'An unwanted sideshow': Harry and Meghan risk 'fatal, irreversible …
With just about one month until the big day, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have yet to confirm their attendance at King Charles' coronation, in what insiders fear will be a "fatal, irreversible blow" to their relationship with the rest of the British royal family. Royal expert Edward Coram-James says if the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were to "no-show" the event, it would have huge repercussions for their association with the rest of the royals. "In a universe in which the damage already caused by the rift is still recoverable from, at least in part, a no-show would be the fatal, irreversible blow, both in the public perception as well, potentially, as within the family itself," Coram-James told GB News. "It risks drawing out the conflict over the long-term."
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Experts say a no-show will be an 'irreversible' blow to the Sussexes' relationship with the British royal family. (AP)
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"It would give further oxygen to the rift and allegations that the Sussexes have levelled at the royal family. "And the shadow of their absence would loom large over the entire ceremony, risking becoming the elephant in the room and an unwanted sideshow." READ MORE: How a huge loan, an abandoned factory and a dream spurred man's multi-billion-dollar empire
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If Harry and Meghan do choose to attend the historic event, a source claims that the rest of the royal family plan to give them the "cold shoulder". "They will be given the cold shoulder by very many relatives. One said to me, 'I hope they'll be seated in Iceland'," a source claiming to be close with the royal family told The Sun.
"Many of the family just want nothing more to do with them.
If they have to see them at the coronation, then so be it, but they do not want to socialise with them."
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