Prince Harry attended his father King Charles II’s coronation with out his spouse Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, or their youngsters, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. He additionally had no formal function through the ceremony and didn’t seem on the Buckingham Palace balcony with different family members.
In April, Buckingham Palace introduced Harry, who’s fifth in line for the throne, would attend the coronation whereas Meghan remained in California with their younger youngsters. The day of the coronation, Could 6, occurs to be Archie’s birthday.
Harry’s brother, Prince William, who’s first in line for the throne, had a key function within the ceremony. After their father was topped king, William kissed his father and pledged his loyalty to him. William’s 9-year-old son, Prince George, additionally served as a Web page of Honor for King Charles, and Camilla’s grandsons served as three of her Pages of Honor.
Harry has been estranged from his household since he and his household moved to California in 2020. Within the Netflix documentary launched final 12 months, he and Meghan mentioned she confronted racism and mistreatment from the British press and claimed the royal household didn’t supply assist. Her psychological well being suffered and with an absence of assist from the household they usually frightened in regards to the lack of safety for his or her household, main the pair to resolve to go away their roles as senior royals.
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Harry made additional accusations and different public feedback in regards to the royals in his ebook, “Spare,” and through the press tour for the ebook.
The invitation to the coronation appeared like an olive department from his father, nevertheless it seems Harry’s relationships along with his members of the family are nonetheless strained.
He and his uncle, the disgraced Prince Andrew, didn’t have roles through the ceremony and didn’t be a part of the procession, as neither are “working” family members. As an alternative, Harry arrived along with his cousin, Prince Andrew’s daughter Princess Beatrice.
The place did Harry sit on the coronation ceremony?
Harry didn’t sit with different senior royals, as an alternative he was three rows again through the elaborate ceremony. He did, nevertheless, look like smiling in lots of photographs from the occasion.
Throughout the ceremony, he sat subsequent to Princess Eugenie’s husband Jack Brooksbank, and behind his aunt, Princess Anne, and Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin, the Duke of Kent, in keeping with BBC Information.
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He was seen getting right into a automotive alone after the ceremony. Prince Andrew, who additionally appeared within the third row, left with Eugeine and Brooksbank.
Was Harry allowed to affix the “working royals” on the balcony?
Harry didn’t seem on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the ceremony, a longtime custom for senior members of the royal household. As an alternative, newly-crowned King Charles III and Queen Camilla stood with the “working” family members in addition to their grandkids — a lot of whom performed roles through the ceremony.
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Harry and Meghan attended Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral final 12 months, however rigidity remained behind the scenes, in keeping with Valentine Low, royal correspondent for the Occasions of London newspaper. “There was positively not any nice private heat between the 2 {couples},” Low advised CBS Information about Princes Harry and William and their wives. Low mentioned Meghan could have skipped the coronation in order to minimize the drama.
Meghan deliberate to have a “low-key get together at residence” for Archie’s fourth birthday, a supply advised Individuals journal.
U.Ok. publication The Solar reported Harry would solely be within the U.Ok. for about 24 hours and would go away promptly after the coronation ceremony. CBS Information contributor Tina Brown confirmed that he wouldn’t attend the personal lunch for the members of the family.
Is Prince Harry nonetheless in line to the throne?
Harry continues to be fifth in line to the throne. His father is king, his brother, Prince William is first in line and William’s youngsters – Prince George, Prince Charlotte and Prince Louis – are second, third and fourth in line, respectively. Harry’s son Prince Archie is sixth in line for the throne and daughter Princess Lilibet is seventh in line.