Harry attending coronation alone.

It's a national event of importance, not a family wedding or christening.

Harry is fifth in the line of succession and he should be there and probably Meghan should too unless extreme circumstances prevented them from attending.
Otherwise he should formally request that he and his heirs be removed from the line of succession.

maddyone

I think Meghan is very attractive physically. I’m not keen on her apparent personality. I say apparent because I don’t know her, I only know what’s been reported she’s said or actually said herself in interviews.
I don’t know why she’s not coming to the coronation, none of us do. I do think it’s poor form of her to not support her husband though. I wouldn’t have ever left my husband to attend an important family event alone, and I would expect his support for me also at any of my family events.

Attractive ?, about average, there are plenty of “physically attractive” women with awful personalities she is one of those.
Harry is a sucker, she’s had all her own way, estranged him from his family and now will bleed him dry.

Harry is a sucker, she’s had all her own way, estranged him from his family and now will bleed him dry.

You don't know that Harry is a "sucker", and neither do I, neither do you know the dynamics of their marriage, none of us do - we just speculate.

She might bleed him "dry" - then again, she might remain happily married to him for the rest of their lives.

One thing is certain though - the woman will be criticised for not attending the Coronation, and would also be criticised if she did.

Callistemon21

It's a national event of importance, not a family wedding or christening.

Harry is fifth in the line of succession and he should be there and probably Meghan should too unless extreme circumstances prevented them from attending.
Otherwise he should formally request that he and his heirs be removed from the line of succession.

This.

No, it’s not a family event, and yet, in a way it is. All the rest of the family will be there, and it’s likely Charles wanted his son to be there, just as any of us would for a far less important family event. But it’s also a national event, so all the more important for family support, with the eyes of the country and much of the world on it all.

In my opinion, it’s simply bad form for Meghan to miss this.
The children are not a problem, they could have been left at home with a nanny or Doria, or they could have accompanied their parents along with Doria and a nanny. Good grief, I’ve babysat my infant grandchildren for entire weekends and they didn’t come to any harm, and neither would Archie and Lili. The suggestion that the children can’t be without their mother for a few hours is ridiculous so long as another caring adult is with them. After all, who was looking after them for an entire fortnight when the Queen died?

No wonder I think we should be a republic!

Callistemon21

It's a national event of importance, not a family wedding or christening.

Harry is fifth in the line of succession and he should be there and probably Meghan should too unless extreme circumstances prevented them from attending.
Otherwise he should formally request that he and his heirs be removed from the line of succession.

I'm not sure he could do that. Parliament decides the line of succession . www.royal.uk/succession#:~:text=The%20Act%20of%20Settlement%20confirmed,the%20title%20to%20the%20throne.

Whilst your correct about that Glorianny it’s must be entirely possible for Harry to have himself and his heirs removed from the line of succession, because as we all know, one actual king removed himself from the line of succession, he abdicated!

maddyone

Whilst your correct about that Glorianny it’s must be entirely possible for Harry to have himself and his heirs removed from the line of succession, because as we all know, one actual king removed himself from the line of succession, he abdicated!

Not likely Harry is now number 5 in line

Well he won’t be “alone” will he really.
He has his entire family round him.
Aside from the book
There are members of his family who have behaved far worse.
I think he would live to regret it if he did not attend.

He has to attend , he will be filmed by Netflix ££££

My point Katie was that people can opt out if they want to. I agree it’s unlikely that Harry will ever have to abdicate because it’s unlikely he’ll ever be king.

It's the child's birthday. I would be quite judgy of a parent missing their childs birthday to do something else. This is because people tend to think the way we do things in 'our' family is the right way.

You are judging Harry

Yes and? We all judge people all the time. We measure against our own experience.

We didn't really do birthdays in my family. We all get one, every year. What is there to celebrate in being 4 years old?

Quite a lot if you’re the four year old. It’s about the only rite of passage they have and understand, and besides: presents!

Well yes that's your experience and mine is my childrens birthdays are some of my best memories. 4 is a great age . None of this is right or wrong really it's just how we view the world. So people saying Meghan should be there do it because in their world view the coronation is more important. It wouldnt be for me. But then again I would most likely prioritise a trip to Asda over 2 hours of that shenanigans.

Siope

Quite a lot if you’re the four year old. It’s about the only rite of passage they have and understand, and besides: presents!

Sorry, one more post then I'll stop.

Children celebrate being 4 because we tell them there's something in it to celebrate. If they told him the event to celebrate happened on the 15th May, he'd be just as happy. Expecting a child to think that him doing the same as he does every year is more important than a coronation is just mad, sorry.

And I'm a Republican!

It would be more important to me. It's not how I would behave towards a child either.

Not being there for your child's birthday because your father is having the most important day of his life is not child abuse.

Didnt say it was.. It wouldnt be important to me though.

Choice between one of my daughters 4th birthday and a very
special event for my father ? my father .

Jolly good. We all make different choices in the way we run our families.

volver3

Not being there for your child's birthday because your father is having the most important day of his life is not child abuse.

Thomas Markle is having an important event? I hadn’t realised.