Suggestions King Charles has offered his son “olive branches” ahead of their reunification at the Coronation have been overblown, according to royal commentator Lady Colin Campbell.
The King is reportedly delighted at his son's decision to attend the crowning ceremony, but accepts bridges must be built between the two as they remain estranged.
Lady Colin Campbell believes this is not the case however, and the monarch is acting carefully as to what information he divulges during any possible conversations with his son.
She told GB News' Dan Wootton that lines have been drawn between the pair as they prepare to meet again.
Lady C says the pair are far from putting the past behind them
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There have been suggestions the monarch is offering an olive branch to Harry and Meghan by including them in a family photo in the first images from the King’s Coronation souvenir programme.
The photograph was taken by royal photographer Chris Jackson on King Charles’s 70th birthday in 2018.
King Charles is stepping up Coronation preparations
Reuters Harry is seen stood next to his older brother Prince William, with Meghan to his left, in the photo that was taken five years ago.Preparations for the May 6 event are ramping up with the first dress rehearsal taking place and the Archbishop of Canterbury receiving the specialy-commissioned Coronation Bible which will be used by the King at the ceremony.
Charles will be presented with the King James Bible – which is hand-bound in red leather and decorated in gold leaf – during the May 6 service and place his hand on it when he takes his coronation oath.
A Bible has been presented to the monarch this way since the joint coronation of William III and Mary II in 1689.
The earliest specially-produced Coronation Bible in the Royal Collection is from the coronation of George III in 1761 and since then a new Bible has been produced for each coronation service.
Archbishop Justin Welby commissioned Oxford University Press (OUP) to produce the work of Christian scriptures which was hand-bound and decorated by London bookbinders Shepherds, Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
The Archbishop said: “The Bible which will be presented to His Majesty the King is a reminder that Scripture is not just at the heart of the responsibilities he undertakes at the Coronation, but at the heart of Christian life.
“On this momentous occasion, the Bible will be the first and most important gift offered to the King.
“The Scriptures offer a guide and light to all – and I pray that His Majesty will continue to find them in these living words.”
