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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry spoke retired aft speculation arose surrounding the reasoning down Meghan Markle's determination to not be King Charles III's coronation.
Why Meghan Markle Isn't Attending The Royal Coronation
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are looking to acceptable the grounds straight.
On April 21, The Telegraph reported that Meghan sent a missive to King Charles III astir concerns implicit unconscious bias successful the royal household astir the clip of her and Harry's 2021 interrogation with Oprah Winfrey.
During their beryllium down with Oprah, Meghan alleged that "several conversations" were had with Harry and an unidentified royal astir "how dark" Meghan and Harry's firstborn child's tegument would be.
The Telegraph added that this alleged correspondence betwixt Charles and Meghan is "thought to beryllium 1 of the factors" down her determination to not be the upcoming coronation.
Now, the mates is addressing the speculation surrounding her lack astatine the upcoming event.
"The Duchess of Sussex is going astir her beingness successful the present, not reasoning astir correspondence from 2 years agone related to conversations from 4 years ago," the couple's spokesperson told E! News successful an April 22 statement. "Any proposition different is mendacious and frankly ridiculous."
The spokesperson added, "We promote tabloid media and assorted royal correspondents to halt the exhausting circus that they unsocial are creating."
The chatter astir her program to not be comes aft a rep for the mates told E! News April 12 that Harry volition beryllium contiguous for the coronation, portion Meghan stays backmost in California with kids Archie Harrison, 3, and Lilibet Diana, 22 months.
At the time, Buckingham Palace also confirmed Harry's attendance to the coronation, which is taking spot connected Archie's 4th day May 6.
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Despite Meghan and Harry not attending the royal gathering together, the mates was featured in the souvenir program, which deed newsstands successful the U.K. April 17.
In the pamphlet, one of King Charles' 70th day portraits was included, which sees the Duke and Duchess of Sussex posing adjacent to King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Kate Middleton and their 3 children, Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4.
George volition beryllium stepping into an important relation for the coronation, arsenic helium volition beryllium serving as one of the 8 Pages of Honour that volition locomotion the procession and transportation the robes wrong Westminster Abbey. George volition beryllium joined successful this grant by Camilla's grandchildren Freddy Parker Bowles, Gus Lopes and Louis Lopes and her great-nephew Arthur Elliot.
Leading up to the event, the Palace antecedently said, "The coronation volition bespeak the monarch's relation contiguous and look towards the aboriginal portion being rooted successful longstanding traditions and pageantry."
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