The query of whether or not or not Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will attend King Charles’ coronation has been dominating British tabloid headlines for months now.

So it got here as fairly a shock when the world discovered that Meghan and Harry haven’t even been invited but, and Buckingham Palace (reportedly) has but to resolve if an invite shall be prolonged in some unspecified time in the future.

Right here, we thought that both the invitation had been despatched and the Sussexes had been hemming and hawing, or that the royals had made up their minds to snub Harry and Meghan.

The fact of the scenario is much much less dramatic, however hey — at the very least we are able to take solace within the information that even kings wrestle with indecisiveness.

Certain, the coronation received’t happen till Could, however this isn’t the kind of occasion the place you toss out a unexpectedly thrown-together Fb invitation a couple of days earlier than.

So why is Charles dragging his toes on this essential household matter?

Effectively, traditionally, being overshadowed is just not one thing that kings have needed to fear about, however some imagine that Charles is anxious his massive day may wind up taking a backseat to Meghan’s present authorized drama.

As we’ve beforehand reported Meghan is being sued by her depraved half-sister, Samantha Markle.

Like the remainder of her life, Sam’s lawsuit is frivolous will virtually definitely quantity to nothing (in a pre-trial listening to, the choose described it as “ripe for dismissal”).

However her actual purpose in all of that is to maintain her identify within the headlines and make life harder for Meghan.

And sadly, she’s been profitable in that regard.

Based on the Queen’s former press secretary Dickie Arbiter, the royals are involved that the Markles’ authorized wrangling might solid a pall over the coronation ceremony.

“It’s a bit like strolling by a minefield that’s solely been half-cleared and we actually have to attend and see what the choose goes to sum up on,” he defined to the Each day Mail.

Mail on Sunday editor Charlotte Griffiths additionally employed a army metaphor in describing this perilous scenario.

“They in all probability do need to finish the hypothesis and it’s annoying for them, as a result of I truly suppose Meghan and Harry haven’t made up their minds both,” she mentioned

“They will’t say ‘you’re banned’ as a result of that might make them look horrible,”

Griffiths says that along with the Sam scenario, there are fears that Meghan and Harry would flip down the invitation, an act that might additionally steal Charles’ thunder.

“[The palace] simply don’t know whether or not Harry and Meghan will settle for,” she defined.

“It might be very embarrassing for them if Harry and Meghan make a present of refusing the invitation,” Griffiths continued.

‘So I feel that’s why they’re permitting the hypothesis to maintain going as a result of they’re caught on this no man’s land.’

So whereas Samantha won’t stand a snowball’s likelihood in hell of efficiently suing her sister, she’s succeeding in complicating the Duchess’ scenario together with her in-laws.

It’s a reminder that whereas fairy story princesses all the time get pleasure from blissful endings, in the true world, typically evil comes out on high.

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