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Chiara Fiorillo

Harry and Meghan 'will be invited to King's coronation even if they make further claims'

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will reportedly be invited to the King's coronation despite the claims they made against the Royal Family in their Netflix documentary.

King Charles is said to have told the Duke and Duchess of Sussex they are welcome to attend the event in May.

Yesterday, the second part of the Sussexes' Netflix series came out, which saw Harry make claims against his father and brother William too.

Harry claimed at a family gathering to decide Harry and Meghan's future in the institution, William shouted and screamed at him while King Charles told lies as the late Queen sat there and listened.

The King has reportedly extended an olive branch to Harry and Meghan (Getty Images)

Sources familiar with the Firm told the Daily Mail that despite the claims made against him in the documentary, the King will always keep a door open for his son - and that he will not want his coronation to be side-tracked by drama.

The insider said: "Harry is his son and His Majesty will always love him. While things are difficult at the moment, the door will always be left ajar."

Another source said it is unlikely that Harry and Meghan will be left out of the major event even if Harry makes further accusations in his memoir 'Spare' which is coming out in January.

However, an insider claimed it would be "utterly hypocritical" for the Sussexes to attend the coronation after the claims they have made against the Firm in recents months.

Harry claimed his brother William shouted at him (Getty Images)

The unnamed source said: "It would be utterly hypocritical but then again not entirely unsurprising if they did, let's just say."

One more person said: "I know conversations have been had around them attending the Coronation and while there are a lot of potential pitfalls between now and then, I can't see His Majesty's attitude to this changing."

In the series, Harry said his relationship with his family during his final engagement as a working royal "felt cold".

In the fifth episode, Meghan said that the first time they saw the rest of the royal family during their farewell tour was at their final engagement – a Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London.

Harry said they were sad to be leaving the UK (Netflix)

"The first time that we saw the other members of the family was in public at Westminster Abbey," she explains.

Harry says they were nervous, adding: "We were nervous about seeing the family because of all the TV cameras, and everybody watching at home, and everybody watching in the audience… And it’s like living through a soap opera, where everybody else uses you as entertainment."

He admits he felt distant from the rest of his family during the event, adding: "I felt very distant from the rest of my family, which was interesting, because so much of how they operate is about what it looks like rather than what it feels like. And it looked cold, but it also felt cold."

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