King Charles III has decided to clear at least one wild rumor that has been going around since Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, caused such a commotion with their Netflix series.
Despite the transatlantic tug of war between the renegade couple and the Royal Family — King Charles with Prince William and Camilla, Queen Consort‘s blessings has decided to extend an olive branch to his son and daughter-in-law.
So many shocking revelations and accusations were made in Netflix’s Harry & Meghan that some royal observers and experts were adamant that Prince Harry and his wife were axed from the event that will mark 2023 — King Charles’s coronation ceremony.
However, King Charles, following his late mother’s rule of conduct, has refused to descend into indecency and childlike behavior and, therefore, will invite Prince Harry, Markle, and their young children — Archie and Lilibet Diana — to the grandiose and religious event on May 6.
A royal source confirmed to The Daily Mail: “Harry is his son, and His Majesty will always love him. While things are difficult at the moment, the door will always be left ajar.”
The invitation from King Charles might be considered a mixed blessing for Prince Harry and Markle, who may have to endure some rather archaic and embarrassing aspects of the coronation ceremony.
Prince Harry, like many other high-ranking members of the Royal Family, will be asked to pledge allegiance and pay tribute to King Charles.
That might be a heavy price tag for Prince Harry if he decides to accept the invitation. According to Newsweek: “Traditionally, royal dukes have played a senior role in the coronations of monarch’s leading members of the aristocracy in the swearing of an oath.”
The publication explained that when Queen Elizabeth II was coronated in 1953, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Gloucester, and the Duke of Kent kneeled and pledged allegiance to her by repeating a phrase: “I [insert name] Duke of [geographical area], do become your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship; and faith and truth will I bear unto you, to live and die, against all manner of folks. So help me, God.”
When King Charles is crowned, Prince William, the Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge; Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex; Prince Andrew, the Duke of York; Prince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, and Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, will take part in the coronation ceremony.
They will let the world know that they owe allegiance and service to His Majesty.
King Charles has opted for an opulent state ceremony that will be “rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry,” which has royal observers believing that Prince Harry and the four other Dukes will pay homage to His Majesty.
Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliam said he thinks the ceremony will be unchanged and added: “We don’t know the details of the ceremony yet, although its religious core is likely to be unchanged. There will be considerable interest in what part, if any, the Sussexes will play in it.”
By the time the coronation ceremony comes along, Prince Harry will have said a lot about King Charles, and having him swear his allegiance to him on live television in front of millions of people will be rather odd.
