The Order of Service for the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla has been published and it reveals exactly who will take part in the ceremony and procession – but shows there will be no role for Prince Harry
The Order of Service for today’s Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla has been revealed – and it confirms there will be no role for Prince Harry.
The lengthy programme for the ceremony, which begins just before 11am at Westminster Abbey, shows which royals will be taking part in processions – as well as confirms the other key players taking prestigious roles later today.
The first sight of Charles and Camilla looks set to be around 10.20am when they travel in the Diamond Jubilee state coach to the Abbey from Buckingham Palace.
Members of the Royal Family are set to arrive at the Abbey from just after 10.35am to take their seats, while the Prince and Princess of Wales with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will arrive minutes later and take their seats.
The main procession into the Abbey by the King and Queen will begin just before 11am – when clergy will walk through the church along with those picked to carry in the Coronation regalia.
Camilla will process in with her pages of honour, her grandsons Freddy Parker Bowles, Gus Lopes, Louis Lopes and her great nephew Arthur Elliot. Other with her will include her sister Annabel, the Marchioness of Landsdowne and Major Oliver Plunkett.
Accompanying the King will be his pages Prince George, Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, Ralph Tollemache and Nicholas Barclay as well as Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Thompson and other royal household staff.
After the service ends, the procession out of the Abbey will include the King and Queen and their pages as well as William, Kate, Charlotte and Louis.
Other royals set to take part are the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Lady Louise Windsor, James the new Earl of Wessex, Princess Anne, Vice Admiral Tim Laurence and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
All of the royals will then make their way back to Buckingham Palace at around 1pm with Charles and Camilla in the Gold State Coach leading the way.
It will be followed by an appearance by the royals on the Buckingham Palace balcony, where there will be a flypast by the RAF at 2.30pm.
The order of service therefore confirms that Harry, who is attending the Coronation solo without wife Meghan Markle, will play no formal role in the day.
He is set to make a quick exit, flying back to the US to mark Prince Archie’s fourth birthday, which is also today and is expected to attend only the abbey ceremony.
In addition, there is no role either for King Charles’ disgraced brother Prince Andrew, who was forced to step down for royal duties in 2019.
Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/king-charles-coronation-order-service-29900411