The king Charles III toasted this Sunday at Buckingham Palace for the fourth birthday of ArchiePrince Harry’s son, in an emotional tribute to the grandson he has barely seen.
The emotional moment occurred in a private family reunion in palace after his coronation in Westminster Abbey and his appearance on the balcony with the queen camillaas reported by the newspaper Daily Mail.
Before starting to eat, the prince Williamgot up and congratulated his father on a long-awaited day.
Carlos responded by thanking everyone who had worked hard to make the day so special.
He Rey toasted his three grandchildrenPrince George -who also served as Page of Honor-, the princess charlotte and the prince Luiswho were among the stars of this Saturday’s coronation.
Carlos also wanted to toast “those who were not there” and wished his other grandson Archie a very happy birthday “wherever you are”.
Apparently, it was a very sweet moment,” a Palace source told Daily Mail.
Carlos barely saw his 4-year-old grandson after he prince harrythe youngest son of Charles and the late Princess Diana, stepped down from his role as a working member of the British royal family in January 2020, before moving permanently to the United States with his wife. Meghan Markle.
harry in the background
Prince Harry attended his father’s coronation without his wife Meghan on Saturday and remained in the background during the ceremony at the Westminster Abbey. In addition, he was excluded from the subsequent family greeting from the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
The protocol placed the 38-year-old prince in the third row during the ceremonytwo behind his brother William, heir to the throne, and also behind the second row that he occupied during the funeral of Elizabeth II, in September.
Many eyes were on this Saturday at Harry’s public reunion with the rest of the royal family, after the publication in January of “In the Shadow” (“Spare”, in English), a controversial memoir where he airs his bad relationship with some of his relatives.
The British press has revealed that Harry arrived in London on Friday night. from the United States on a commercial flight and planned to return shortly after the coronation to celebrate Archie’s birthday.
At the end of the ceremony, while the rest of the family went to Buckingham Palace, the prince got into a car that was soon after hunted by photographers leaving London to the west, in the direction of Heathrow airport, according to the tabloid published Daily Mail.
A lip-reading expert who studied coronation footage told Hello magazine that Harry confirmed during a conversation with Princess Beatrice that he would be heading “straight to the airport” after the event.
As reported by Daily MailHarry had been invited to the family lunch, but decided to return to California to celebrate the big day of Archie.
Meghan stayed with her son and daughter Lilibetand organized a small party for family and friends.
A well-placed source said that while most members of the Royal Family “breathed a sigh of relief” that Harry was not joining them, the King seemed “really quite disappointed that he didn’t stay.”
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Source-www.infobae.com