On Saturday, Prince Harry attended King Charles III’s coronation, the first time he was seen in public with his family since the publication of his explosive memoir “Spare.”
However, the Duke of Sussex did not emerge alongside members of the royal family on Saturday afternoon to greet the public from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, which is a highlight of royal engagements.
According to AWN, Prince Harry was not invited to join the family for this balcony occasion, which included a scaled-down Royal Air Force flypast. Prince Andrew was also not present.
Earlier in the day, Prince Harry arrived at Westminster Abbey with his uncles, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew, as well as two of his cousins, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.
Harry and Andrew sat in the third row of the service. Both are non-working royals who did not take part in the ceremony.
The King’s eldest son arrived in London without his wife, Meghan, or their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. They’ve returned to California to celebrate Archie’s fourth birthday.
In the run-up to Saturday’s celebrations, there was much curiosity about whether Harry would play a role – and whether his reappearance would signal that the family had moved on from the schism that saw the Sussexes step down from their position as senior members of the royal family.
In “Spare,” Harry launched a series of incendiary claims against members of his family, recalling a number of private clashes with other senior royals and detailing his divorce from the family.
Among the most dramatic claims in Harry’s memoirs, which was published in January, was that his older brother, Prince William, knocked him to the ground after an altercation about Meghan.
Harry met members of his family publicly for the first time since the book’s publishing at the coronation.
The palace had stated that it would not comment on whether the duke will appear on the renowned balcony of Buckingham Palace following the wedding at Westminster Abbey.
Kate Williams, an AWN royal historian, previously described Harry’s participation at the coronation as a “flying visit.”
“[Prince Harry] will be attending his father’s coronation, but it will not be a family reunion.” There won’t be many large family gatherings. “Certainly, there has been collateral damage,” she explained.
Williams went on to say that Harry’s appearance was a “show of unity,” but the amount of that unity is unknown.
