Britain's Prince Harry is to attend his father King Charles’s coronation, but Meghan Markle will miss the historic occasion and stay in California with the couple’s children, Buckingham Palace has announced.
Harry, who laid bare his troubled relationship with the royal family in his controversial Netflix documentary and autobiography Spare, will be there to witness Charles and stepmother Camilla be crowned in Westminster Abbey on May 6th.
Meghan will not travel to the UK and instead stay in the US with the couple’s children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
The Palace said in a brief statement on Wednesday: “Buckingham Palace is pleased to confirm that the Duke of Sussex will attend the Coronation Service at Westminster Abbey on 6th May.
“The Duchess of Sussex will remain in California with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.”
The news ends months of speculation about whether the couple would show up to the king’s big day, but will undoubtedly see Meghan accused of snubbing the British monarch and the royal family.
May 6th is Archie’s fourth birthday.
