Harry and Meghan told to stay AWAY from King Charles's coronation trends now
A coalition of political grandees, senior military figures and respected historians last night urged the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to stay away from next year’s Coronation following the fallout from their incendiary Netflix series.
Amid a chorus of highly regarded voices calling on Harry and Meghan to stay at home, one former Cabinet Minister said the couple ‘categorically should not be’ at Westminster Abbey when Charles is crowned on May 6.
The intervention comes days after the first episodes of the series included Harry’s claims of ‘unconscious bias’ regarding race in the Royal Family; an inflammatory description of the late Queen’s beloved Commonwealth as ‘Empire 2.0’; and Meghan’s ostentatious parody of a curtsey.
Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith told The Mail on Sunday: ‘If they dislike the Royal Family so much why would they attend the Coronation?’
A coalition of political grandees, senior military figures and respected historians last night urged the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to stay away from the Coronation
Fellow Tory veteran David Mellor said: ‘They make money out of selling their family down the river. I think it should be made clear that the British people do not want them there'
Fellow Tory veteran David Mellor echoed the sentiment, saying: ‘They shouldn’t come to the Coronation. They categorically shouldn’t come.
‘They make money out of selling their family down the river. I think it should be made clear that the British people do not want them there.’
He also suggested that people ‘would be perfectly entitled to boo if the couple did turn up’, adding: ‘They are a sad pair and there is no hope for them on their current course.’
Lady Antonia Fraser, the historian and author, added: ‘I hope they don’t come because I want the King and Queen to be the centre of attention. It worries me that if they come the cameras might waste time on them. They should stay holding hands in Hollywood.’
A poll for The Mail on Sunday today reveals almost half the public agree the couple should be barred from the Coronation. Also, twice as many people think Prince Harry should be excluded from the line of succession and be stripped of his Duke Of Sussex title, compared to those who believe they should be allowed to maintain their status.
Lady Antonia Fraser, the historian and author, added: ‘I hope they don’t come because I want the King and Queen to be the centre of attention'
A poll for The Mail on Sunday today reveals almost half the public agree the couple should be barred from the Coronation
Yesterday, yet another trailer was released to promote the final three episodes of the Netflix show, which will be released on Thursday. In it, Harry and Meghan reveal that their first dance on their wedding night was to Wilson Pickett’s Land Of 1,000 Dances, with Meghan saying she was ‘spinning like a whirlwind’.
As well as details of their romance, the new instalments are expected to contain even more explosive material covering the couple’s break with the Royal Family. In the first episodes, Harry asserted that a ‘race element’ meant Meghan was ‘treated differently’ from
