It’s like an episode of Coronation Street, except it’s for real and the invitations for the real coronation of Britain’s King Charles III have been sent out, and a certain couple hasn’t yet received theirs.
Hmm.
To add to the whole thing, the King has ordered his second son, Prince Harry, and his young family to move out of Frogmore, the place on the grounds of Windsor Castle where they would stay when visiting England. He wants to give it to Prince Andrew and his collection of teddy bears instead.
I’ll say this about Harry and Meghan. When you get bumped in the official pecking order by the questionable Prince Andrew, you know you’ve got a bit of a PR crisis within the family.
Too bad Harry spent a couple of million dollars in renovating the old place just before he went on his world tour of self-discovery and royal exposure. But it’s never mind that, out you go for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who now make their home in California away from the zombie apocalypse that is the British media.
I’ll not get into the who’s right and who’s wrong when it comes to the Royal Family’s laundry. I’ve watched the Netflix series, the Oprah interview, am currently reading the book. It’s pretty compelling stuff, but must be taken against the certainty that there will be no official response from the palace, so no “other side of the story” for those salivating with anticipation.
Apparently King Charles is pissed at his son Harry, who he’s even mused about possibly not being his son at all, owing to the shock of red hair Harry sports and the fact that one of Lady Diana’s suitors happened to be a red-head. Never mind that three of her siblings have red hair as well as her father, but still, the King doth muse. We’ll never know for sure, but Harry still seems to have that Windsor hair-loss going despite the red hair, so maybe he’s legit after all. He wouldn’t be the only royal walking around with red on top.
I hate to add to rumour and innuendo, but from my understanding, Harry and Meaghan have not received an invitation to Charles’ coronation this spring. That, and the Frogmore business, seems to suggest that Chuck The Third doesn’t mind throwing around the decision-making powers of the monarch in his dispute with the Duke.
For the sake of everyone involved, I hope this resolves as quickly as possible and in the most possible positive light. A family torn asunder like this is not a good thing for anyone other than the British tabloid press, a scourge if there ever was one.
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