Harry and Meghan's new life as 'private citizens': Sussexes will make first joint public appearance since moving back to UK with royal-style visit to three charities this week

Meghan and Harry will this week make their first joint public appearance since moving back to the UK as 'private citizens', embarking on a series of unofficial quasi-royal engagements in the East Midlands.Following Meghan's Claridge's lunch with Malala and Harry's bumpy trip to the rugby, the couple will appear together at a number of charity events in Nottingham, including at a community food project established in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.The Duchess of Sussex, 45, has also been unveiled as the new face of a Los Angeles charity supporting single mothers, wearing a £76 ($100) jumper that has already sold out.The sweatshirt, embroidered with the words 'It's the little things' on the back and sleeve, was presumably chosen by Meghan.She promoted the special edition cream and chocolate brown design shortly after sharing a video of Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, riding scooters through a grand English estate as a herd of deer wandered nearby.Harry was at the rugby in Leicester on Friday - but was booed by the crowd when he appeared on screen. The Sussexes are expected to visit three charities in Nottingham on Thursday, including the Community Recording Studio, where Meghan is due to take part in an acting workshop. One source said she will 'definitely' be returning to the stage and screen.Amid rumours she is keen to secure a role in the next series of Guy Ritchie's Netflix drama The Gentlemen, a friend said: 'She's been sent lots of scripts, which she's looking at.' Meghan shared a photo of her modelling the limited edition sweatshirt, which she paired with a blue and white pinstripe shirt and a chunky silver ring (pictured). It has sold out Harry was booed as he watched the Premiership match between Leicester Tigers and Gloucester on Friday night (pictured) Yesterday the Duchess shared footage of their children riding scooters through a grand estate with deer in front Meghan and Harry were only seen together in a video Meghan posted after returning to the the UK in late AugustThe couple will also visit the Himmah food bank alongside the Hubb Community Kitchen and Epic Partners, a charity that offers sports mentoring for children aged four to 18.Hubb, which was established after the Grenfell Tower fire that claimed 72 lives in June 2017, has long been a passion project for Meghan. She wrote the foreword to its 2018 cookbook, Together.Despite becoming increasingly active in the UK, including through a number of visits to London, the couple have yet to meet King Charles and remain estranged from the Prince and Princess of Wales.One source claimed the Sussexes have taken their Christmas plans into their own hands because they 'know they're not invited' to Sandringham.It would be 'too difficult and awkward' to spend Christmas with the Royal Family, a friend said.'They won't be having Christmas with the Royal Family. How could that even work? They know it would be too awkward and too difficult. They also know they're not going to be invited, and they're not waiting for an invitation.'For Thanksgiving and Christmas, they will do whatever Doria wants to do. They would love her to come over to the UK and spend it with them here, but they will be wherever she wants to be.'The friend added: 'He [Harry] has not yet seen the King, who is still in Scotland, but it will happen.'The couple are expected to spend the festive period with Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, 70, who lives less than a two-hour drive from their Montecito home.Another friend told the Daily Mail that the Sussexes are trying to 'keep their heads down between now and Christmas', when they will return to California for the holidays.Harry and Meghan are understood to be planning to spend school holidays and half-term breaks either in California or Portugal, where they also own a property.Ms Ragland has been a constant presence in the family's life since the couple stepped down as senior royals and relocated to the United States in 2020. She lives in a bungalow in an affluent residential area outside Los Angeles and has formed a particularly close bond with her grandchildren.As for Archie and Lilibet's other grandparents, King Charles and Queen Camilla saw them in person for the first time in four years at Highgrove in July.Harry and Meghan have yet to meet the King since returning to the UK, although it is understood Harry remains in contact with his father by phone. The monarch is enjoying an extended summer and autumn break at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.Harry and the Prince of Wales have not spoken since 2022. Meghan and Malala Yousafzai shared a joint statement on Instagram to announce the partnership, alongside two photos of the pair enjoying afternoon tea at Claridge's (pictured)Meghan has also been working full-time on her brand As Ever, which on Sunday announced 100 per cent of net profits from her teas and jams would be donated to the Malala Fund for the duration of International Day of the Girl. The collaboration with Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai was revealed after the women were pictured outside Claridge's in central London last Wednesday. The pair were photographed in a warm embrace after they dined in the world-famous Foyer and Reading Room, where afternoon tea costs £95 per person. The London meet-up was Meghan's first public appearance in the capital since Queen Elizabeth II's funeral in September 2022.The Duchess also launched a luxury $148 (£112) Christmas advent calendar as part of her As Ever brand this month, inspired by the family's Montecito mansion.The limited-edition product was created for US customers in collaboration with Los Angeles chocolatier Compartes. It is not available to buy for delivery to the UK.However there was a row when some Church of England vicars suggested their followers should buy a cheaper, charity one.It led to one having to lock down his social media after an onslaught from trolls claiming to be supporters of the Duchess. Prince Harry and Meghan know it would be 'too difficult and awkward' to spend Christmas with King Charles and the wider family, a friend has claimed (pictured at Sandringham in 2018)Meanwhile, Harry was booed as he watched the Premiership match between Leicester Tigers and Gloucester on Friday night. It was enough for TV commentator Nick Mullins to quip: 'Well, that wasn't overly welcoming, was it?'The duke sat in the stands with his cousin George McCorquodale. They were accompanied by Andrea Pinchen, the Tigers' chief executive. A passionate rugby fan, Harry was patron of the Rugby Football Union from 2016 until 2021. His night out comes amid the Sussexes' ongoing battle to get taxpayer-funded police protection in Britain. The couple previously mounted an unsuccessful legal challenge over Harry's police security while he was visiting from the US.It is understood now that the committee overseeing royal and VIP security, known as Ravec, is to reconsider the level of police protection now the couple and their two children are full-time residents.