--- title: Meghan Markle Returns to Canada After Surprise Announcement description: Meghan Markle has returned to Canada following her and Prince Harry's announcement that they are planning to step back as “senior" royals. canonical: https://time.com/5762826/meghan-markle-in-canada/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-01-10T17:09:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:12.042Z og:title: Meghan Markle Returns to Canada After Surprise Announcement og:description: The Duchess of Sussex made the return trip across the pond to be with baby Archie og:url: https://time.com/5762826/meghan-markle-in-canada/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt247097f01efee40f/698a08a6096a94230e6a7922/Meghan-Markle-Canada.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Meghan-Markle-Canada og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meghan Markle Returns to Canada After Surprise Announcement twitter:description: The Duchess of Sussex made the return trip across the pond to be with baby Archie twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt247097f01efee40f/698a08a6096a94230e6a7922/Meghan-Markle-Canada.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meghan Markle Has Returned to Canada After Surprising Instagram Announcement  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 10, 2020 5:09 PM UTC  Meghan, Duchess of Sussex gestures during her visit with Prince Harry to Canada House in London, England, on January 7, 2020. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex gestures during her visit with Prince Harry to Canada House in London, England, on January 7, 2020.WPA Pool—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 10, 2020 5:09 PM UTC [Meghan, Duchess of Sussex](https://time.com/5762321/royals-who-stepped-down/) has returned to Canada following her and [Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex’s](https://time.com/5757551/prince-harry-meghan-markle-new-years-message/) announcement that they are planning to [step back as “senior members”](https://time.com/5761547/prince-harry-meghan-markle-step-back-senior-royals/) of Britain’s royal family. As the shock waves created by their Wednesday [Instagram announcement](https://www.instagram.com/p/B7EaGS%5FJpb9/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed) continue to reverberate, Meghan Markle has made the return trip across the pond to be with her and Harry’s 8-month-old son, [Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor](https://time.com/5684108/meghan-markle-prince-harry-baby-archie-outift/), who remained in Canada with Markle’s close friend, Jessica Mulroney, according to [_People_](https://people.com/royals/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-traveled-to-london-while-archie-remained-in-canada-amid-palace-shakeup/), when the Sussexes flew back to the U.K. after spending “extended family time” in the Great White North over the 2019 holiday season. In their statement, Harry and Meghan said that they will be transitioning away from their role as “senior” royals and will begin splitting their time between the U.K. and North America in 2020. Prince Harry is reportedly still in the U.K., where he is scheduled to host the 2021 Rugby League World Cup draw at Buckingham Palace next week. Meanwhile, the Queen [reportedly](https://twitter.com/RE%5FDailyMail/status/1215332501494870016) called a meeting of all four royal households on Thursday with the goal of coming up with a “workable” future role for Harry and Meghan within “days not weeks.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5762826/meghan-markle-in-canada/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5762826/meghan-markle-in-canada/"},"headline":"Meghan Markle Has Returned to Canada After Surprising Instagram Announcement","datePublished":"2020-01-10T17:09:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:12.042Z","description":"The Duchess of Sussex made the return trip across the pond to be with baby Archie","url":"https://time.com/5762826/meghan-markle-in-canada/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt247097f01efee40f/698a08a6096a94230e6a7922/Meghan-Markle-Canada.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt247097f01efee40f/698a08a6096a94230e6a7922/Meghan-Markle-Canada.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Meghan-Markle-Canada","caption":"Meghan, Duchess of Sussex gestures during her visit with Prince Harry to Canada House in London, England, on January 7, 2020.","creditText":"WPA Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5762826/meghan-markle-in-canada/","name":"Meghan Markle Has Returned to Canada After Surprising Instagram Announcement"}}]}] ```