Breaking: Windswept Meghan Markle leaves Harry alone for Valentine’s Day as she leaves Invictus Games by private jet….See More

A windswept Meghan Markle was spotted disembarking a private jet which brought her home to California – after she left Prince Harry behind at the Invictus Games in Canada.

The Duchess of Sussex, wearing a blue jumper with white letters, was unaccompanied except by a security guard as she stepped off the plush transport inside a hangar at Santa Barbara Airport on Tuesday evening.

Meghan has flown back to be with their children in Montecito after spending five days in Vancouver and the ski resort of Whistler with Harry to mark the seventh edition of the Invictus Games.

Aides said the trip home was pre-planned and Meghan had only intended to stay for five days as she had at the 2023 event in Germany.

Following his wife’s departure, the prince reportedly took a day off to relax and ‘unwind’ ahead of attending the remaining events solo.

The Sussexes will be spending Valentine’s Day apart after Meghan returned alone to the couple’s £12million home in Montecito to see their children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.

In an Instagram post on Wednesday evening, Meghan showed off a selection of gifts she had brought back from Canada for the children, including personalised mementos with their names on.

In a caption, she wrote: ‘A taste of Canada and The Invictus Games for our little ones! Cheering you [Harry] on from home!’