Meghan won't join Prince Harry in London for Invictus Games anniversary service at St Paul's

The Duchess of Sussex will not join Prince Harry when he flies into the UK for an Invictus Games event.

Prince Harry will be at a service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday, May 8 to mark the tenth anniversary of the games.

He is expected to provide a reading at the event, marking a decade since the inaugural Invictus Games London in 2014, founded as a sporting event for injured and sick military personnel and veterans.

But Meghan is not expected to join him, after a spokesperson confirmed she does not plan to travel to the UK.

However, she will fly from the US to Nigeria to meet her husband for an official visit immediately afterwards.

The Duchess has only briefly travelled to the UK three times since both she and her husband quit royal duties.

However, Prince Harry has made a number of solo trips, including for various court cases, the coronation of King Charles, and most recently a visit to his father following the news of his cancer diagnosis.

The planned Invictus Games event will be the first major event he has attended in Britain for some time.

It will mark "a decade of changing lives and saving lives through sport," organisers said.

Actor Damian Lewis is set to recite the Invictus poem during the service.

More than 300 competitors took part in the first games which are now held every odd year. Twenty-two nations now take part and the next event is set to be in Vancouver next year.

Earlier this month, Meghan launched her new lifestyle brand with its first product – strawberry jam.

News of her American Riviera Orchard firm as she posted an online video showing her in the kitchen and arranging flowers.

Meanwhile, the King last week confirmed he would be returning to public duties.

King Charles has been receiving care as an outpatient for an unspecified type of cancer since early February.

Buckingham Palace said that the monarch’s medical team were “greatly encouraged by the progress made so far” and “remain positive” about his continued recovery.