Why Meghan Markle won’t attend the coronation

Meghan Markle will not be attending King Charles’ coronation. Here’s why.

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00:00King Charles's coronation takes place this weekend, but we need to talk about why Meghan

00:04Markle will not be in attendance. Last month, Buckingham Palace confirmed that Prince Harry

00:08would be present at his father's coronation, but his wife Meghan Markle has opted out.

00:12Their son Prince Archie's fourth birthday happens to fall on May 6th,

00:15the same day as Charles's coronation. It's being reported that Markle will be spending

00:19that weekend in California celebrating Archie's big day with him and his sister Lilibet,

00:24hence her absence. This comes after months of speculation about whether the couple would be

00:27welcome after raising charges of racism and media manipulation at the royal family,

00:32as detailed in their Netflix series Harry and Meghan and Harry's bombshell memoir, Spare.

00:36It will be the first time Harry has been seen with the royal family since Spare was published.

00:40The last time Harry and Meghan were seen in public together with other members of the royal family

00:44was at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in September of last year. The tension between

00:48Harry and his family once again arose in May when they were reportedly asked to

00:52vacate their home at Windsor Castle.