Palace makes coronation plans for Harry and Meghan
BUCKINGHAM Palace is making plans for Harry and Meghan to attend King Charles’s Coronation.
Staff organising logistics for the historic occasion have been instructed to include the pair in their programme for May 6, sources have said.
Insiders caution that there has been no word yet that the couple have formally accepted King Charles’s invitation, which their spokesman revealed was recently sent to them in California ‘by email’.
It is likely that negotiations around what events the couple would attend, where they would sit, what they would wear and, their security, will go right to the wire.
But the fact that officials are anticipating their attendance is the strongest suggestion yet that the couple could make an appearance, despite spending much of the last three years throwing brickbats at the monarchy as an institution as well as the rest of the British royal family.
One source told the Mail last night: ‘Harry and Meghan are being factored into all of the planning... the cars, the seating plans, dining arrangements, everything.
‘No one knows for certain whether this means they have definitely accepted – it could, of course, be just in case they do – but it’s clearly not a “no”. The staff are certainly working on the expectation they are coming.
These kind of arrangements have to be made well in advance.’
A second source with knowledge of Harry and Meghan’s thoughts on the issue backed the suggestion they could fly over, saying: ‘The indication is that they are, although there is a lot that needs to be worked through first.’
Last night a palace source confirmed the Mail’s story, saying it was ‘always easier to make plans and provisions that might subsequently have to be dropped than not make any and then suddenly have to get that in motion further down the line’.
A spokesman for the couple revealed last week that they had received an email about the coronation but added no decision on the couple’s attendance would be disclosed.