Prince Harry, in the background at the coronation

Prince Harry, who attended the coronation of his father, Charles III, without his wife Meghan this Saturday, remained in the background during the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, and was excluded from the subsequent family salute from the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

Enrique, dressed in a dark suit and several medals in slice, He spoke to his cousin Beatriz and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, upon arriving at an event in which he had no formal role.

Protocol placed the 38-year-old prince in the third row during the ceremony, two behind his brotherof Prince William, the heir to the throne, and also behind the second row he occupied during the funeral of Elizabeth II, in September.

Enrique advanced alone through the central nave Abbey to his seat, looking relaxed, smiling and greeting various people during the tour.

Many eyes were on Enrique’s public gathering with the rest of the royal family this Saturday, following the publication in January of “En la sombra” (“The Spare”, in English), a controversial memoir detailing his poor relationship with some of his relatives.

The British press revealed that Enrique arrived on Friday night at London from the USA on a commercial flight and planned to return shortly after the coronation to celebrate his son Archie’s birthday.

At the end of the ceremony, while the rest of the family went to the palace Buckingham, The prince got into a car that was captured shortly after by photographers heading west from London, in the direction of Heathrow Airport, writes the “Daily Mail” tabloid.

A lip-reading expert who studied images of the coronation told the magazine “Hello” that Enrique confirmed during the conversation with Princess Beatriz that he would go “straight to the airport” after the event.

Prince, Carlos’ youngest son and the late Princess Diana, he stepped down from his role as a working member of the British royal family in January 2020, before moving permanently to the United States with his wife.

He was also excluded from the procession and greetings from the palace Buckingham Prince Andrew, who was deposed in January amid a scandal that caused his legal battle with Virginia Giuffre, a woman who accused him of abusing her when she was a minor.