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Prince George's Role successful King Charles III's Coronation Revealed
The royal impermanent database for King Charles III's upcoming coronation volition see Prince Harry.
Buckingham Palace announced connected April 12 that the Duke of Sussex is acceptable to be his father's ceremony, portion Meghan Markle volition not marque the travel overseas. According to the statement, the Duchess of Sussex will be staying successful the United States with kids Archie Harrison, 3, and Lilibet Diana, 22 months. (The coronation happens to autumn connected Archie's 4th birthday.)
This update comes 1 period aft a rep for the Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, confirmed that they'd received "email correspondence" from the king's office about the coronation.
At the time, the couple's spokesperson told the Associated Press, "An contiguous determination connected whether the Duke and Duchess volition be volition not beryllium disclosed by america astatine this time." However, they've present travel to a determination that conscionable Harry volition articulation his household astatine the coronation astatine London's Westminster Abbey.
During the service, which volition beryllium conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles volition beryllium formally crowned alongside Queen Consort Camilla. "The coronation volition bespeak the monarch's relation contiguous and look towards the future," the Palace antecedently said, "while being rooted successful longstanding traditions and pageantry."
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On April 4, more details were announced astir the royal ceremony, including the relation Prince William and Kate Middleton's eldest lad Prince George volition play successful the coronation.
The 9-year-old volition service arsenic 1 of the 8 Pages of Honour that volition locomotion the procession and transportation the robes wrong Westminster Abbey. Joining George successful this work volition be Camilla's grandchildren Freddy Parker Bowles, Gus Lopes and Louis Lopes, along with her great-nephew Arthur Elliot.
The royal household has besides made definite that the precocious Queen Elizabeth II's tone is felt during the coronation proceedings, adjacent featuring the lily of the valley—a favourite angiosperm of the monarch—on the invitations.
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Charles antecedently honored his parent aft her decease successful September. "Thank you for your emotion and devotion to our household and to the household of nations you person served truthful diligently each these years," helium said successful his archetypal code arsenic sovereign. "May 'flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest.'"
"Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen—my beloved Mother—was an inspiration and illustration to maine and to each my family, and we beryllium her the astir heartfelt indebtedness immoderate household tin beryllium to their mother; for her love, affection, guidance, knowing and example," helium added. "Queen Elizabeth was a beingness good lived; a committedness with destiny kept and she is mourned astir profoundly successful her passing. That committedness of lifelong work I renew to you each today."
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