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Why is Charles disappointed Archie and Lillibet not coming?

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AskMeMore · 14/04/2023 14:42

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.

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purpledalmation · 14/04/2023 18:21

AskMeMore · 14/04/2023 16:45

@purpledalmation Do you mean press releases from the palace?

no it just said palace sources, but printed in a couple of newspapers

IcedPurple · 14/04/2023 18:22

purpledalmation · 14/04/2023 18:16

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

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Do people really think that Charles personally issues invitations to concerts and other unnamed 'events'? My guess is he has little if anything to do with it.

Blessedbethefknfruit · 14/04/2023 18:34

I find it odd when people call the King, Charles. I assume you didn't used to refer to the Queen as just Elizabeth? Even before he was King I would say "Prince Charles", seeing as though I don't know him on a personal level.

purpledalmation · 14/04/2023 18:35

IcedPurple · 14/04/2023 18:22

Do people really think that Charles personally issues invitations to concerts and other unnamed 'events'? My guess is he has little if anything to do with it.

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I was replying to someone and I don't understand your point.

EdithWeston · 14/04/2023 18:38

Blessedbethefknfruit · 14/04/2023 18:34

I find it odd when people call the King, Charles. I assume you didn't used to refer to the Queen as just Elizabeth? Even before he was King I would say "Prince Charles", seeing as though I don't know him on a personal level.

For ER II, it was Brenda

IcedPurple · 14/04/2023 18:42

purpledalmation · 14/04/2023 18:35

I was replying to someone and I don't understand your point.

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My point wasn't addressed to you, more at those who seem to think that the King sits around personally inviting children to unnamed 'events'.

They're probably the same people who think he decreed that the Coronation be held on Archie's birthday, when in fact the choice of date will have been based on many considerations and decided by a high level committee.

nonheme · 14/04/2023 18:47

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IcedPurple · 14/04/2023 18:55

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He didn't 'choose' that day. It will have been decided by a committee, taking into account the diaries of senior clerics and political figures, the availability of the Abbey, ensuring that sufficient policing was available and that it didn't clash with major sports events or holidays, among other factors. And given that the Coronation was always going to take place on a Saturday in late spring or early summer, it would have been pretty difficult to find a suitable date, so not a case of 'so many day's at all.

A 4 year old's birthday simply isn't important in the context of a state event. Like I said above, some people have a very simplistic view of these things.

ohfourfoxache · 14/04/2023 18:58

Prince Philip died on Charles and Camilla’s wedding anniversary

Maybe celebrations just aren’t the same for them as the rest of us 🤷🏻‍♀️

Wishimaywishimight · 14/04/2023 18:59

Maybe he would have liked to see his grandchildren.

Kedece2410 · 14/04/2023 18:59

It would have been if he cared - so many days in a year he chose that one day

But what's the big deal it being on that day??

Imagine someone posting on here that they had booked their wedding for 1 Aug and they had just realised it was the 4th birthday of their nephew who they barely, knew, and lived on the other side of the world, and they were getting told it was poor taste to plan the wedding that date because after all its his birthday. I cant for a minute expect anyone would say to change the wedding date

nonheme · 14/04/2023 19:01

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Sudeko · 14/04/2023 19:02

He probably said it to deflect any criticism. He was told to say it. It is awkward when the only grandchildren missing are the mixed race ones. I doubt he has any type of bond with them as it is.

Andanotherone01 · 14/04/2023 19:03

Because it’s the correct thing for a spokesperson to say.

IcedPurple · 14/04/2023 19:04

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What do you mean 'deep'?

Do you disagree that organising a massive state event is a highly complex matter? And that there are others things which take priority over the birthday of a 4 year old who lives in California?

DorritLittle · 14/04/2023 19:05

Well of course he is disappointed. It’s not rocket science.

ShonaShoop · 14/04/2023 19:06

A 4 year old's birthday simply isn't important in the context of a state event. Like I said above, some people have a very simplistic view of these things

My GS’s 4th birthday would be an important date in my calendar. There again I’m not likely to be inviting the masses to my coronation.

Charles seems to want be seen as a family man who loves his family, the same as any other grandad, and is oh so disappointed that his GC won’t be attending his special day. Most GP’s put the needs of their DGC before their own.

Maybe he will make the effort to see his GC soon after his special day. Or maybe he won’t. I know which option I’m backing

IcedPurple · 14/04/2023 19:10

My GS’s 4th birthday would be an important date in my calendar. There again I’m not likely to be inviting the masses to my coronation.

Exactly. You are not going to be involved in a massive, highly complex state event so your experience is irrelevant.

nonheme · 14/04/2023 19:12

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IcedPurple · 14/04/2023 19:15

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No need. The relevant committee decided on the Coronation date back in October, no doubt taking into account a number of factors, the birthday of a 4 year old in California not being among them.

ShonaShoop · 14/04/2023 19:27

IcedPurple · 14/04/2023 19:10

My GS’s 4th birthday would be an important date in my calendar. There again I’m not likely to be inviting the masses to my coronation.

Exactly. You are not going to be involved in a massive, highly complex state event so your experience is irrelevant.

Quite. Mine and King Charles life experiences are very different. Why is he trying to be seen as a “normal” grandad - when he is anything but?

Do you have any idea if he will be making the effort to visit his GC that he “misses so much” anytime soon? ….. You know the part of my post you chose to ignore

IcedPurple · 14/04/2023 19:34

ShonaShoop · 14/04/2023 19:27

Quite. Mine and King Charles life experiences are very different. Why is he trying to be seen as a “normal” grandad - when he is anything but?

Do you have any idea if he will be making the effort to visit his GC that he “misses so much” anytime soon? ….. You know the part of my post you chose to ignore

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I'm not sure I'm obliged to answer parts of your posts which had nothing to do with any of the points I was making?

But since you ask, I have no idea if Charles 'misses' his 'GC' and neither do you. The OP is based on pure speculation in the tabloids, not actual statements by Charles. And given that he's a head of state whose diary is booked months in advance and whose travel arrangements involve extensive planning and security coordination, then no, I shouldn't think he'll be jetting off to California any time soon.

StormzyinaTCup · 14/04/2023 19:40

Do you have any idea if he will be making the effort to visit his GC that he “misses so much” anytime soon? ….. You know the part of my post you chose to ignore

Has he been invited to visit?
Maybe he has told King Charles he can't see his GC until x, y or z has taken place?
Who knows what conversations are going on behind closed doors.

purpledalmation · 14/04/2023 19:54

@IcedPurple I see. I was replying to someone who seemed to think the Coronation was an event in the abbey plus dinner with world leaders, plus a party in the park and a family knees up, when its an invitation simply to the Abbey. The simple invite to the coronation was just that and the sussex children are too young. Hence they were not invited.

As for the rubbish about charles chose it because it was a 4 year olds birthday, thats just a joke. as if a kids birthday is that important. He's seen him a handful of times, theres no real relationship. And as for the BS about him being disappointed at not seeing his DIL and the kids😂

ShonaShoop · 14/04/2023 19:59

StormzyinaTCup · 14/04/2023 19:40

Do you have any idea if he will be making the effort to visit his GC that he “misses so much” anytime soon? ….. You know the part of my post you chose to ignore

Has he been invited to visit?
Maybe he has told King Charles he can't see his GC until x, y or z has taken place?
Who knows what conversations are going on behind closed doors.

Exactly. Nobody really knows what’s going on behind closed doors yet most people expect H&M to dance to Charles’ tune.

Any relationship has to be a two way street. If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed then Mohammed has to go to the mountain…..and all that …
….

It seems pointless for Charles to voice his displeasure that he is missing out on his GC, because of H&M - it’s all their fault of course! When he has made no effort to travel to see his GC.

It’s exactly the same distance for his GC to visit him as it is for him to visit them.

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