Meghan Markle will finally stay at her home in Montecito, California. Buckingham Palace has revealed on Wednesday that Prince Harry will attend the coronation of his father, King Charles III, without the company of his wife. The Duke of Sussex will join the more than 2,000 guests at Westminster Abbey on May 6 as planned, but, against all odds, Meghan will give the bell and will not travel to London to witness that historic moment.
It is clear that after their departure to the United States and the many intimate revelations about the British royal family, Meghan and Harry have become uncomfortable guests, but they were still expected, just like in the last far-reaching act of the family , the burial of Elizabeth II. Therefore, this decision by Meghan not to attend is seen as further proof that the family tensions between the Sussexes and the rest of the Windsors would not be so resolved.
The couple together were invited to the ceremony, but according to The Times, neither they nor their children, Archie and Lilibet, were to take part in the procession back to Buckingham from Westminster Abbey by carriage. It was also not clear that they posed on the balcony of the palace together with the rest of the family, since they were already separated from this colorful tradition during the platinum jubilee of Elizabeth II. In addition to the coronation ceremony, there’s a long weekend of public events that the British royal family is expected to attend, and we’ll see how this reclusive prince on the run to the new world fits into the protocol.
This will be the first time that Enrique coincides with the British royal family since the release of his memoirs and the Netflix documentary series, also since the confession that he killed 25 Taliban that has brought so much controversy. The coronation was going to be the fourth time that Markle had visited his British relatives since his resignation in 2020. The first occasion was due to the visit of the Sussexes to Europe on the occasion of the Invictus games, whose last edition was held in The Hague ; the second was for the platinum jubilee; and the third, for the funeral of Isabel II. For his part, the prince has traveled alone to the United Kingdom on more occasions since his resignation. For example, for his grandfather’s funeral and for appearing in London High Court two weeks ago.
Meghan’s absence from the coronation sets a precedent for what her relationship with the British royal family will be from now on, and, if things continue like this, she will run out of material to continue telling the adventures and misadventures of a princess by surprise. .
