Prince Harry has returned to the UK to mark the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games, but his trip has been marred by rows with the royals - and one journalist recalled his unflattering nickname

Prince Harry is back in the UK, and his return to his homeland has been dramatic to say the least.

King Charles's youngest son was ostensibly jetting in from California to promote the next edition of the Invictus Games, which takes place in Birmingham in July 2027.

But his visit has been overshadowed by a row over royal accommodation and where Harry would stay on the trip.

Harry's camp says he was offered a room at Buckingham Palace but had to delay his acceptance while trying to sort out private security since he was denied police protection. The Duke of Sussex says the Palace withdrew the offer at the last minute.

Royal sources claim the offer was on the table for a while with a clear deadline so staff had time to prepare. They say Harry's team missed the deadline, formally declined it, and then tried to change their minds too late.

There is also the debate over Harry's protection - which he says is the reason he travelled to the UK without wife Meghan Markle and children Lilibet and Archie - and Harry's unsuccessful legal case against the Mail publisher.

Against that backdrop, a savage three-word nickname shared by Harry and his uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has made a comeback.

Speaking on the Sun's Royal Exclusive podcast, The Times' Royal Editor Kate Mansey said: "It was Dukes of Hazard, that's the nickname they had for Andrew and Harry because hazard, chaos followed both of them.

"They were the two big problems that were pointed out to me by courtiers, big hurdles for the king during his reign, alarm signals flash every time their names are mentioned.

"Do we expect this chaos every time Harry comes? Well yes, we do. Because I think, what we've seen, the people I'm speaking to at the Palace, it's a pattern of behaviour.

"For weeks beforehand there's briefings from his camp, what's going to happen, maybe the children are going to come, he wants to bring the children, then we have the familiar row over security.

"Despite he lost his legal battle to have automatic right to UK police security. It's always presented as a pressing and urgent issue. It seems every time he comes palace courtiers get more and more weary with it and frankly I think the public do too."

Harry is due in Birmingham today (Thursday, July 9) to begin the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games. He is expected to observe and take part in exhibition events alongside competitors from previous Invictus Games.

It had also been reported that he will visit his mother's grave at Althorp House in Northamptonshire.

King Charles reportedly still wants to meet with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and his grandchildren.