Meghan Markle releases statement blasting 'ridiculous' Coronation absence claim

Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle has released a statement responding to claims she is not going to King Charles's Coronation due to receiving an unsatisfactory response to concerns she raised about "unconscious bias" in the monarchy

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Svar Nanan-Sen

By Svar Nanan-Sen


Published: 23/04/2023

- 08:38

Updated: 23/04/2023

- 08:45

The Duchess of Sussex has blasted the report as "frankly ridiculous and false"

Meghan Markle has released a statement responding to claims she is not going to King Charles's Coronation due to receiving an unsatisfactory response to concerns she raised about "unconscious bias" in the monarchy.

The Duchess of Sussex has blasted the report as "ridiculous and false".


A spokesperson for Meghan Markle told GB News: "The Duchess of Sussex is going about her life in the present, not thinking about correspondence from two years ago related to conversations from four years ago.

"Any suggestion otherwise is false and frankly ridiculous.

Meghan Markle

The Duchess of Sussex has blasted the report as "ridiculous and false".

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"We encourage tabloid media and various royal correspondents to stop the exhausting circus that they alone are creating."

It comes as the Telegraph reported that Meghan expressed her concerns about unconscious bias in the Royal family in a letter to Charles following her interview with Oprah Winfrey.

A source told the newspaper that Meghan still feels she has not received a satisfactory response to the concerns she raised to the Royal Family.

During the television interview in 2021, Meghan claimed that a member of the monarchy had speculated about the colour of her unborn Archie's skin.

Meghan's letter to Charles was sent in reply to one he had sent her and in their letters, they identify the member of the Royal Family who made the comment.

Charles and Meghan both acknowledged that the remark was not made with malice, according to a source.

Last week it was announced that Prince Harry will attend King Charles's Coronation without Meghan.

The Duchess of Sussex will stay in California with their young children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

The Duchess of Sussex will stay in California with their young children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

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Prince Archie's fourth birthday, May 6 2023, falls on the same day as King Charles's Coronation.

The Palace said in a statement: "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."

Whilst Archewell, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s charitable foundation, issued a nearly identical statement to Buckingham Palace confirming the Duke of Sussex will join guests at the Coronation.

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