “Band of Brothers,” is set to recite the poem “Invictus,” by William Ernest Henley, during the service.

Harry launched the Invictus Games in 2014 as multisport Paralympic-styled games for wounded or injured servicemen and veterans.

It is thought that Harry will stay at a hotel during his upcoming trip — something he opted to do during his blink-and-you-miss-it trip to London in February.

It’s expected that Harry will attend the Invictus Games anniversary without wife Meghan Markle. AP

The celebratory service will take place two days after Harry and his wife Meghan Markle’s son, Prince Archie, celebrates his fifth birthday. That same day, Charles will mark a year since his Coronation.

It’s also believed that the trip will be yet another solo venture for Harry.

It was reported that Harry was considering pulling the plug on the trip altogether over safety concerns.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to visit Nigeria in May 2024. REUTERS

In February, Harry and the “Suits” alum, 42, were stripped of funded police protection after they stepped back from being “working royals” and moved to the US in 2020.

This means that Harry and Markle will now have to pay out of their own pockets for their security when traveling across the pond.

Still, the couple are gearing up to visit Nigeria just days after Harry’s planned London trip.

Harry launched the Invictus Games in 2014 as multi-sport Paralympic-styled games for wounded or injured servicemen and veterans. REUTERS

The duo, who quit royal life in 2020 and hightailed it across the pond, were invited to Nigeria by the West African country’s chief of defense staff General Christopher Gwabin Musa — its highest ranking military official.

There, the couple will meet service members and their families, and will participate in traditional cultural practices, according to local media.

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