Both Harry and Andrew had been seen smiling as they walked by way of the abbey to their seats.

London:

Princes Harry and Andrew attended the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday however had been relegated to the third row of the royal household seating, with no formal position in proceedings.

Charles’s youthful son Harry and his American spouse Meghan stop royal duties in 2020 and have since unleashed a string of barbed assaults on the monarchy.

Andrew, the king’s eldest brother, has been frozen out over his previous affiliation with the disgraced late US financier Jeffrey Epstein and a associated sexual abuse allegation which was settled out of court docket.

Driven in a state automobile from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey in London, a part of the group in a grandstand in entrance of the palace booed as Andrew went previous.

Harry, 38, the Duke of Sussex, and 63-year-old Andrew, the Duke of York, arrived on the abbey with different members of the royal household.

It is the primary time Harry has joined his household since subjecting them to a torrent of stinging criticism in his latest memoir “Spare” and in a collection of tv interviews.

Meghan has remained in California with the couple’s younger youngsters, thereby avoiding probably awkward interactions together with her in-laws.

Smiles within the abbey

Former British Army captain Harry, who served in Afghanistan, was carrying a morning go well with together with his medals, whereas Andrew — who flew Royal Navy helicopters within the 1982 Falklands War — wore his robes as a knight of the garter.

Harry was seen chatting with Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, husband of his cousin Princess Beatrice, Andrew’s elder daughter.

He additionally had a fast phrase with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, after coming into the Great West Door.

Welby married Harry and Meghan at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in May 2018.

Both Harry and Andrew had been seen smiling as they walked by way of the abbey to their seats.

They had been each positioned on the third row — out of conserving with their place within the line of succession to the throne.

Harry is fifth in line to the throne, following his brother Prince William, and William’s three youngsters — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis of Wales.

Andrew is eighth in line, coming after Harry and his youngsters — Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet of Sussex.

Andrew sat on the finish of the row subsequent to Beatrice, whereas Harry sat subsequent to Jack Brooksbank, the husband of Andrew’s youthful daughter Princess Eugenie.

Saturday marks Archie’s fourth birthday, so Harry may make a swift exit again to his residence in California.

Andrew’s hyperlinks with Epstein — boyfriend of the prince’s good friend Ghislaine Maxwell — got here again to hang-out him.

A US lady, Virginia Giuffre, mentioned she was pressured to have intercourse with Andrew when she was 17 after being delivered by Epstein, who was convicted in 2008 of procuring a baby for prostitution.

Andrew denied the allegations in a November 2019 BBC interview that nonetheless went down badly.

Within days, he stepped again from his patronages and in May 2020 he completely resigned from all public roles.

The case was settled out of court docket in February 2022, with Giuffre accepting a donation to her charity and no admission of legal responsibility from Andrew.

Andrew took half in occasions surrounding Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral however, past mourning his mom, Charles has proven no signal of permitting him a return to public life.

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