This Saturday, May 6, 2023, Charles III was crowned in Westminster Abbey, London. After the ceremony, part of the royal family took the direction of Buckingham Palace to greet the crowd gathered in front of the palace gates on the balcony, but Prince Harry was conspicuous by his absence.
A rather special family portrait. This Saturday, May 6, in front of 2,000 handpicked guests, Charles III and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles were crowned in the magnificent Westminster Abbey, a religious building enthroned in the British capital. The presence of Prince Harry was particularly scrutinized during this historic day. The one who had not had an official role during the ceremony therefore kept a low profile and slipped away on the sly at the end of the coronation. The Duke of Sussex has therefore missed on the balcony from Buckingham Palace and then did not have the opportunity to greet the crowd and the royal troops alongside his father, his mother-in-law, the Prince and Princess of Wales, their children or even the Princess Anne and her husband Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, as well as Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, the central core of the Crown. For their part, Edward and Katharine de Kent created a surprise by appearing on the balcony.
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Meghan Markle’s husband has indeed cut short this day of celebrations to fly to the country of Uncle Sam. According to our colleagues from Hello!, who reportedly spoke to a lip-reading expert, Prince Harry reportedly whispered at the end of the coronation: “I’m going straight to the airport”, during an exchange with Jack Brooksbank, the husband of Princess Eugenie. Indeed, it has been reported many times that the youngest of the late Lady Diana wanted to get back to California in time to attend the fourth birthday of her little Archie. According to information from Page Six, published on May 5, Kate Middleton’s brother-in-law should thus take a return flight to Montecitotwo hours after the ceremony, around 3 p.m. local time.
Freezing atmosphere between Harry and William
The absence of Prince Harry from the balcony of Buckingham, a showcase of the happy days of the Crown, could further widen the gap between him and the royal family. Moreover, if his coming to England had given rise to some hope for reconciliation, the distance between the Duke of Sussex and Prince William during the coronation did not really tip the balance in this direction. In fact, the two brothers were distant. The Prince of Wales may still have a painful memory of the revelations made by his younger brother in the book The Alternate where Prince Harry had notably mentioned an argument in 2019 during which his eldest would have thrown him to the ground in the dog bowl.