The Duke of Sussex chatted fortunately together with his cousins and their husbands, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Jack Brooksbank, even sharing a joke or two because the blinding exterior mild silhouetted their entrance via the huge archway.
It wasn’t till the 5 royals walked down the aisle — Eugenie and Brooksbank in entrance of Harry, Beatrice and Mapelli Mozzi behind — that the self-removed prince appeared really alone.
Former royal press secretary Dickie Arbiter described the second, which got here amid an ongoing feud additional fuelled by criticism of the royal household in Harry’s new memoir Spare and Netflix collection Harry & Meghan, as a “good arrival”.
“It is good to see the family turn out,” he stated on the 9News protection of the coronation.
“I think it is full marks to Harry for coming back for his father’s coronation.
“It was the fitting factor to do.”
Arbiter pointed out it was an “advert hoc” arrival, with Prince Andrew — who stepped down from public duties and paid $20 million to settle a civil sexual assault case with Australian Virginia Giuffre — arriving ahead of Harry despite being less senior.
Harry was later seen sitting in the third row next to his cousins, in stark contrast to his brother, William, wearing the ceremonial dress uniform of the Welsh Guards alongside the Princess of Wales and their children, and set to play a key role in the ceremony.
There was no interaction between Harry and his father or brother in the early stages of the ceremony, which is estimated to cost as much as £100 million ($187 million).
Cameras caught at least two moments where the Duke of Sussex appeared to be looking towards his family members.
But there was no sign of any eye contact between them as the King and prince happened to be looking in another direction.
Harry was seen smiling warmly in conversation with his aunt, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal.
Harry and Meghan stoked their critique of the royal family in a six-part Netflix series about their decision to step back from royal duties three years ago, which was followed by Harry’s decision to reveal family secrets in his bestselling memoir Spare.
A lifetime’s wish fulfilled
Harry and Meghan, who is biracial, have alleged she faced racist attitudes from both the palace and the UK press.
The treatment contributed to their decision to leave the country.
– Reported with Associated Press
Source: www.9news.com.au
