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King Charles III and his wife, Queen Camilla, will officially be crowned this weekend at the coronation.
On Saturday, the royal family and 2,000 highly regarded guests will gather at Westminster Abbey for the extravagant coronation of King Charles III.
The 74-year-old monarch ascended to the British throne following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Sept. 8, 2022.
A recent study conducted ahead of the event found that the majority of young Brits are “not interested” in the royal family and believe the soon-to-be-anointed king is “out of touch.”
Yet several controversies around the royal institution have nabbed significant headlines as some view the monarchy itself to be outdated.
Charles’ brother, Prince Andrew — also known as The Problem Prince — will be in attendance, though he’s not expected to have a major role in the festivities.
Controversy-laden Prince Harry will also be present despite his cracked relationship with the royal family — including his now-literally distant brother, Prince William — especially after his bombshell memoir “Spare” and the Netflix docuseries “Harry & Meghan.”Prince Harry will attend the coronation — but Meghan Markle will not
King Charles’ youngest son, Prince Harry, 38, traveled to London for the coronation on Friday, as Buckingham Palace confirmed last month
However, his wife, Meghan Markle, 41, will stay home in California with the pair’s children: Princess Lilibet, 1, and Prince Archie, who turns 4 on the day of his grandfather’s coronation.
Still, former royal butler Paul Burrell told the Sun that he believes the estranged royal will likely be seated 10 rows behind his famous family — or possibly just three rows back — and would not stick around to catch up with them, either, especially after making explosive claims about them in “Spare.”Competing with Prince Archie’s birthday
Coincidentally, the coronation ceremony takes place on the same day as Prince Archie’s fourth birthday, May 6, and as a source previously recently proclaimed: “There was no way that Meghan was going to miss her son’s birthday.”
Another source added that “it is a shame” that Archie and Lilibet will not be in attendance on “such a historic occasion.”
Meghan also has faced royally disruptive issues within her own family, with her ailing, estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr.
