Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, came alone for his father's coronation ceremony as his wife, Meghan Markle, and their children stayed back at home in California.
The king's younger son, who quit as a working royal in 2020 and later relocated to the United States, has not been seen in public with the royals since the publication of his memoir "Spare" earlier this year, in which he was harshly critical of his father, stepmother Queen Camilla, and brother, the Prince of Wales, reports The Guardian.
Relations between family members are thought to be exceedingly strained, and there was considerable discussion about whether Prince Harry would even attend the coronation. According to sources, Meghan's choice to stay absent was influenced by the fact that the coronation happened on their son Prince Archie's fourth birthday, it said.
The prince, who arrived in the UK on Friday, entered Westminster alone, surrounded by younger royals and sporting medals pinned to his suit jacket. He was placed two rows behind his elder brother and directly between Jack Brooksbank, the husband of the Duke of York's daughter Princess Eugenie, and Princess Alexandra, Elizabeth II's 86-year-old first cousin.
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The first row was designated for the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children.
Last September, Harry sat in the second row of Westminster Abbey, right behind Charles, for the Queen's funeral, it also said.
During the ceremony, when the crowd paid their respects to the king, Harry was spotted, along with the other royals there, saying, “God save King Charles. Long live King Charles. May the King live forever.”
Despite the fact that he is no longer a working royal, Harry is still fifth in line to the throne, behind the Prince of Wales and his three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, Harry and Meghan's children, are sixth and seventh in line, the report also mentioned.
Harry and the king's brother, the Duke of York, who is also no longer a working royal, will be missing from the parade behind the gold state carriage transporting the newly crowned king and queen from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace following the ceremony.
Harry is likely to attend only the abbey ceremony before travelling to the United States, the report concluded.