Wales Children in Coronation procession

[AskAwayAgain]

George, Charlotte and Louis will be in the Coronation Procession. A shame Archie was not invited to join them.

I am of the opinion that they are clinging on to Royal connections to make their money

Whether anyone likes it or not, he doesn’t need to cling as he is the son of the King. He is still a member of the royal family, plenty of them are not working royals and they are still accepted as part of the family. Others completely unrelated to the royal family have made their entire careers from it, huge sums of money are made every day by people they don’t know writing about them. So this whole drama around him making money because he kept his title blah blah is stupid. Have a go at Murdoch for the millions he’s made from selling gossip about them to all of you.

And I am of the opinion that the Royal Family snub and freeze them out at every opportunity.

Regardless of the fallouts in recent years, the Wales family are more important to the institution than the Sussex family and that was always going to be the case. George is a future king. Charlotte and Louis are likely to be working members of the RF when they are older. None of that is true for Archie and Lilibet.

That is true.
But Charles is petty and it shows.

Charles is petty, but I don’t think this is an example of it.

Well this is the issue, nobody knows how Archie would react as he hasn’t been exposed to any of it. Not even his parents would know.

the other three kids have been on carriage ride parade type thank, sat on the front row of crowds, etc. they will have seen the big crowds which Archie won’t have.

Also how different from being with their parents in a crowd or on the balcony do you think it will be? What do you think they’ll be doing? I’m guessing at the most they will walk behind their parents down a church aisle? Then sit down? Maybe stand up for a while? I might be wrong but I don’t think Louis will be putting the crown on Charles head.

Even if that’s true you couldn’t blame them.

I’d say that Harry and Meghan smile about, snub and freeze the royal family out at every opportunity 🤷‍♀️

I really think all the children are far too young - George is only 9. Hopefully they will have a minimal role (a small processional wave at the beginning and then back to the palace to await the balcony wave) - I thnk it would be really tough for little ones to deal with.

So attending the Coronation for 90 minutes.

George and Charlotte managed perfectly well at the Queen's funeral so I'm sure they'll be absolutely fine.

Harry doesn't like the life he had and equally seems unable to let go of having been 3rd in line to the throne. He didn't want to be king and apparently didn't even want to be a prince but he wants his wife to be afforded the respects due to a duchess, his children to have the same titles he says held him back and cursed him and he wants to be invited to all the events that his self confessed hatred should make him want to avoid.

It seems that he's a complicated and very spoilt little boy in a bloke suit married to a very pushy and equally spoilt woman who doesn't understand the system but wants to be the best of it.

Harry doesn't like the life he had and equally seems unable to let go of having been 3rd in line to the throne. He didn't want to be king and apparently didn't even want to be a prince but he wants his wife to be afforded the respects due to a duchess, his children to have the same titles he says held him back and cursed him and he wants to be invited to all the events that his self confessed hatred should make him want to avoid.

How do you know any of this? Unable to let go of being 3rd in line? He wants to be invited when he’s in another country? None of this is what he’s said. It’s your imagination. Completely.

Nah @Whaeanui quite simply it's what posters want to be true so they can start the 755th thread on it all, making up scenarios from in their heads to a thread!

Personally, I don't think any of the children should be involved. A glimpse of W&K's maybe up on the balcony like it was with Charles when the Queen was crowned or whatever you call it.

I hope to god Archie and Lili don't come because despite people trying not to criticise children on a parents forum, there will be indirect criticism of them in a snidey way.

Only because of who their parents are.

Of all of the things the RF can be blamed for, I don't think that having the Wales children in the procession is one worth getting het up about. The institution is built on the idea of precedence. Rightly or wrongly, George, Charlotte and Louis come ahead of Harry and his family.

I also think that W&K have put much more emphasis on preparing their children for public life than H&M have. Carefully chosen events to help them practice behaving properly in public, for example. That is an important thing for W&K to consider as their children will be far more exposed to the public due to the aforementioned precedence, as well as the fact that they live in the UK. H&M have chosen to keep their children out of the public eye as much as possible - again, the right thing to do in their situation. But it does mean that George, Charlotte and Louis are likely better prepared for this sort of event than Archie and Lilibet.

Finally, I think age matters. At 9yo and 8yo I think George and Charlotte are old enough. I personally think 4yo (Archie) is too young for this. 5yo (Louis) would be as well, if it weren't for the elder siblings attending.

It is also worth noting that by keeping non-working royals to one side, Charles will be able to make sure Andrew isn't prominent in the event. None of us would like to see that horror front-and-centre.

@Roussette yes seems like you’re right scanning the royal board threads, it’s madness! I also don’t think any of the children should have big rules and Harry shouldn’t bring his children to the UK IMO because there’s such hostility towards them. It’s very sad to see.

I forgot they were there - I still think they're too young. I think W&K really have taken the right tack with the children - Kate minimising intrusion by releasing selected pictures at important times. I know the ceremonial aspects may be difficult to challenge for them but I still think they should try. But I know I'm just a random lady on MN 😁

But they are kids of the future monarch.

I think it would be cruel to force Archie to be on public display when he doesn't know his UK family and isn't used to church services, waving for the cameras etc. It's not even known if he's met the King before.

I do not think any children should be there.
But how do you know Archie is not used to church services?
If children are to be invited it is best to leave it up to the parents to decide if the children would be fine.

Charles was 4 at the coronation of his mother and there are many pictures of him looking very bored. I wouldn't blame the Sussexes for shielding their son from that kind of scrutiny. There was lots of commenting about Louis at the Jubilee and he was the age that Archie would be on coronation day.

I don't think they should be in the procession either . Imagine the papers comments and the anti's on social media will have a field day with nasty memes possibly liking Archie and Lilibet to monkeys or similar.

There is already a MN RF meme thread - I'm sure the usual suspects are sitting on their hands waiting for their moment. If they haven't already.

I agree - Archie you will be bored senseless stay home with Momma and enjoy your day !

The Sussex should all stay away and continue having nothing to do with sections of the family that continually leak negative stories of them to the press and snub them.

The Sussex have not confirmed yet if they are even coming.

Perhaps he'll wear a mask!

Oh well Camilla's grandchildren have a formal role.
So usual second marriage set up. Husbands kids and grandkids sidelined and wives side promoted.