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By Sean Coughlan
Royal correspondent
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, volition beryllium invited to King Charles III's coronation, a connection from the mates suggests.
They accidental they person been emailed astir the coronation, connected 6 May, but volition not corroborate whether they program to attend.
It is understood that immoderate prospective guests are being asked to prevention the day up of authoritative invitations that volition beryllium sent later.
Buckingham Palace has declined to remark connected invitations.
There has been speculation astir whether the US-based mates would beryllium invited, and whether they would be the coronation of King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort.
A connection from Prince Harry and Meghan said they had been contacted astir the coronation.
"I tin corroborate the Duke has precocious received email correspondence from His Majesty's bureau regarding the coronation," a spokesperson for the mates said.
"An contiguous determination connected whether the Duke and Duchess volition be volition not beryllium disclosed by america astatine this time."
Westminster Abbey, wherever the coronation volition instrumentality place, has capableness for astir 2,200 guests. Many nationalist figures, politicians and planetary dignitaries are expected to attend, arsenic good arsenic the King's household and friends.
Formal printed invitations are expected to beryllium sent person to the time, but it is believed that immoderate groups of guests are being approached successful advance, advising them to prevention the date.
The absorption connected whether Prince Harry and Meghan volition travel to the coronation follows revelations successful his memoir astir tensions with his family.
This included an relationship of an altercation with his member Prince William, who arsenic Prince of Wales is apt to person a relation successful the coronation ceremony.
In a erstwhile interrogation astir his memoir, Prince Harry had declined to accidental whether helium would be his father's coronation, saying: "The doorway is ever open. The shot is successful their court."
If Prince Harry does instrumentality for the coronation, it is not known what portion helium mightiness play, arsenic helium is nary longer a "working royal".
During the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Prince Harry and Meghan were not portion of the appearances connected the Buckingham Palace balcony. These accepted appearances for the crowds volition besides beryllium portion of the coronation celebrations.
In an online interrogation connected Saturday, Prince Harry said helium had ever "felt somewhat different" to different members of his family - and that his precocious mother, Diana, had felt the same.
It besides emerged past week that Prince Harry and Meghan had been asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage, the couple's UK basal successful Windsor.
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