Prince Harry finally made it to his father’s coronation at the weekend after months of rumors. The Duke of Sussex traveled to London, took part in the coronation, and then left an hour later to fly back to the US to be with Meghan and their two kids.
The question of whether Harry, his brother Prince William, and his father King Charles would get a chance to sit down and make amends had been a major topic of discussion prior to this. Naturally, their current conflict has rocked the monarchy to its very foundation.
In light of the opportunity to meet with his family and attend the exclusive coronation lunch, Harry chose not to stay. However, that didn’t stop William from allegedly making fun of both his brother and Meghan Markle.
It suffices to say that William and the Sussexes’ relationship is far from being fixed.
We are aware that relations between Prince Harry and the Royal Family are not exactly good. When Harry and Meghan left the Firm, a series of events started that seriously disrupted the royal world.
As soon as Harry and Meghan started criticizing the Royal Family and its members verbally, things quickly went south. One of their more serious allegations was that an unnamed royal had inquired about the possible skin tone of the Sussexes’ then-unborn son, Archie. They added that Meghan had been mistreated for a long time and that the royals had not assisted her with her mental health issues.
Harry and William are “playing with fire.”.
Relationship between Harry and William: During the coronation, the brothers remained silent.
Many believed that things between Harry and Meghan and the Royal Family would become tense in the future after their Oprah Winfrey interview, their Netflix series, and Harry’s memoir, Spare. That has indeed come to pass, especially in terms of Harry’s relationship with his brother, Prince William.
When they crossed paths at Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, they ostensibly did not make an effort to mend fences. The siblings didn’t make eye contact or acknowledge each other as they passed the coffin carrying the Queen, and nothing seemed to happen when their grandmother was laid to rest.
With the coronation of King Charles scheduled for May 6, there was much speculation about whether Harry and Meghan would be invited to the event and whether they would actually go. In the end, they both received invitations, but Meghan chose to stay in the US with their two kids (partly because Archie’s birthday coincided with the coronation).
Reports stated that Harry’s visit to the UK would be brief when he arrived in London on the day of the coronation.
Other Royal Family members allegedly didn’t want Harry near them during the coronation, according to rumors that circulated months ago. Harry was seated just two rows behind Prince William, Kate Middleton, and two of their three children, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, so his position appeared to have softened. As one of the Pages of Honor, Prince George played a much more important role.
Harry’s opinion of the royal family is that he is “fed up.”.
Princess Eugenie, the only royal to have visited Harry and Meghan in the US, and her husband Jack Brooksbank were seated next to Harry during the coronation.
Before the event started, Harry greeted several guests while seated in the Abbey, spoke at length with his cousin and her husband, and appeared to be in good spirits.
He joined the other guests in one of the many renditions of “God Save The King,” despite possibly not being a fan of the monarchy any longer. ”.
Harry, however, seemed to have made up his mind regarding the Royal Family and what might happen going forward before the ceremony at Westminster Abbey had even begun.
According to reports, Prince William and King Charles have decided not to read Spare, Harry Potter’s explosive autobiography in which he made several direct attacks on the royal family. Naturally, his father and brother are his closest family members, and there was reportedly no sign of a reconciliation while Harry was in the UK.
Lip-reading specialist Jerey Freeman heard several things Harry is alleged to have said to Brooksbank prior to the start of the coronation ceremony while speaking with The Sun. The Duke, according to him, was groaning and muttering, “I’m tired of the way they treat me.
Additionally, Freeman overheard Harry saying: “It’s not the best situation. ”.
“They don’t give a damn”.
If I can help you feel better, even I can, Jack Brooksbank said in response. The peaceful life isn’t it, is it?
Harry responded, “They don’t care.
I have no time for that, especially if it’s already over, Jack Brooksbank continued.
And Harry said, “It’s an eventuality.”.
Harry wore a three-piece custom black Dior suit with coattails inside Westminster Abbey. He wore an honorary cross around his neck and had medals from the military pinned to the left side of his chest.
He is identified as “Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order” (RVO) by the star around his neck. It also recognizes his individual service to the Commonwealth monarch. Harry is not permitted to wear his uniform because he is no longer an active member of the Royal Family. Instead, he wore his jubilee medals in gold, diamond, and platinum as well as his service medals for Afghanistan on his medal bar.
Throughout the important day, Prince Harry avoided direct contact with both King Charles and his brother, Prince William. But once he got to the Abbey, Harry allegedly made a gesture to “ignore” his brother, according to linguist Judi James.
In front of him, as his father, brother, and sister-in-law walked in a procession, James claimed that Harry displayed what appeared to be an oddly-timed act of disregard or attention diversion.
“Harry had been chatting animatedly with [Princess Beatrice’s husband] Edoardo, at one point jerking a thumb over his shoulder, sharing a giggling laugh that appeared to involve his tongue being placed between his teeth, and then doing a mutual, mirrored eye gaze with a matching lip clamp smile to Edo that seemed to signal mutual sympathy or empathy. ”.
King Charles paid tribute to Archie at the coronation lunch and expressed his “disappointment” that Harry wasn’t present.
The body language expert came to the following conclusion: “At a crucial moment in the ceremony when all eyes and attention were on Charles and William’s arrival, Harry turned his head to speak to Eduardo again in a very odd way.
Harry was looking up as Charles, William, and Kate arrived to walk past.
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In order to attend the coronation, Harry and Meghan reportedly had a list of requirements, one of which was to be acknowledged for Archie’s birthday, which fell on the same day.
King Charles wanted to celebrate his grandson’s birthday despite their complaints. So, after the coronation ceremony, Charles made a toast before lunch at Buckingham Palace and mentioned Archie. A Daily Mail source claims that the king wished Archie a happy birthday “wherever he was” and paid tribute to “those that weren’t there.”. ”.
According to the source, it was a very sweet moment.
Harry, however, was not to be found.
As soon as the coronation service was over, Harry reportedly got in a car outside Westminster Abbey. At 19:30 local time on Saturday, he boarded a British Airways flight and arrived back in Los Angeles. Harry had every intention of getting back in time to put Archie to bed on his birthday.
According to a source who spoke to Daily Mail, Charles was “genuinely disappointed” that he left the UK after the private lunch.
The fact that Harry had left, however, caused other members of the Royal Family to “breathe a sigh of relief.”.
In his speech at the coronation concert, Prince William made fun of Harry and Meghan.
After the ceremony, on Sunday, Windsor hosted a sizable coronation concert.
Without Robbie Williams, Take That, Lionel Richie, and Katy Perry all performed. A “coronation choir,” which included a variety of community choirs and amateur singers from all over the UK, was also on the bill. These choirs included refugee choirs, NHS choirs, LGBTQ+ singing groups, and deaf signing choirs.
The royals themselves, as well as volunteers from organizations connected to King Charles and Queen Camilla, were among the 10,000 spectators selected through a ticket ballot.
In front of a large audience, Prince William gave a speech in which he praised his father, whom he addressed as “Pa. He also paid homage to his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who he described as a “proud mother” who would be watching her son’s coronation. During his speech, William couldn’t help but make a dad joke.
“I want to briefly discuss my father and the significance of this weekend. But don’t worry, unlike Lionel, I won’t go on all night long, the future king joked, making fun of performer Lionel Richie and his song All Night Long.
But William didn’t just talk about the present royals. He seemed to make a snide remark about Harry and Meghan leaving the Royal Family behind, according to reports.
Even though celebrations are spectacular, William remarked that their central message of service is a straightforward one.
So why was that significant? Well, in their statement announcing their separation from the Royal Family, Harry and Meghan stated, “We can all live a life of service. There is service everywhere.”.
William reiterated his commitment to serving others later in his speech.
William expressed his lack of interest in seeing his brother.
“I pledge to work for all of you. monarch, nation, and Commonwealth. He uttered, “God Save The King.”.
As previously mentioned, Harry and William remained silent and even avoided eye contact throughout the coronation. We cannot pretend to understand whether the two would have preferred to sit down or not.
As he watched his father be crowned and his brother swear allegiance, Harry “must have felt the slightest tinge of regret,” The King’s author Christopher Andersen told Fox. ”.
The brothers didn’t seem to be interested in interacting with one another, according to Andersen as well.
Andersen told Fox, “Frankly, to keep his sanity, he has to keep telling himself he made the right decision by leaving the royal family.
Harry seemed to have no contact with William and Kate, King Charles, or Queen Camilla, he continued.
This relationship is so strained that William did not appear to be at all interested in acknowledging his brother, and vice versa. The people of the UK still have a lot of love for Harry, and I’m sure they would be thrilled to have him join the royal family once more. It just seems wrong that Harry couldn’t wait to board a plane and return to Montecito while his countrymen and women were celebrating the coronation of his father”.
Conflict between the brothers was at an all-time high, according to British broadcaster and royal authority Ian Pelham Turner.
“William and Harry are playing with fire”.
He claimed that King Charles is too weak to assist the brothers in making amends and that it is not his responsibility to do so.
Turner argued that Britain could not afford to have a broken royal family that did not reflect the true values of the populace.
“I don’t think [William and Harry] have the right to act in such a dishonorable manner. ”.
“It will be resolved if the people of Great Britain turn their backs on the new king and show the [same] disdain… currently being played out in the public arena by the two brothers,” he continued. “In my opinion, William and Harry are playing with fire, which could engulf the entire house of Windsor in flames,” he said in his conclusion.
