Who is on the guest list for King Charles' coronation ceremony?

Who is on the guest list for King Charles’ coronation ceremony? Will Prince Harry and Meghan be there? We reveal which royals and foreign dignitaries will make the cut

• King Charles’ official coronation ceremony will take place on Saturday, 6 May  
• His coronation ceremony falls in the middle of a Bank Holiday weekend 

King Charles’ official coronation ceremony will take place on Saturday, 6 May, 2023 at Westminster Abbey. 

Having ascended to the throne after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, Charles will be officially crowned as King of the United Kingdom. 

His coronation ceremony falls in the middle of a Bank Holiday weekend, allowing people an extra day to mark the occasion on Monday, 8 May, 2023. 

So, who is on the guest list for King Charles’ coronation ceremony? Will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle be there? 

Read on for more as MailOnline reveals which royals and foreign dignitaries could make the cut. 

Charles and Camilla, pictured together in Buckingham Palace before the coronation ceremony

Which royals will attend the coronation?

With Charles now the reigning monarch, Prince William and Princess Catherine are now heirs to the throne. As a result, they are set to play an important part in the ceremony. 

Prince George has been handed a notable role in the ceremony, as one of Charles’ four Pages of Honour. 

George will be required to carry the King’s robes alongside three other Pages of Honour – schoolboys Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, 13, Nicholas Barclay, 13, and Ralph Tollemache, 12. All three are sons of His Majesty’s friends. 

Because she is being crowned as Queen, Camilla has made her three grandsons – twins Gus and Louis Lopes, 13, and Freddy Parker Bowles, 12, as well as her great-nephew, Arthur Elliot, 11 – Pages of Honour. 

The Duchess of York also revealed that she had not yet received an invitation to attend the coronation.

‘I’m travelling at the moment, so maybe it [invitation] has gone to another place,’ she said, per The Telegraph.

Will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend the coronation? 

There has been intense speculation surrounding the potential attendance of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at King Charles’ coronation. 

The couple’s need to make money from media deals ‘linked to their royal status’ has reportedly angered the Royal Family. 

Furthermore, the release of Spare and the airing of Harry & Meghan have laid bare the grievances the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have with other members of the Royal Family.

In a recent television interview to promote his book, Harry refused to confirm whether he and Meghan would attend the Coronation.

He has since confirmed that the pair have been invited.

Which MPs are going to the coronation? 

After initial plans to invite just 20 MPs provoked outrage in Westminster, those numbers have more than doubled, according to reports. 

Additional spots will be reserved for former prime ministers, Cabinet ministers and a select number of Privy Council members. 400 extra tickets have been created for MPs, as they will be allowed to stand in a cordoned-off area in Parliament Square. 

Another event will give more MPs the chance to meet the King, in the form of a special reception in Westminster Hall. This will take place on Tuesday, 2 May, 2023  with the King in attendance. 

Can I go to the coronation? 

Members of the public will not be allowed into Westminster Abbey to witness the coronation ceremony. 

However, people will be allowed to line the streets as part of a procession through London to mark the event. 

There will also be street parties as well as a coronation concert to commemorate the occasion, which will be held at Windsor Castle on Sunday, 7 May, 2023. Monday, 8 May, 2023, has been designated as a Bank Holiday as part of the celebrations. 

Pictured: The official invitation to the coronation ceremony of King Charles III and Queen Camilla

Which other royal families are attending?

Heads of state and representatives from a number of key British allies and Commonwealth nations are expected to be part of the guest list for the coronation.

Heads of state from Ireland, France, Spain, Belgium, Japan, Hungary and Monaco will be at the coronation.

All three presidents of the European Union – Ursula von der Leyen, Roberta Metsola and Charles Michel – will attend.

Andrzej Duda, the current president of Poland, was the first head of state to be confirmed as attending the event.

Will Camilla be crowned Queen? 

The potential naming of Camilla as Queen was avoided by Buckingham Palace for many years, during Charles’ period as heir to the throne. 

In what is a break from tradition, Charles’ wife Camilla will be crowned as Queen during the ceremony. 

This means plans for her to be referred to as Camilla, Queen consort, have been scrapped. 

Will Joe Biden be there?  

Current US President Joe Biden will not be attending the event, in line with previous American policy to skip such occasions. 

Dwight D. Eisenhower – who was serving as US President at the time of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953 – did not attend the event, but a US delegation was sent. 

In similar fashion, current First Lady Jill Biden will attend the event in place of her husband.  

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