Harry and Meghan turning Coronation into a soap opera with …
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been accused of turning the King's Coronation into Coronation Street as speculation mounts over whether or not they will attend. The pair have been invited to the ceremony on May 6 but so far have remained tightlipped on whether they will turn up or now. Royal expert Rafe Heydel-Mankoo likened the situation to an episode of the popular British soap set in the fictional Manchester suburb of Weatherfield.
He accused the pair of being "rude" and described their behaviour as "tedious" with less than a month to go until the big day. Speaking to GB News, he said: "It's absolutely rude. This whole entire will they or won't they drama is actually getting really tedious now.
READ MORE: King Charles III Coronation - everything we know so far as procession route confirmed "That is precisely what the King and the royal family don't need. I think, Harry and Meghan seem to be confusing the coronation with Coronation Street because this isn't a soap opera.
This is a hugely important constitutional and ceremonial event, not just for Britain or the British. People, but for all of the Commonwealth realms, including Australia. "Harry and Meghan, through all of this I think, are just showing the world how childish, self-centred and self-obsessed they are.
It's actually, I think, a shameful publicity ploy and they're milking this for all it is worth.
The King will be crowned on May 6 (Image: Getty Images)
"They know that essentially with their distance from the royal family they're becoming increasingly uninteresting to the public at large, increasingly irrelevant.
This is a way to keep them in the headlines and on the front pages. "It actually makes them seem to be powerful with the Royal Family seemingly trying to entice them over the pond. But, this is really quite narcissistic because, at the end of the day, this is about celebrating the King.
All attention must be on the monarchy and on the King. Commenting on whether he thinks the King wants them to attend, Heydel-Mankoo continued: "Well, the view from the Palace seems to be that having them not attend is worse than actually having them attend. Now opinions may differ on whether that is right or not, but certainly, there's no precedent for the son of a King not attending.
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"I think the King wants to basically be seen to be always open, you know, wishing for his prodigal son to return.
You know, he is the head of the Church of England and nothing could be more Christian than to always have a door open. "But this really does just deflect so much from what should be an occasion for building national unity, building a sense of social cohesion through street parties and so forth. And yet, rather than focusing on what it means to be British and the important role of the coronation in our constitution, we're instead being distracted by these tedious sort of typical title tattle stories."
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