Prince Harry ruthlessly relegated at coronation: ‘A long way from his father’

The Duke of Sussex, 38, flew in yesterday leaving spouse Meghan at residence in California.

He will sit between Princess Eugenie’s husband Jack Brooksbank and Princess Alexandra — Queen Elizabeth’s cousin whose final royal working engagement was 10 years in the past.

Alongside will likely be Prince Andrew’s daughters Eugenie, 33, and sister Beatrice, 34, along with her husband Edo Mapelli Mozzi.

The entrance row is reserved for senior working royals — William and Kate, Edward and Sophie and their kids Lady Louise and James, Earl of Wessex, plus Princess Anne and her husband Tim Laurence.

An insider instructed The Sun: “There were discussions that the seating could be arranged on line of succession.

But that would have put fifth-in-line Harry front and centre — and with William and Kate.

“Instead the decision was working royals only at the front and work back from there. Harry will be a long way from his father.”

The Duke will arrive with different non-working royals at 10.35am.

He is ready to go away quickly after the ceremony and fly residence for son Archie’s fourth birthday.

Yesterday Kate joked how she and William are “like swans” as they joined King Charles on a shock walkabout.

As they met followers gathered close to Buckingham Palace, the Princess of Wales stated: “Yeah, we’re all good. Hopefully a bit like swans — relatively calm on the outside, but paddling on the inside.”

Cheery Kate, 41, stated of her kids George, 9, Charlotte, eight, and Louis, 5: “They are really well, thank you. Excited, a bit nervous obviously with the big day ahead. They can’t wait.”

Asked how 74-year-old Charles was coping, she stated: “Looking forward to it as well.”

She added: “It’s nice to be out here and saying hello to everyone who has obviously stayed out here for so long. And obviously will be staying out here overnight.

“It’s going to be long. Are you tired? It is long hours for everybody, isn’t it? It’s a really great moment. A celebration as well. We have an early start but I think everyone has.”

Charles, Kate and William, 40, shook palms with patriotic followers and chatted alongside The Mall.

After a heavy downpour gave technique to afternoon sunshine, wellwishers took selfies, sang God Save the King, and led raucous rounds of Hip Hip Hooray!

After stepping out of his maroon Bentley, surrounded by safety chiefs, Charles merely smiled when somebody requested if he was nervous.

He joked with followers in regards to the dodgy climate and giggled when a cheeky wellwisher shouted: “Love you Charlie!”

Another fan shouted: “Love you, I’m from Italy.”

Another merely stated: “Good luck for tomorrow!” Margaret Tinsley, 81, of Gillingham, Dorset, welled up after shaking palms with the King.

She instructed him: “We are so proud of you, Sir.”

Law pupil Abigail Summers, 21, from Cambridge, with pal Millie Holtz, stated: “We said congratulations to him and he said, ‘Are you here tomorrow? Did you camp overnight?’

“He said, ‘I hope you didn’t get too wet when it rained!’ Then he was just laughing. It was amazing, really surreal.”

Millie, 21, added: “It was exciting and quite overwhelming. It’s funny seeing someone in real life that you’ve only ever seen on TV. He was really friendly and made a lot of eye contact which was nice.”

Alison Cowburn, 62, from Derby, shook Charles’s hand and instructed him she was visiting for the day, to which he laughed, ‘Nothing so rash as that then!’

Lovel Vining, 69, from Toronto, stated: “He saw my hat bearing the Canadian flag and said he liked that part of the world. It was a real thrill to shake his hand.

“He has difficult shoes to fill. But he’s been preparing for this for a lifetime, so I think he will do a brilliant job. This is a bucket-list item for me.”

Justin Nakrin, 31, from New York, was with mum Rosaria. Justin stated: “It’s the experience of a lifetime.”

Rosaria added: “I told him we were from the States. I said I’m 72 and he said ‘That’s incredible’.”

Theresa Iredale, 66, wore a paper crown and poncho as she spoke to super-chilled Charles.

She instructed The Sun: “He said, ‘Thank you for coming’ and he appreciated it and I did say it was my birthday and he said ‘Oh, congratulations’. I saw his hand coming out to mine and I was like, I can’t believe I’m shaking the King’s hand. A special moment.”

Asked if her jaunty crown had drawn Charles’s consideration, she stated: “I think, actually, I was screaming a bit to be honest.”

Kate appeared to affix a fan on a video name, and spoke on one other’s telephone earlier than handing it again.

Meanwhile Wills prayed for good climate and posed with flag- wavers within the ten-deep crowds.

Security groups had stored the 40-minute walkabout beneath wraps. They meticulously shadowed the royal trio as they edged alongside the flabbergasted wellwishers.

Carole, from Minnesota, US, sobbed: “This was the best day of my life. I can’t believe it.

“It’s wonderful to see people coming back together from different cultures and parts of the world. This is so amazing.

“This was for me the reality of a long history. The Queen has passed it on to her son. And he will be a good king.”

Suzie, additionally from the US, instructed William and Kate it was the very best day of her life. She added: “When Diana passed I was so upset I never got the chance to meet her.

“I always said there was no way in the world I would not meet William one day. People laughed at me. But today is that day.”

Outside the Palace, Jane, holding a crimson, white and blue brolly, stated ‘Good luck’ to Charles.

She stated: “He has done a wonderful job with The Prince’s Trust and climate change.

“But this is what he has been training for his whole life. King Charles III is going to be fantastic.”

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