"In a word," it's bad.There has been no reply yet from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle about attending Prince Charles' coronation on May 6, but if they do attend, they must be prepared to get the cold shoulder from some members of the royal family, The Mirror The Mirror reports that if they do attend, they will have to prepare for the cold shoulder from some members of the royal family.

Despite family rifts, the eviction of Frogmore, and the fact that the day of the ceremony is also son Archie's fourth birthday, the Sussexes are largely expected to attend the historic event. (The coronation has not been held since June 1953, when the late Majesty was crowned 70 years ago.) However, according to the Mirror, although the weather in London may warm up by May, the couple is expected to receive a cool welcome from some of their family members, who apparently have no desire to associate with the Sussexes and wish to be "seated in Iceland" for the ceremony at Westminster Abbey It seems. (3]

"They will get the cold shoulder from so many relatives," a friend of the royal family told the Daily Mail. One said to me, 'I want them to sit in Iceland. Many of the relatives don't want anything to do with them anymore. If we have to see them at the coronation, so be it, but we don't want to associate with them"

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It is understood that Harry and Meghan will not be invited to the traditional Buckingham Palace balcony. (Harry and Meghan stepped down from that assignment in January 2020 and have since built a new life in the United States.) Despite being evicted from their British home, Frogmore Cottage, when they fly in for the coronation, the couple will stay there and "enjoy Archie's birthday before the ceremony," the Mirror reported. The King has given Harry and Meghan until after the coronation in May to pack away their belongings from Frogmore Cottage."

While there, the couple will have "no control" and will be treated as fringes, the Sun reports: "Harry and Meghan will have no control over how this event unfolds," says royal expert Dr. Ed Owen. 'The royal family will have complete control over this event. The rehearsal schedule will be very tight. Everything will be organized down to the second, including how the event will unfold and the roles of the various performers. Even if Harry and Meghan do attend on the day, they will be behind the scenes of the event.

If they do go, it will be a sign of respect for the monarchy, royal writer Robert Hardman tells Page Six. This is not our show, it's his [Prince Charles'] show. Private family matters aside, that's a story for another day." The coronation, he added, "is both a state event and a family event. Pointing to Harry and Meghan's attendance at last year's Platinum Jubilee, he said, "They didn't try to front the main event, they didn't give interviews, they didn't have a Netflix crew following them down the aisle (of St. Paul's Cathedral). If they are wise, they will do so again this time."

But if they don't go, OK reports, it will show that "the rift" between the Sussex family and the royal family "will never heal. "The kind of symbolism of not going feels like giving up a little bit on the relationship with the royal family," Jack Royston, Newsweek's chief royal correspondent, said on the podcast "The Royal Report." 'It's like admitting defeat, and the rift will never heal. If he doesn't return to the UK to see his family for the coronation, what will he return for?

The next time the entire royal family will get together like this may be as far away as Prince George's wedding.

"But George is still, you know, an elementary school kid," Royston said. 'Who would put on an event of such magnitude that it would actually bring Harry and Meghan back? They might come back to see their friends, but that's not the same as seeing their family. That's the thing about the royal family, it takes a really deliberate effort to meet someone. You have to put it on your calendar to make it happen. So I think going [to the coronation] is about keeping hope alive."