With regard to Prince Harry’s presence at King Charles’ impending birthday celebration, the spokesman for Prince Harry is now attempting to put the record right.
The Sunday Times claimed over the weekend that King Charles would celebrate his 75th birthday at Clarence House the next week. However, his younger son will “not make the trip from California,” where he moved in 2020 with his wife, Meghan Markle, and their family. The celebration will take place next week.
However, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex tells PEOPLE: “In response to U.K. media headlines, there has been no contact regarding an invitation to His Majesty’s upcoming birthday. It is disappointing the Sunday Times has misreported this story.” The statement was first reported by The Messenger.
Since the publication of the book titled “Spare” by the Duke of Sussex at the beginning of this year, relations between Prince Harry, who is 39 years old, and his family have been even more strained. On the other hand, the Duke of Sussex went to the United Kingdom. throughout the month of May in order to be there for his father’s coronation without his wife, who stayed in California in order to celebrate their son’s birthday, which occurred on the same day.
Prince Harry made his way to the airport shortly after the crowning ceremony that took place at Westminster Abbey. He was going to return home.
Harry and Meghan got an email regarding the royal event from King Charles’ office, not from Harry’s father himself, according to a close friend who spoke to PEOPLE prior to the coronation. The text made it quite obvious that the “sit-down” that the prince had hoped to have in order to discuss their problems was not going to take place.
They did not get any communication from Charles. Despite the fact that it is usually via someone else, Harry desired to hear directly from his father, as the buddy said.
According to Prince Harry, his solitary attendance at the coronation is due to his desire to have a “family, not an institution.” He has claimed that this is the reason for his ambition.
“This is about a son showing up for his father rather than the optics of the institution,” the close friend said to me.
In an interview with People, Colleen Harris, who had previously served as the press secretary for the King and his sons, said, “I am delighted that Prince Harry was there. He would have personally regretted it if he wasn’t there to support his father. Speaking as a mother, [I believe] it was the right thing. The King was delighted.”
However, Prince Harry has visited the United Kingdom on many occasions. where neither his father nor his brother, Prince William, happened to be there.
During his most recent trip, the Duke of Sussex went to London to attend the WellChild Awards in September. During his trip, he also paid a visit to the burial site of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, which was located at Windsor Castle. This visit took place on the first anniversary of her passing. The anniversary was celebrated in Scotland by King Charles and Queen Camilla, while Prince William and Kate Middleton were in Wales to commemorate the event.
Both Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who is 42 years old, made the trip to Las Vegas over the weekend in order to see the last performance of Katy Perry’s Play residency.
In the past, Prince Harry said that he and the Pirates of the Caribbean star keep in contact over paparazzi sightings. The pair lives in Montecito, which is also the location of Perry and Orlando Bloom, who are also neighborhood neighbors.
While speaking on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast in May 2021, the Duke of Sussex said, “Just two days ago, Orlando Bloom sent me a message — because he’s just down the road and we sort of keep in contact because of the paparazzi.” This statement was made in reference to the fact that Bloom is literally just down the road from me.
Perry not only made an appearance at the event that marked the crowning of King Charles, but she also gave a performance at the crowning Concert that took place at Windsor Castle the following day.
