PRINCE HARRY. Harry’s presence is official for the coronation of Charles III. The prince will travel without his wife Meghan Markle and their two children. A sign that relations with the royal family are still tense following the departure of the couple from their royal duties.
[Updated April 27, 2023 at 5:55 p.m.] Prince Harry will indeed be present at the coronation of his father Charles on May 6th. The question of his presence inflamed the British press and tabloids around the world. However, Harry will come alone because his wife Meghan Markle and their two children Archie and Lilibet will not be traveling according to BFMTV.
The prince should not drag on during the three days of festivities planned for Charles III: it is expected that he will only attend the ceremony in Westminster Abbey. An express round trip for summary. If the composition of the people present on the balcony of Buckingham Palace has not been formalized, it is difficult to imagine Harry appearing there according to information from the British tabloid Daily Mail.
Harry will only be 10th in line at the coronation. Another sign of its importance in monarchical ceremonial. This can be explained by the prince renouncing his royal duties in 2020. He and Meghan made the decision to renounce their royal duties and the privileges that go with it like their residence of Frogmore Cottage, bodyguards, etc…
The couple challenged in court the withdrawal of their special police protection. The timing is full of innuendo because, Charles III had it removed shortly after Harry published his memoir, The Substitute, in which the prince tackles several members of the royal family in a glimpse of his life, his childhood to today
This book is to be added to the Harry documentary series
Before the announcement of his presence at the coronation of Charles III, Prince Harry would have had “positive conversations” with his father, according to information from the British daily The Telegraph published on April 16, which cites a source close to Harry and Megan. But it is without his wife that Harry will attend his father’s coronation. According to information from BFMTV, which quotes Omid Scobie, the biographer of Meghan Markle, the absence of the Duchess of Sussex was decided due to the fact that the birthday of their son Archie falls on May 6, and that their daughter Lilibet , aged 1, is too young to attend the coronation. Relatives of the royal family have in any case indicated that the absence of Meghan Markle was perceived as a relief on the side of Buckingham, who feared that her presence would exacerbate tensions within the family, reports the Daily Mail.
Another gesture of King Charles III suggests that the sovereign is part of a process of normalizing relations with his son. As reported by the Daily Mail, a photo in which we see in particular Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, his brother William, Kate Middleton, Charles III and Camilla is included in the “official souvenir program” of the coronation of Charles III. This 84-page folder is sold on the Royal Collection Shop website. Concerning Camilla, the queen consort who was crushed by prince Harry in his memoirs, no information has circulated on a possible improvement in their relations.
If, in recent days, relations between Prince Harry and his father show signs of improvement, those with his brother and Kate Middleton still seem to be stormy. A source within the royal family told the British tabloid Daily Express, before Harry announced that he would attend the coronation, that relations between him and his brother “had never been so bad”. As BFMTV indicates, Harry announced his presence at the ceremony a week after the end of the deadline for the couple to send their response. The source quoted by the Daily Express had indicated that Prince Harry was “stunned” that Harry had missed the deadline.
According to information from the Belgian daily La Libre, which quotes royal expert Robert Jobson, Prince William would even push for his brother to be stripped of his title of Duke of Sussex. On the side of Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William, nothing seems to indicate either a warming of relations with Harry. As a reminder, last January, a source had indicated to the American magazine Us Weekly that Kate considered that Harry’s actions were “atrocious” and that she was “appalled” by the fact that he had “dragged his name in the mud”. The same source added that the Princess of Wales was “struggling to forgive”.
Prince Harry was born on September 15, 1984 in London. He is the youngest son of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer as well as the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II. He grew up alongside his brother William while their parents maintained a tumultuous relationship. Young Prince Harry lost his mother in a tragic car accident when he was not yet 13 years old. He graduated from Eton College and then joined and served in the army for 10 years. It sponsors many associations and brings its support and visibility to various causes (poor children, people with AIDS, war wounded, etc.). Spyed on from an early age by the paparazzi, he was the subject of scandals on several occasions. Harry was his brother William’s best man when he married Kate Middleton in 2011.
After several long relationships scrutinized by the press, Prince Harry announced his engagement to American actress Meghan Markle in 2017. They married in front of viewers around the world on May 19, 2018 at St. George’s Chapel in the Château de Windsor. Their son Archie was born on May 6, 2019 in London. The couple no longer supporting the media coverage of the English tabloids, he announced in January 2020 his desire to put an end to his duties with regard to the royal family and his intention to withdraw from it. Harry and Maghan leave England for Canada then settle in California, in the United States. An interview with Oprah Winfrey, rich in revelations about the royal family, sets fire to the powder between princes Harry and William. Prince Harry said he was very “disappointed” by his father Charles. On June 4, 2021, the couple gave birth to a baby girl, Lilibeth Diana. Prince Harry and his family are traveling to England in June 2022 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee with the rest of the royal family. In September 2022 he will do the same for the death and funeral of the queen.
Henry Charles Albert David De Galles, nicknamed Harry, was born on September 15, 1984 at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington in London. Grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, he is the youngest son of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles of Wales, heir to the British throne. From the age of six, Harry joined his brother William at the prestigious Wetherby School in London. Their mother tries to give them as normal a childhood as possible.
Young Harry is marked by his parents’ stormy relationship and then by the tragic death of his mother in 1997 when he was only 12 years old. The following year, he was admitted to Eton College where he studied geography, art and art history. Once he graduated, he took a sabbatical year and stayed in Africa (Lesotho), Argentina and then Australia. His hobbies are polo, rugby union, skiing and motocross.
Freshly graduated, Prince Harry stayed in Lesotho where he worked with orphaned children and produced the documentary film The Forgotten Kingdom. Between 2005 and 2006, he completed officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and became a second lieutenant. The military authorities refuse to send him to fight in Iraq because he would become a prime target for the insurgents. He is finally sent on a mission to Afghanistan under a false identity. Nearly ten weeks later, he was urgently evacuated when an American website revealed that the prince was in that country.
Thereafter Harry becomes an Apache attack helicopter pilot but is not sent back to the field because of the security problems that his presence would imply. In 2015, he resigned from the army because the pursuit of an administrative career at the general staff did not suit him. Alongside his military commitments, Harry sponsors and helps charities. In particular, he initiated the Invictus Games, a multi-sport competition for wounded soldiers and war veterans and people with disabilities.
After several long relationships scrutinized by the press, Prince Harry announced his engagement to Meghan Markle on November 27, 2017. The latter is an American actress known for her role as Rachel Zane in the judicial television series Suits. The following day, their wedding date was officially announced as May 19, 2018 at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. In view of the marriage, Meghan Markle is baptized and confirmed in the Anglican faith.
A few hours before the ceremony, the Queen grants Harry and Meghan the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex. They are cheered by nearly 100,000 visitors in the city of Windsor and their wedding is scrutinized by nearly 2 billion viewers. Despite the popular success of the ceremony, Meghan Markle quickly became the target of the English tabloids. Their first child, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor was born on May 6, 2019 in London. Two days later, he was shown to international media in St. George’s Gallery at Windsor Castle before being introduced to his great-grandparents.
In January 2020, after months of unhealthy hype, including about Meghan Markle’s family, Prince Harry and his wife officially expressed their willingness to end their duties to the royal family and their intention to set back from it. They wish to become non-working members of the royal family, gain financial independence, and live between North America and England. The case caused a stir and the English tabloid press nicknamed it “Megxit”, in reference to Brexit.
The couple must renounce the predicate of royal highnesses but retain the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Their departure entails the loss of their right to police protection. They must also reimburse the taxpayer for the £2.4 million spent on the refurbishment of Frogmore Cottage, the mansion in which they were intended to reside. Harry and Meghan lived in Canada for a few months, then moved with their son to Beverly Hills and then to Montecito, California.
Spouses no longer receiving any pension embark on various activities in order to finance their lifestyle and the devices necessary for their safety. In particular, they sign a multi-year contract with the Netflix platform (estimated at $100 million) to produce series, documentaries and children’s programs. While appearing on the show hosted by Oprah Winfrey in early 2021, they announce that their second unborn child is a girl. Lilibet (commonly known as “Lili”) Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born on June 4, 2021 in Santa Barbara, northwest Los Angeles, where the family settled.
Relations between Princes Harry and William reportedly began to deteriorate upon Harry’s marriage to Meghan Markle. When the couple stepped down from their royal duties, the dissension between the two brothers seemed to have driven a deep wedge. Prince William would also not have digested the way his brother publicly spoke about his relations with the royal family during the Oprah Winfrey interview in 2021. Royal family observers hoped for a rapprochement, at least public, during the Queen’s Jubilee in June 2022 or even in September, during the Queen’s death and funeral. The planetary event will generate plenty of commentary, where every detail will be scrutinized to assess Harry’s relationship with the rest of his family, from invitations to official ceremonies and private gatherings, to the outfit that the prince has been allowed to wear. to wear, through gestures and looks alongside his brother and his father, who had just become king.
In mid-July 2022, a shocking book by Tom Bower “Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors”, looking back at Meghan and Harry’s split from the royal family in 2020, had been in the headlines for several days. . The prospect of the release of Prince Harry’s memoirs in the fall of 2022 could also have shaken the British Crown, these being then presented as “a response” to this book judged to be against his couple.
