Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not be allowed to join the rest of the Royal Family on the balcony during the King Charles‘ Coronation.
The ceremony will take place on May 6, but the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have yet to confirm their attendance after being officially invited to the celebrations.
“The King has been very clear who he wants to represent the monarchy,” a source told the Mirror.
“There is little room for sentiment, this is a State occasion, not a family occasion and it is right that only the working members of the family are there at the big public moment.
“The balcony moment will be the King’s final presentation of a slimmed down monarchy, which of course will be even further slimmed down once the Gloucesters, Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra finally step away from public life and into their well earned retirements.
“It is a final thank you for them and a nod to their support of his mother during her 70 year reign.”
Prince Andrew will also be banned from the balcony after being forced out of the Royal Family following an abuse scandal.
