Prince Harry has had a heart-to-heart talk with Charles and wanted to show “support for his father” by attending the Coronation, claimed a source.
After plenty of speculation it was finally announced this week that Harry was in the end going to be present for his dad’s crowning at Westminster Abbey on May 6.
But Meghan Markle will remain behind in California to look after the children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
Harry, who laid bare his troubled relationship with the royal family in his controversial Netflix documentary and autobiography Spare, will be alongside other family members including his estranged brother Prince William and wife Kate.
While the Sussexes and the Royal Family have had a difficult relationship over the past few years, Charles and Harry did apparently have a heart-to-heart talk before the Duke agreed to come to the coronation.
There was a “willingness and wanting to mend on both sides” following the revelations in Harry’s autobiography, claimed a Sun source.
And Charles is believed to be fully understanding of Meghan’s desire to remain in California with their two children.
It is claimed by Sun sources that Harry wanted to attend the crowning to show “support for his father” and to mark the “importance and significance” of the occasion for the UK.
Buckingham Palace announced the news and Archewell, Harry and Meghan’s charitable foundation, issued a near identical statement.
And a Mirror royal source with knowledge of the Coronation plans said the King was “likely to be delighted” that Harry would attend .
The insider said: “The King has previously spoken of loving both his sons and that remains the case.
“Harry would have deeply regretted not attending the ceremony.
“Archie’s birthday has provided the perfect excuse for Meghan to stay behind and, with all things considered, it’s probably the right thing to do.”
The Coronation will be Harry’s first appearance in a public setting with Charles, Camilla, William and Kate since he lambasted them in his memoir, Spare, which was published in January.
A royal source said it was “fully expected” that Harry would stay at Frogmore Cottage, which he and Meghan were ordered to vacate earlier this year, while he is here as the King had granted him a reprieve until after the Coronation.
And despite Harry’s legal action against the Home Office over the decision to strip him of taxpayer-funded protection when he is in the UK, the source said royal protection officers would be responsible for his safety as he was attending a State occasion with the Royal Family.
Speculation has been mounting, though, where Harry would be placed in the congregation at Westminster Abbey.
