Prince Harry's stepbrother gives blunt answer to Coronation drama

Prince Harry's often-forgotten stepbrother gave a curt answer when asked if there were fears his step-sibling would not attend the King's Coronation next month. After weeks of waiting, Harry, 38, finally confirmed last week that he would attend his father's Coronation. But his wife Meghan Markle, 41, is staying at home with their children Prince Archie, whose birthday is on the same day as the Coronation, and Princess Lilibet, who is two in June.

Harry will be alone when he meets the King, the Queen Consort, who will also be crowned, and the Prince and Princess of Wales for the first time since savaging them in his Netflix series and -explosive memoir Spare. The confirmation of Harry's Coronation plans means that organisers can now finally sign off arrangements for the big day. And appearing on The News Agents podcast, Queen Camilla's son Tom Parker Bowles was asked if there had been a panic Harry and Meghan would not attend.

But he firmly told hosts Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel: "Nothing to do with me at all." He added: "Though I did ask if Harry Kane was going as Captain of England... My mother didn't know...

I don't know if he's coming. But I haven't seen the list. "But we, my son and I, are very concerned that we should have the Captain of England coming to the Coronation.

But that's just us." Subscribe here for the latest news where you live In the same podcast, the Mirror reports that Tom hit back at claims Camilla played an "end game" to become Queen - saying she "just married the person she loved".

He insisted: "I think change happens but I don't care what anyone says - this wasn't any sort of end game. "She married the person she loved and this is what happened." His remarks counter allegations by Harry, who branded Camilla "dangerous" in Spare and wrote how she played "the long game", with a campaign aimed at marriage and "the crown".

Asked if his mother will be anxious ahead of the coronation on May 6, Mr Parker Bowles said it is "tough" to take on such a role during the ceremony but "she's never complained". "I think anyone would be anxious on an occasion of this sort of importance in terms of the historical. And yes, I think I'd be terrified if I had to sort of walk out wearing ancient robes..." he said.

"She's 75, but you know, it's tough to do it. But she's never complained. You just do it. get on with it."

Asked if it is weird to think of Camilla as "the Queen", Mr Parker Bowles said: "Not really because she's still our mother. I say 'our' but not the royal 'we', speaking for my sister and me. She's our mother."

Mr Parker Bowles said he will not be getting a title, adding: "You're not going to find us with great estates and being called the duke of whatever.

No.

That would be appalling."