Harry attending coronation alone.

I would have preferred they both stayed away - the birthday is a reasonable, albeit feeble excuse but it would do. Whether you are a Sussex fan or hater, and I am neither, there has been so much controversy and emotion stirred up, most recently by the Netflix series and Harry’s very revealing book, that his presence is going to distract from the main event, even if he is seated somewhere obscure. And that is a shame for everyone, including him.

Wouldn’t little Archie love to join in the celebrations on his birthday? There’s one very cowardly couple throwing an emotional bomb in the family and expecting everyone to apologise to them. I don’t suppose Harry will be very well received.

I don't blame Megan for staying away. The press in this country have been vicious to her from day one.

Keffie12 do tell where Charles and Camilla spent the night together before his wedding. There was a dinner for wedding guests at Buckingham Palace that night. Did Charles drive from the palace through the crowds waiting outside the gates?

I think it's the best solution. If Megan comes, especially with the children, she will be totally unable to keep herself in check. Her radar will be homing in on any photographers. You can tell that because, whenever they have their photo taken, Megan is always looking directly at the photographer. Also, she wouldn't care if attending took some of the limelight off the King.

volver3

Oh for goodness sake.

Do you really think that the children of people who have been subjected to death threats and targeted racist abuse are safer than your average US Child?

If so you are letting your hatred of H&M cloud your capabilities for reason.

Almost every day we hear of mass shootings in the US and H&M think their children are safer there?

Overprivileged time waster. I couldn't care less.

VioletSky

Megan was already a celebrity I suppose and thought she knew what she was getting into

But children have no say in the life they are born into

I agree with the press being involved in his mother's death leading to him having a deep hatred of them

I've never been interested in the celebrity news stuff but so many are that it's worth it for the press to literally hound people

Some celebrities successfully keep their children out of the press and those children are able to get normal jobs and move freely

The press were not entirely responsible for Diana’s death. She got into the car with a drunk driver and did not wear a seatbelt. Her protection officer was in the front of the car, did wear a seatbelt, and survived

Just wonder at the fuss being made all around - glad H is attending, if it’s true his children were not invited not surprised M isn’t going and I often struggle at H and Prince Andrew being “bracketed” together as whilst I feel H has been unable and foolish, his “crimes” are hardly in the same bracket as his Uncle and I also wonder about the date chosen, can hardly change a child’s birthday but the coronation could easily have been any other date. If I was M I wouldn’t come !

Harry's children are very young. I don't know whether children that age would even remember whether they'd been there.

Lengthy formal ceremonies are hardly the place for babies and toddlers. I'm sure they are likely to be much happier at home with their Mum.

Gillycats

I’m staggered that anyone could feel sorry for the King !! He behaved atrociously towards these boys mothers and growing up the differences between W & H would have become more and more apparent - clearly they were both damaged boys by having their parents marriage totally publicised then the sudden death of their much lived, but damaged, mother played out in public

Perhaps Meghan can sit down with her children and watch the coronation on tv.

She can say "that's your Grandpa sitting on the throne being crowned king" and they just might remember that.

I just about remember watching the late queen's coronation on tv.

She wasn't my Granny, but I'm sure if she had been I would have remembered it even better.

Don’t care any more. Absolutely sick of hearing about them both.

Can't help thinking the main reason M is not coming is because she realises she won't be the centre of attention!

My final comment is about “privacy” An individual should be able to choose what is made public and what isn’t about them - it’s should be their absolute right. I think it’s pathetic to keep saying “ they want privacy, should stay out of the public eye” Perhaps we should recall both PH parents did public interviews later in their marriage, both have had countless books published about them and Diana was totally hounded by the press relentlessly

Coco51

Wouldn’t little Archie love to join in the celebrations on his birthday? There’s one very cowardly couple throwing an emotional bomb in the family and expecting everyone to apologise to them. I don’t suppose Harry will be very well received.

I doubt it, he'll be four. It's long and would be quite boring for a little boy.

If he misbehaved or even behaved like a normal 4 year old can you imagine the criticism in the media?
"He's just like his cousin Louis" 😲

Not best outcome the whole York family should be there, but if Megan can't.she can't. Everyone has their limits.

I am really not interested and don’t care who attends/doesn’t attend.
Generally, not a lot of interest in the Coronation in Scotland.

Is Louis going?
I doubt he’ll be very well behaved if he does go.
Maybe he’ll be left at home to watch on television with his nanny.

Basically, I see this overegged attention focused on the Royals as a distraction exercise. Something along the lines of "Don't look at the Johnny-come-lately Prime Minister whose (not even British) Infosys-invested wife is richer than the King, look at the actual King whose centuries old fortune is a bit smaller."
Can we perhaps spend just one moment wondering why Uriah Sunak ever wanted to be Prime Minister, instead of piling in on a person who never asked to be born an heir to the throne?

Coco51

volver3

Oh for goodness sake.

Do you really think that the children of people who have been subjected to death threats and targeted racist abuse are safer than your average US Child?

If so you are letting your hatred of H&M cloud your capabilities for reason.

Almost every day we hear of mass shootings in the US and H&M think their children are safer there?

Now I don't really know much of the background to this. But presumably H&M think that if thier children lived in Britain, they would need protection from MI5 or whatever.

Surely nobody can think that a normal, if well off, child in the US, is at more risk than the famous child of a member of the Royal family who has received death threats?

If so, why do we bother with secret service minders for all the royal children?

People seem to have lost all sense of proportion when it comes to these two.

Too many unkind comments on here. People seem to forget that the King and Queen Consort are hardly whiter than white. Diana might have become a loose cannon but she had a lot to contend with. She must have realised quite quickly that she had been chosen to provide Charles with heirs. Camilla could have called a halt to the affair if she’d wanted to. William has always had his place and has Katherine who chose to be his wife, changing university and then persuading William to change courses! As a strong woman she is extremely good for William but she had quite a few years of having William and Harry one on either side of her or just Harry when William had to be on duty elsewhere. She knew exactly what she was taking on and is doing an excellent job but maybe just maybe she didn’t like another strong woman making the trio a quartet. Just my thoughts and I’m glad Harry has got someone for himself instead of being the odd one out.

We don’t have secret service minders for all the royal children! Only William and Catherine’s children get full time protection. That’s because they’re next in line to the throne. The only other royals who get protection are working royals and that’s only when they’re actually working. The King and Queen, and William and his family get 24 hour protection. No one else.

Well any answers? Is Louis going to the coronation? I’ll bet no, but of course we don’t know. He’d be quite entertaining though wouldn’t he?

He'd be immature to still think that way to any significant extent.
People divorce and move on