Will Prince William invite Prince Harry to his coronation?

Prince Harry had already been at the knee in tension with members of the royal family – namely his father King Charles and his brother Prince William – for years when he flew over the pond to attend the king’s coronation on May 6, 2023 (who was also the fourth anniversary of Harry’s son, Prince Archie).

Although the Duke of Sussex did not stay long, he was there-but will he even be invited to William’s coronation, whenever it can be? It is not clear, but it seems that there was a threshold crossed in Harry’s emotional interview with the BBC which leads sources to say Page six That there is probably no return, especially between William and Harry.

Royal author Hugo Vickers – who is a friend of the royal family – Told Page six This “theoretically” William should invite Harry to his coronation, “but frankly, he (William) can do what he likes. He is not in stone. ”

For the context, the Duke of Windsor – who was King Edward VIII before abdicating the throne in 1936 to marry American Wallis Simpson – “was not invited to (his niece Queen Elizabeth) of the coronation in 1953,” added Vickers. “There have been a lot of discussions on this subject.”

Here is a funny fact that you can bring to your next royal dinner: King Edward VIII (known as David of his family) was on the throne for such a short period – less than a year – that he does not had a coronation; His younger brother, who took over the throne for him during his abdication and became King George VI, used the date originally scheduled for David as his own coronation date on May 12, 1937, five months after David abdicated. David was not invited to the coronation of his brother.

With regard to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953, the Duke and the Duchess of Windsor watched on TV in Paris. The Queen told the then Archiche of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher that he was “completely out of the question” so that her uncle David is present, according to London The standardAnd that his being there would be “entirely and entirely undesirable”.

When David contacted Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill to ask him if he would be invited or not, Churchill was frank with the former king, telling him that he would be “completely inappropriate” that a abdicated monarch presents himself to a coronation of one of his successors. So, in summary? The previous one is there for a snob.

As for eliminating Harry and his wife Meghan Markle from their titles His and His Royal Highness (HRH) when William takes the throne – just like a hot topic in recent times – Vickers does not think it will happen.

“We know that William is ruthless, anyway,” said Vickers. But, he added, William “will not exceed Harry and Meghan from their titles. He seems vindictive.”

If Harry should Return to the United Kingdom on the occasion of William coronation or any other royal family event, it will be covered by security funded by taxpayers. In 2020, the security of Harry and Meghan was revoked after deciding as members who work from the royal family that year, which was refused on appeal on May 2, leading to the aforementioned maintenance of the BBC. The warning is that Harry and Meghan would receive the safety of the highest level in the United Kingdom, but only if they are invited by the royal family. It remains to be seen if or when it will happen next.

In his interview earlier this month, Harry said, in part, that he “would love reconciliation with my family”, adding: “It is useless to continue to fight. Life is precious.”

On May 13, his father King Charles – with which Harry is not currently in contact, according to Harry himself – Gave told marks during a charitable fundraising for the family of elephants, founded by the brother of his wife Reine Camilla, Mark Shand, who died unexpectedly in 2014. The telegraphThe king congratulated the support of the forces between the family of elephants and the British Asian trust in 2019, saying to the crowd assembled on Tuesday – completely poignantly – “it seems that it is an excellent example of the reason why the collaboration is much better than the conflict.”