Harry and Meghan's children 'not invited to King Charles' coronation'
12.03.2023 - 12:21
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children will "not be invited to King Charles' Coronation in May, it has been claimed. Whilst Archie, three and Lilibet, 21 months, are thought to have been deemed "too young" to attend the ceremony at Westminster Abbey on 6 May, Queen Consort Camilla's grandchildren are expected to be invited in an official role.
It is not yet known whether Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will attend the coronation, however, a spokesman for the couple confirmed that they have been invited. Some members of the Royal Family are said to be hoping that, if the couple do attend, they will be "seated in Iceland", and MailOnline reports the couple can expect a "cold shoulder".
A source said: "They [Meghan and Harry] will be given the cold shoulder by very many relatives. One said to me, 'I hope they'll be seated in Iceland'." "Many of the family just want nothing more to do with them.
If they have to see them at the Coronation then so be it, but they do not want to socialise with them." The Coronation falls on Archie's fourth birthday so, if they are in the UK and attending the historic event, Prince Harry and Meghan are expected to devote some of the day to celebrate their son's big day. Tension between the Sussexes and the rest of the Royals has reach fever pitch over the last couple of years, after Meghan and Harry have launched attacks at Harry's family in a range of interviews, a documentary and a memoir.
They made a number of claims in their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, and Harry didn't hold back with his accusations in his bombshell memoir, Spare, which was heavily publicised in January. Confirming their invitation to the Coronation, a Sussex spokesperson told the Times'
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