Prince George and Camilla’s grandchildren expected to have coronation roles: report
When King Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, are crowned this May, they may have some of their grandchildren and stepgrandchildren at their sides.
According to a report in The Telegraph on Sunday, Prince George is “likely to have a role” in Charles and Camilla’s coronation. George’s parents, William and Kate, the prince and princess of Wales, are “still considering what would be best” for the 9-year-old, given the global spectacle of the event, and “will want to make sure the pressure of a formal role will not be too great,” the newspaper adds.
Meanwhile, Prince George’s younger siblings — Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4, are expected to be spectators at the ceremony.
As for Charles’ other grandchildren, The Telegraph cites royal sources who say that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s children — Archie, who will turn 4 on coronation day, and Lilibet, 20 months — will not make the trip from California for the occasion.
The Sunday Times, meanwhile, reported over the weekend that Camilla wants her grandchildren to hold the canopy over her at the coronation — as an acknowledgment of how close the teens are to both her and Charles.
“The queen consort has said she does not want duchesses,” a royal source told the publication. “She would like it to be her grandchildren.”
The 75-year-old has five grandchildren: Lola, 15, and Freddy, 13, through her son, Tom Parker Bowles; and Eliza, 15, and twins Louis and Gus, 13, through her daughter, Laura Lopes.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will conduct Charles and Camilla’s coronation at Westminster Abbey on May 6, with the king wearing St. Edward’s Crown and the queen consort wearing Queen Mary’s crown.
“The coronation will reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement in October.