Why is Charles disappointed Archie and Lillibet not coming?

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Charles has said he is disappointed Archie and Lillibet are not coming to the Coronation. But the children were not invited to anything at the Coronation weekend.
Charles will be busy the whole weekend with Coronation events and meeting officials. So why has he said he is disappointed when he would not even see them/ If he wanted to see them he should have invited them to something.

So we've gone from unnamed 'events' to unnamed 'celebrations'?

And I bet all these 'reports' are going back to the same unnamed 'source'.

Is this really your standard for reporting? You don't see any reason for scepticism? Any reason at all?

Not the Great British public jumping down their throats but the media and various unsavoury rags.Most public couldn’t give a shit me included..

Nor me 🤷🏻‍♀️

The hordes of comments from the British public over SM, who have strong views on H&M’s acceptance/non acceptance to join Charles’ Coronation shows that the British public care very much.

If Charles is so disappointed that H&M don’t bring his GC to him he could always visit them. It works both ways.

So a major event should be scheduled round a child's birthday. Don't be ridiculous. Besides it's un likely he had much say in the date

The other way to look at the birthday 'clash' would be that Archie would be over here & could celebrate his birthday with & meet his cousins & extended family. And he'd always have the coronation connection with his Grandpa

Hes 4 so long as there are presents & cake he won't care where its celebrated

I cant believe the number of idiots on Twitter banging on about how dare Charles have his coronation that day. It would be different if Archie was getting married that day but a 4th birthday? 🙄

I think they all missed a trick. Grandchildren have always been a great way to bring families back together again.
H&M could have brought the children over to UK, and sorted some sort of cousins birthday party, and started building bridges. Or W&K could have offered to do something similar.
It's a real shame that they are all missing out - all too pig-headed, I guess.

It would be right for them to be present and witness with their own eyes the spectacle and majesty of a royal coronation. Even if it wouldn’t mean much to them now, it’s still a historic moment of a heritage and they are born into and a lineage that they are now part of.

He's probably disappointed because he'd have liked all his blood relatives to celebrate this momentous day with him.

I don’t think Charles chose the date of The Coronation.

You mean like how they celebrated Lilis 1st birthday with her when they brought them over for the Jubbly?....

Oh wait.

Whether he chose the date or not, the optics aren’t great

Its on Archie’s birthday, the kids aren’t invited to the coronation

Peggy Sue’s son has a special role

It LOOKS like they don’t want Meghan or the kids there, but are manipulating it so that they look oh so reasonable

Admittedly looks can be deceiving and it may not be like this at all. But it does all seem a little convenient

From what we saw at the Jubilee concert the Wales' children seemed very happy and comfortable with Charles - Louis going to sit on his lap for quite a while.

So that visible evidence seems to negate the narrative he never sees William's children.

Harry's memoir was clear that he was an affectionate and loving (though somewhat distracted at times) father. I'd imagine he'd be the same as a grandfather.

If H&M wanted their children to spend time with him I doubt he'd refuse. As for him jetting over - he's not really in a position to do that last minute (nor would US Secret Services be pleased if he did). Has he refused to do that?

The relationship between Harry and his father and brother seems very strained at the moment. Both sides need to compromise. Harry & Meghan were both invited to the Coronation - it would have been expected they brought their children if both attended.

I hope they do spend time together - I'm sure both sides would eventually want to repair the relationship.

@ohfourfoxache @Charlie's Very Special Hat

Harry & Meghan were both invited to the Coronation - it would have been expected they brought their children if both attended.

I very much doubt it would have been expected that they would bring a 2 and 4 year old to a formal event surrounded by press cameras and people they don't know.

Are Zara Tindall's children expected to attend? August Brooksbank? Sienna Mapelli Mozzi?

So far as I know, the only royal child whose attendance has been confirmed is George, and maybe Charlotte. Even Louis may be considered too young.

I’m also laughing at that, as it’s surely the perfect way to get your 4 year old child interested in the ceremony. “Who said anything about a coronation? We’re here to see grandad get a super sparkly and shiny hat put on his head by a man who’s also wearing a big hat!”

(Would have worked a treat with my children, anyway 🤣)

@Serenster and @medianewbie

If the hat persuasion doesn’t work, then “we’re going to watch grandad get basted in olive oil - a bit like cooking the Christmas turkey” is bound to get them watching avidly

Because he would have seen them a little bit 🤷‍♀️
He won't be busy 24/7

So he shouldn't want his grandchildren to come to a huge historical event which is all about their family?

And they possibly weren't invited because no-one knew if they were coming!!

With all the planning that has had to go into this, I don't think Archie's birthday would be a top consideration

The children looked quite comfortable with him at the Queen's concert

No, I think it's a "story" entirely fabricated by the tabloids

The invitation was to the coronation. Nothing else (have you not seen the invite?).

Well, they should have been out (according to the info at the time they paid for renovations and a period of rent) at the end of 2022.

So one person's "kicking out" is another person's "free 6 month extension"