Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s children have not been invited to the Coronation, according to reports.
The Duke and Duchess have received a formal invitation but it is understood that correspondence from Buckingham Palace did not mention three-year-old Archie or one-year-old Lilibet.
The Sussexes are yet to confirm whether they will be at King Charles’ crowning ceremony at Westminster Abbey on May 6.
Asked if Archie and Lilibet were invited, one royal source commented that they were “very young”, the Sunday Telegraph reports.
A spokesman for the Sussexes confirmed last week they had
received what is thought to be a private invitation to the Coronation from
the King’s office.
Yet the spokesman added: "An immediate
decision on whether the duke and duchess will attend will not be disclosed
by us at this time."
Meanwhile, Harry and Meghan appeared to be
at odds with Palace officials after insisting it had long been agreed that
their children were to be a prince and princess.
The Royal
Family’s official website was updated earlier this week to reflect the
children’s new titles of Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
The
Palace insisted they had been waiting for the duke and duchess to make their
wishes clear before acknowledging the titles.
But a spokesman for
Harry and Meghan said the decision to use the titles had been "settled for
some time in alignment with Buckingham Palace". The spokesman added: "The
children’s titles have been a birthright since their grandfather became
monarch."
Archie and Lili could be called prince and princess from the
day Charles became King six months ago. But the Sussexes only publicly used
Lili’s title for the first time on Wednesday when announcing their
daughter’s christening.
The two children are now listed on
royal.uk’s line of succession page as Prince Archie of Sussex and Princess
Lilibet of Sussex after previously being described as Master Archie
Mountbatten-Windsor and Miss Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.
They
are sixth and seventh in line to the throne, having each moved up a place
after the death of the late Queen.
