Kate Middleton would've been 'uncomfortable' with Meghan at Coronation

Kate’s coronation relief: Meghan’s attendance would have been ‘particularly uncomfortable’ for Princess of Wales, royal observer claims

• Royal observer told The Mail that Charles will be ‘pleased’ only Harry is attending
• READ MORE: Read the Mail’s serialisation of sensational Royal book Our King

It’s no secret that sister-in-law Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton do not share a warm relationship, and today’s news that the Duchess of Sussex won’t attend King Charles’ Coronation may well be a welcome relief to the Princess of Wales.  

Buckingham Palace announced today that Prince Harry will attend his father’s big day alone, while Meghan remains behind in California with the couple’s two children Archie and Lili. 

And while there will certainly still be tension in the air, Meghan’s absence will reportedly make things a little easier for senior royals.  

A royal observer noted: ‘Charles will be pleased. The rest of the family will be relieved that Meghan won’t be there – it would have been particularly uncomfortable for Kate.’ 

It comes amid reports that Kate found her Windsor walkabout with Harry and Meghan after the Queen’s death ‘one of the hardest things she’d ever had to do’, according to a sensational new royal book. 

The Princess of Wales, pictured on Easter Sunday with Prince Louis, would have been ‘particularly uncomfortable’ if Meghan had attended the Coronation, a royal observer has claimed 

Kate found her Windsor walkabout with Harry and Meghan after the Queen’s death ‘one of the hardest things she’d ever had to do’, a sensational new royal book recently claimed

The Princess of Wales told a senior royal it was so difficult for her because of the ‘ill-feeling’ between the couples, veteran royal correspondent Robert Jobson said in Our King, serialised in The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday.

The book lays bare the inside story of the Royals’ war with the Sussexes before, during and after Megxit. 

Click here to read the Mail’s serialisation of sensational Royal book Our King 

Kate and William’s appearance with Harry and Meghan to greet well-wishers and view the flowers outside the gates of Windsor Castle came two days after the Queen’s death at the age of 96 in September last year.

To many, the couples’ joint walkabout – said to have been William’s idea to put on a show of unity – might have seemed like some kind of reconciliation. 

But Mr Jobson says sources close to the royal family have confirmed to him that was an ‘illusion’.

‘Catherine later admitted to a senior royal that, such was the ill feeling between the two couples, the joint walkabout was one of the hardest things she’d ever had to do,’ he writes.

It comes as relations between the Sussexes and the rest of the Royal Family remain at an all time low following a series of blistering attacks over the past year. 

The Harry & Meghan Netflix documentary in December criticised King Charles as a father before taking a swipe at the choice of wives by male members of the Firm. 

Harry insisted that his decision to marry Meghan set him apart from his family because it was ‘from his heart’ and not because she ‘would fit the mould’.

Meanwhile the Duke’s bombshell memoir, released in February, dealt further blows to the reputation of the monarchy. 

Harry accused his brother of assault, branded his stepmother a ‘villain’ and repeatedly spoke of the family’s ‘unconscious bias’ when it comes to race. 

The late Queen Elizabeth II, Charles, Camilla, William, Kate, Harry and Meghan attend the Commonwealth Day Service on March 9, 2020 

There has yet to be a reconciliation and all eyes are on the King’s Coronation on May 6 – which Prince Harry is attending alone.

Buckingham Palace confirmed the dramatic news in a statement today, saying it was ‘pleased to confirm’ the Duke of Sussex will be at Westminster Abbey on May 6.

But the Duchess will stay home at the couple’s residence in Montecito with one-year-old Lilibet and Archie, whose fourth birthday is on the same day as the ceremony.

The couple’s friend Omid Scobie confirmed Archie’s birthday ‘played a factor in the couple’s decision’ and he expected it would be a ‘fairly quick trip to the UK’ for Harry. The Duke will only attend the ceremony itself, which is likely to last a few hours.

The announcement comes just over three weeks until the event, and a royal observer told MailOnline: ‘Charles will be pleased. The rest of the family will be relieved that Meghan won’t be there – it would have been particularly uncomfortable for Kate.’

Harry and Meghan had controversially delayed their decision over whether they would fly in for the ceremony, despite the RSVP date of April 3 having passed.

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