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'm mildly surprised they're including Louis, as he still seems rather on the young side for the big ceremonial occasions.

But I suppose they have all now attended some formal occasions, which means they are getting used to it all.

The Sussex DC are younger, and have never attended a big royal occasion. It simply wouldn't be fair to throw them in at the deep end. But I'd like to see them on The Balcony

Well hopefully they don't. They don't want anything to do with the crown so why would they want their kids to be involved?

How do you work that out? Charles has three of his grandchildren there. He doesn’t know Archie and it’s highly unlikely they will attend anyway: If Harry doesn’t attend why would Archie be there?

Charles is supposed to be quite close to Camilla ‘s grandchildren

And you don't think harry sidelined himself?

Well, seeing as Harry and Meghan don't seem to be able to confirm whether or not they're attending, planning a role in the ceremony for any of them would be a bit fraught. What role do Camilla's grandchildren have?

I don't think William and his family are being 'sidelined' in any way, and I'm sure if Harry had confirmed his attendance he would have been included in the ceremony. So your hyperbole is a bit misplaced.

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I agree with this. It's really not an appropriate ceremony for kids. It's solemn. I could maybe see George because of the line of succession but not all the grandchildren, KC's or Camilla's or anyone else's.

On another note, the whole "it's Archie's birthday" refrain has me puzzled. Who the F cares?? I don't remembr my fourth birthday and I doubt many other people do either. A four-year-old's birthday is, if anything, a cake and a couple of presents at breakfast or tea. It's a non-event. The notion that it should somehow be "recognized" in the context of a once- or twice-in-a-lifetime coronation of the head of state is absolutely absurd.

Setting aside the issue of their ages, there's clearly a reason why William's children might be involved, given that one is a future monarch and the others may in adulthood undertake royal duties to support their father then brother, much like Princess Anne and Prince Edward.

Harry's children will, with the passage of time, be more like the Earl of Snowdon and Lady Sarah Chatto. Would the average person under 30 have any idea who they are or how high they were on the list of succession when they were children?

And how do you know that they haven’t been invited and Meghan and Harry said no way? Because after all they hate the institution so much why would they parade the kids about like that? I’d have thought they would say no if asked. And haven’t Harry and Meghan not even RSVPd yet of the rumours are to be believed? Which is a bit rude and also means nothing can be planned with their kids.

Of course the Wales children will be there. This is their destiny. Their father will be King one day. Their brother George will be king one day. One day Charlotte and Louis may see their neice or nephew crowned.

The Sussexes left the royal family to get away from all that leadership/public eye/oldfashioned court performances so their children would live an ordinary American non royal life out of the limelight with no publicity. Remember?

It’s not very likely that Archie has experienced a Church service like a Coronation, though, is it? The Abbey holds 2000 people and the acoustics are very loud. There will be fanfares and loud organ music. I can’t imagine he’s ever been to anything like that in LA. If he were to process with the other children, without a parent with him, it would likely be very frightening.

@QuintanaRoo It has been widely reported that only Harry and Meghan have been invited and that the assumption is Meghan will stay home with the children. They only want Harry.
What they really want is Harry to leave his wife and kids and return to the Royal Family.

Bit of a leap OP. are they going to kidnap him after the coronation and prevent him from returning to his family?

And haven’t Harry and Meghan not even RSVPd yet of the rumours are to be believed? Which is a bit rude and also means nothing can be planned with their kids.

Why comment on gossip? Nobody here knows if they’ve told the RF or not.

That’s exactly my point. I’m responding to the OP - that for every bit of gossip she’s talking about, that the Sussex kids aren’t invited, etc, that there’s counter gossip. Nobody knows. And even if the kids aren’t there you still won’t know who’s decision that was!

Really? Can’t say I’ve seen that reported anywhere. Where do you get your “news” from? Sounds very far fetched to me.

OP, I think you need to take a step back. You’ll never know the details and nor should you (or anyone else). Ultimately it’s a family squabble.

wasn't there something about Charlotte telling George off?

Camilla's grandchildren are teenagers, and will just be taking on the page roles traditionally done by godchildren/nieces/nephews/friends children.

IMO it's entirely proper they be included.

We don't know in what respect the Wales children will be involved. It may well be just following their mother in and then leaving early (Charles was only present for a short time at his mother's coronation).

Louis had a HUGE amount of criticism for his (perfectly normal age appropriate) behaviour at the Jubilee. It was really unfair, and no child should face that. Archie & Lilibet are far too young and have zero experience of that kind of attention. I'd frankly think less of their parents for wanting anything more than a brief balcony appearance for them.

She was keeping him right about what to do when the hearse arrived 😂

Don't remember that at all - thought they were both impeccably behaved throughout. (Waits for someone to come along and complain about how unnatural it is for children to be expected to behave impeccably and how the royal family are inhuman for putting them through it.)

Yeah cos the Sussexes don't behave like that do they? 🙄

Oh don't be pedantic

No the Wales children are part of it as children of the heir. OTHER THAN THAT it's working Royals only.

Is that better for you?

Goady post OP

Charlotte gives me 'the serious middle child' vibes, as well as being a typical rule following girl between two brothers. She 'corrected' Louis a couple of times during the Jubilee in typical bossy older sister style. With George she seems to remind him gently - once during the Jubilee to put his hands straight by his side during the national anthem and during the funeral you could see her saying something like "when the coffin comes you bow".

It's nice that they have each other inside the craziness of their situation.

Apparently, the daughters of George Bush were really welcoming and lovely to the Obama sisters when they did the changeover of the White House between them and gave them loads of advice. Even when their parents are politically different it looks like the children of sitting presidents have a bond that unites them because they've all been through a rare and intense experience that no one else really understands.