Will they or won’t they? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s attendance at this year’s Trooping the Colour is unlikely, according to royal historian Gareth Russell.“I don’t think they need to be invited,” the Do Let’s Have Another Drink!
author exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, June 13. “Not as a kind of insult to them, but you know, it’s a long trip to make from California for the sake of Trooping the Colour. … I think this is one of the events where the Sussexes were never going to be invited.”Russell reminded Us that Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, are “not working royals anymore,” so don’t have the same pressure to attend these traditional events.
The expectations were different, however, for King Charles III‘s coronation.“I don’t suppose either party particularly wants to start the [back and forth] again,” Russell added, referring to the widespread speculation about whether the Archewell cofounders would travel to the U.K.
to see Charles, 74, be crowned. (Harry ultimately attended the May celebration without his wife.)The first annual birthday parade of Charles’ reign will take place on Saturday, June 17, though his actual birthday isn’t until November.
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