Charles' younger son Prince Harry will also attend the coronation, but three members of the royal family will be notably absent. Harry's wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and their two children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will not attend. The trio plan to stay behind in California, where they live.
Prince Harry attended the ceremony without his wife, Meghan Markle. Prince Harry and Princess Anne, along with the Prince and Princess of Wales, are among the royals attending the coronation.
Harry did not appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the ceremony, a longtime tradition for senior members of the royal family. Instead, newly-crowned King Charles III and Queen Camilla stood with the "working" members of the family as well as their grandkids — many of whom played roles during the ceremony.
While her husband Prince Harry attended the coronation of his father King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla in London, Duchess Meghan stayed in California to celebrate Archie's fourth birthday, which falls on the same day.
The other royal dukes—Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex included—will not, and therefore will have no role in the ceremony. (Here's a guide to everyone who has roles in the coronation.)
Inside the church, Harry sat in the third row behind Charles' siblings Princess Anne and Prince Edward, both of whom were in ceremonial dress.
Harry was invited for the coronation of his father King Charles III, but is no longer one of the active members of the Monarchy.
The Duke of Sussex's wife Megan, and their two children, did not come to the UK for the occasion.
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Prince Harry will attend his father's coronation, but his wife Meghan will not. Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry (shown here in January 2020) will attend the coronation service of his father, King Charles III, at Westminster Abbey on May 6.
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According to the BBC, world leaders from Russia, Belarus, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Syria, Venezuela, and Iran will not be attending. The outlet also reported that leaders from North Korea and Nicaragua were "offered the chance to attend at a diplomatic level."
The prince had arrived without his wife Meghan, who stayed in the US, and he left immediately afterwards for a return flight from Heathrow. The BBC understands he was not invited to appear on the balcony at Buckingham Palace following the ceremony.
It was the moment royal watchers had been waiting for. Following their coronation ceremony, King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, gathered on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, wearing their crowns, to wave at the crowds. Prince Harry, the son of Charles and Princess Diana, did not join him.
Prince Harry did not appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony alongside the Royal Family Saturday, with some reports saying he wasn't invited, after he arrived alone for King Charles III's coronation ceremony without a formal role during his first appearance with his family since releasing his tell-all memoir Spare.
Prince Harry did not join his family members on the balcony at Buckingham Palace after King Charles III's coronation Saturday because he is no longer a working royal.
Prince William, Princess Kate and family
Charles displayed a brief flutter of emotion as his son kissed his cheek.) Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis were seated between their parents. Louis was discreetly whisked away for a large chunk of the ceremony because, well, he's five.
The Prince and Princess of Wales were the picture of royal duty at King Charles III's coronation on Saturday. Clad in formal uniform, at the request of the monarch, William and Kate arrived at Westminster Abbey alongside their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
Camilla is a non-birth member of the royal family, so she will not hold authority, but she was crowned queen alongside her husband, the king. The pair first met when they were young and have walked a long, winding road to get to a point where Charles, 74, could call her his wife and now, queen.
King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan; King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain; and King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden all attended the Coronation. Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco were also in attendance.
A royal expert has claimed the real reason Lady Pamela Hicks isn't invited to the Coronation is because her father prevented Charles from marrying Camilla.
The Californian-based Duke of Sussex, 38, landed in the UK without his wife Meghan and two children. The published author sat alongside Princess Eugenie, 33, her husband Jack Brooksbank and Princess Alexandra, the 86-year-old cousin of Queen Elizabeth.
In December 2008, Prince Harry passed his Army Air Corps 'Grading' and Pilot's Selection Board interview to begin training to become and Army Air Corps Pilot in January 2009. On successful completion of that Army Pilots Course, Prince Harry was selected to train on the Apache Attack Helicopter.
Prince Harry followed in his brother's footsteps and went to Eton College, but was less academic than William. While he managed to get 11 GCSEs, he only studied two subjects at A-Level and got a B in Art and a D in Geography. Harry shunned university to pursue his lifelong ambition of joining the army.