Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have received the invitation to the King Charles’ Coronation
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have confirmed they have been
invited to the King Charles’ Coronation – but have refused to say whether they
will be attending.
Their spokesperson confirmed that the Duke and
Duchess of Sussex received an email from the Palace about the event on May
6th, 2023.
According to the Mail on Sunday, despite the notice by the King to
“vacate” their Windsor home, the couple will be able to stay at the Frogmore
Cottage, should they fly to England to attend the ceremony.
The
news came a day after Prince Harry’s livestream session about his memoir,
Spare, in which he was interviewed by Dr Gabor Maté. In the interview he
detailed his life at the palace and how he was deprived of hugs during his
“incredibly painful” childhood.
Currently, Harry’s cousin, Princess Eugenie, who is expecting her
second child, still uses Frogmore when in the UK with her family, and has
helped to pack up some of the Sussex’s belongings and ship them to the
couple’s US home, sources told the Mail.
King Charles is said to
have told officials to give the Sussexes notice to quit Frogmore Cottage on
January 11, the day after Spare came out. His decision to remove one of the
final links his son has to the UK was also described as indicative of the
current state of the relationship between the two sides of the family.
The changes are part of Charles’ residence shakeup meant to
streamline the monarchy and remove perks for non-working royals.
For
nearly three years, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have lived in Southern
California, where they moved after stepping down as senior working royals.
While
they had moved to the United States, they still did hold the Frogmore Cottage,
which they received from the late queen as a wedding gift. They also spent
nearly $3 million on renovating the place according to their liking.
