Prince Harry has reportedly scheduled a whistlestop visit for his father’s Coronation next weekend, planning to fly back to the US within two hours of the ceremony’s end.
The Duke of Sussex will see his father, King Charles III, crowned at Westminster Abbey on Saturday but will be jetting straight back to his LA home.
It’s understood the Duke will only be in the United Kingdom for about 24 hours as he plans to be back home for his son Archie’s fourth birthday, which overlaps with Saturday’s Coronation.
The ceremony to formally crown the King is set to start at 11 am and will last for about two hours. Harry will then be in the air two hours later at 3 pm.
The historic ceremony will be the first time Harry will be pictured with the Windsors since the funeral of his grandmother the late Queen, and the first time since berating the royals in his memoirs.
Regarding his short visit for the Coronation, a source told a newspaper outlet that Harry would be in and out of the United Kingdom in 24 hours.
Evidently, he will only be doing the Coronation service, and then he will be departing.
It was already reported earlier this month that the Prince would be going it alone at the Coronation, leaving his wife Megha with their children Archie and Lilibet.
Buckingham Palace confirmed the news some weeks ago in a statement, saying it was pleased to confirm that the Duke of Sussex would be at Westminster Abbey on May 6, but will go home to spend time with his son Archie for his birthday.
Following the earlier announcement over the royal couple’s attendance, a royal observer told a newspaper outlet that Charles would be pleased, but that the rest of the family would be relieved that Meghan wouldn’t be there as it would have been particularly uncomfortable for Kate.
There had been much tension within the palace over the Sussexes’ attendance. It was thought to have left royal officials unable to sign off arrangements for seating plans, transportation, and security, as the announcement came after the official RSVP date.
But Harry, who laid bare his troubled relationship with the Royal Family in his Netflix documentary and autobiography Spare, will now be witness to his father Charles and stepmother the Queen Consort’s crowning next month, and Harry’s attendance comes as coronation organisers admitted that they were stressed about the Prince’s plans on Saturday and that it was like trying to communicate with Mars.
Meghan clearly is remaining at home because it’s Archie’s birthday, and as a family, they wouldn’t want to miss that. It’s irrelevant that the public doesn’t want to see her there and of course, many of the Royal Family, but it is relevant that Harry and Meghan want to do what’s best for their children, and of course, being there for their child’s birthday is good parenting.
Of course, there are numerous people who miss their child’s birthday because of work duties. That doesn’t make them a bad parent, but Harry lost out on a lot when his mother Diana died and I don’t suppose he wants his children to lose out either, although I guess not seeing their Grandfather Charles, I suppose they are missing out, but Charles has the means to just hop on an aeroplane to go and see them if he actually wanted to.
The thing is, Harry is going to be at his father’s coronation even though he has no public responsibility in the United Kingdom, so evidently, he’s coming over to support his father as a good son should, and he’s also juggled to get back home to his sons birthday party, and well done Harry for prioritising.
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