Harry and Meghan WILL be invited to King’s coronation – inside secret plans to make it happen
HARRY and Meghan WILL be invited to the King’s coronation with organisers planning for them to attend, The Sun can reveal.
Insiders say the “working assumption” is the pair will be at the May 8th ceremony, despite fears they may upstage the historic moment with an awkward reunion.
The Royal Family are still reeling from the revelations in Prince Harry’s biography Spare and the Sussexes’ tell-all Netflix bombshells including his fight with Prince William.
But officials working on the coronation plans say there has been no suggestion from Buckingham Palace that the pair would be excluded from the three day event to crown King Charles III.
With invitations to the 90 minute Westminster Abbey service due to go out this month, sources say the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will both make the 2,000 strong guestlist of royals, dignitaries and world leaders.
One official involved in coronation planning, told The Sun: “They will definitely be invited, and we are working on the assumption that they will come.”
The special bank holiday weekend will see a series of processions and the King appearing on the Palace balcony twice.
After the service, the newly-crowned King and Queen Consort will take part in a large ceremonial parade known as the Coronation Procession.
As non-working Royals it is not yet clear what role the Sussexes would play in these wider festivities and balcony moments.
Coronation planners are hopeful the pair will arrive in the UK earlier than just the official weekend to avoid the first awkward encounters distracting from the historic day.
The source familiar with the plans added: “It would be helpful if they came earlier though so it’s not a total circus on the day.”
Hundreds of officials across Whitehall and the Foreign Office are working on the plans, with tens of thousands expected in the capital to cheer on the new King.
The guestlist has been drawn up by the Palace but in close consultation with 10 Downing Street and the Foreign Office – with scores of foreign royals and leaders all expected to attend.
Asked on Thursday by Piers Morgan if Harry and Meghan should be invited, Rishi Sunak refused to say either way.
The floundering PM said: “I had a feeling you might ask me that.
“You know I can’t talk about the Royal Family.”