Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attending Coronation 'will ruin it' as 'weak' King Charles warned not to invite Sussexes

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attending the Coronation will "ruin it" according to a royal commentator
Ben Birchall
Svar Nanan-Sen

By Svar Nanan-Sen


Published: 23/02/2023

- 09:15

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have not confirmed whether they will or will not attend the ceremony in May 2023

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attending the Coronation will "ruin it" according to a royal commentator.

Tom Bower told GB News that King Charles is a "weak man" and that he should send a message to Harry and Meghan by seating the couple far away from the rest of the Royal Family if they do attend the Coronation.


Bower added that "people are sick" of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

He said: "His problem is that he is a weak man in a way and he's worried about Harry.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, London, after the announcement of their engagement.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stepped down as working royals in 2020
Dominic Lipinski

"If only he said to Harry, look, come to the Coronation, but you can have row Q, seat 54 and viewers partly obscured by a column, then the message will get through.

"But I think if he allows Harry to come to the Coronation, it is gonna ruin the Coronation.

"It'll be overshadowed by Harry's presence and Meghan's too.

"So I think Charles has to make a decision now. The king has to decide and I think that people are on the whole getting sick to death of Harry."

He added: "I think his behaviour now is going to irritate people again.

"People will be sick to death of him, hopefully very soon."

It comes as Prince Harry is contemplating snubbing King Charles as he and Meghan Markle share a "predicament" on whether to attend the Coronation ceremony.

Harry and Meghan also have a potential clash in their calendar as their son Archie's birthday is on May 6, the same day that the Coronation kicks off.

King Charles's Coronation will take place in May 2023
King Charles's Coronation will take place in May 2023
Eddie Mulholland/The Telegraph

A friend of the couple said: "It’s complicated. There are a million different variables.

Anybody could understand the predicament."

On whether Harry and Meghan will attend, the friend said: "They’ll cross that bridge when they come to it."

They added on them not receiving their Coronation invitation, which are understood to not have been sent out yet: "They do not have any insight. They’re in limbo."