“Perfect compromise”: Kate Middleton was pleased by Meghan Markle’s absence at the coronation 04/13/2023, 14:15

The long negotiations of the 38-year-old Duke and the 41-year-old Duchess of Sussex with the apparatus of Charles III have ended. Buckingham Palace has announced that Prince Harry will attend the coronation alone. Meghan Markle and their children, 3-year-old Archie and 1-year-old Lilibet, will not be at the ceremony.

Royal officials said the decision was a “perfect compromise”, especially for Kate Middleton. It’s no secret that the 41-year-old Princess of Wales doesn’t have the warmest relationship with her husband’s brother and his wife. While tensions will certainly be in the air, Meghan’s absence will make life a little easier for the senior members of the British monarchy. “Charles will be delighted. The rest of the royal family is very happy that Meghan won’t be there. It would be especially uncomfortable for Kate,” the insider said.

Royal expert Robert Jobson said Prince William’s wife could hardly bear to meet the Duke of Sussex during the mourning events following Elizabeth II’s death. Afterwards, the two couples appeared together at a memorial service at Windsor Castle. “Kate’s walk through Windsor with Harry and Meghan after the Queen’s death was one of the hardest things she has ever had to do,” the author said in her new book Our King.

According to Robert, the Princess of Wales told the senior royal that it was difficult for her because of the animosity between the couples. The two brothers and their wives left together two days after the Queen’s death in September last year.

Sources say it was William’s idea to demonstrate unity and show some kind of reconciliation with his younger brother amid shared grief. But Jobson noted that this was only an “illusion”. According to the Daily Mail, even not the most observant users noticed how aloof and deliberately polite William and Kate treated Harry and Meghan.

Approximate Charles III said he was delighted that “his lovely boy” would attend the coronation, which will take place on May 6. At the same time, the king regrets that his youngest son’s wife and grandchildren will be absent. At the same time, Buckingham Palace officials breathed a sigh of relief – they want the new monarch and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, and not the “drama of the Dukes of Sussex” to be the focus of the day.