According to The Daily Mail, Prince Charles is keen for his son Prince Harry to attend the coronation and has asked Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, to mediate so that Harry and his wife Meghan Markle can attend the coronation.

Prince Charles wants the Archbishop to help broker a peace agreement, especially between William and Harry, that would allow Harry and Meghan to attend the May ceremony. Prince Charles is apparently "prepared to make concessions to allow them both to attend." Such concessions could include a high-profile seat for Harry and Meghan in Westminster Abbey, where the coronation will take place, and an informal guarantee that Harry and Meghan will be able to retain their titles as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

For their part, William feared that the Sussexes would overshadow the event, and "a walk with Meghan in an underprivileged London neighborhood, for example, could steal the limelight," the Daily Mail reported.

"The real question is whether she will attend the coronation, and if so, on what terms," says one source. The family is split, with Harry apparently not agreeing to anything at this stage and being told to "roll with the long game" until the last minute. Harry's camp has made it clear that there is absolutely no thought of him simply attending the coronation and behaving himself, only to be stripped of his title afterwards. He may eventually decide to give up his title of his own volition, but he is opposed to being forcibly stripped of it. He resents being lumped together with Andrew as two "problem princes" in the public mind, even though he believes the situation is quite different."

The archbishop presiding over the coronation had been asked to act as mediator between William and Harry as early as September, shortly after the Queen's death, and the archbishop, who would be presiding over the monarch's coronation for the first time since 1953, admitted to having a "nightmare" that the coronation would go wrong.

"I think I dreamt two nights ago that I came to the point [where the crown was to be placed on the king's head] and left it at Lambeth Palace," he said, according to the Daily Mail. 'I don't know how he got the crown to Lambeth Palace because it is guarded by half the army. But I was looking around and the king was looking at me. It's a nightmare. It's obviously weighing on me pretty heavily. The coronation weekend will be a time for the whole country to come together: ...... To be part of that, of course, is a lot of pressure, but it's a great honor."

And in addition to the pressure of officiating the coronation, Welby now has perhaps an even more complicated task: hopefully both William and Harry can reach a suitable agreement to attend the coronation, and in the process promote peace and healing in the brothers' strained relationship .......