Prince Harry Leaves Coronation Solo: What You Didn't See on TV
etonline.comPrince Harry is taking a back seat, literally, on his father's historic coronation day. The 38-year-old author journeyed from his home in California to be in attendance at the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday at Westminster Abbey in the U.K., but in a moment not captured by TV cameras, Harry was spotted waiting alone for 10 minutes outside Westminster Abbey before getting in the back seat of a sedan and driving away.
Meanwhile, his brother, Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children exited the church together, following the king and Queen Camilla in an elaborate processional back to Buckingham Palace.This after Harry was notably relegated to a seat in the third row of the abbey during the ceremony, two rows behind his brother's family.
Amid family tensions surrounding the release of Harry's memoir, the prince had no interaction with his father or brother during the event.
In another moment not seen on TV, Charles was anointed with Chrism oil by the Archbishop of Canterbury during the service while service personnel from the Regiments of the Household Division held up a curtain.Buckingham Palace called it «most solemn and personal of moments,» explaining why the privacy screen was used. «It has historically been regarded as a moment between the Sovereign and God, with a screen or canopy in place given the sanctity of the Anointing.»Earlier that morning, Harry was spotted entering the ceremony with his cousins, Princess Beatrice, Princes Eugenie, and Zara Tindall, as well as their respective spouses.
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