And if the family isn’t talking to them then there is no opportunity at all that is being missed really.
I wonder if Meghan really wanted Harry to stay at home to celebrate Archie’s 4th birthday. I also wonder if she would have gone with Harry (leaving the children with her mother) if it wasn’t Archie’s 4th birthday.
I think she didn’t go because she knows she’s disliked by most of his family and people over there in general. There’s been no apology of any kind. Seems like it was tense last time. The birthday is an excuse, I’d use it too.
I’m sure she would have loved Harry to not go (probably never expressed that).
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I wonder if they decided for just H to go (vs both of them/all of them) as to not take attention away from KC’s coronation. But sadly, I think that would have been too mature of a decision for them. Maybe the royal family suggested it (or insisted on it)?
Do I think she stayed home from a once in a life time, world event for a 4 year old’s birthday - no way! 
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I agree. Once is fine in my opinion. More than that and I become suspicious of the intent.
If “news commentators” keep mentioning/dwelling on her absence, I’ll view it as an attempt to:
- financially capitalize on Harry and Meghan’s popularity/notoriety that the very same press/tabloids were instrumental in creating, and
- stoke (more) anger toward H and M in order to deflect negative attention from certain RF members and to sway public opinion for the benefit of certain media outlets.
I do believe “angertainment” sells. I understand there are many reasons why it does, but I find it rather disappointing.
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Maybe she just doesn’t want to go and I 100% get it. A lot of people who aren’t on the world stage dislike the family they married into. I wouldn’t go either.
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I know. I find all the speculation in this thread humorous.
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Well, this is speculation, too. Maybe the reason is security concerns. If I were the parents of two young, dependent children, I wouldn’t risk going to a place I’d received legitimate death threats. Perhaps Harry is choosing to go alone rather than risk his family’s safety. The kids weren’t invited, Harry and Megan are only included as spectators, and their security protection in the UK was pulled (I’m not sure if they still have their home available) - maybe it’s just not worth the risk to have all four in the UK.
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Exactly. What does she have to gain by going? Nothing.
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And now those threats are greater because of Harry’s mention of killing Taliban in his book.
I really do believe H and M are headed towards divorce. I’d be pissed if my spouse didn’t go to my dad’s coronation.
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This just made me LOL!
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I honestly don’t think he cares.
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Idk why its a big mystery. Harry asked them to apologize to his wife. They didn’t so she isn’t going. Its not like she has known them since her teen years like Kate does. She briefly knew them, had unpleasant experiences and then moved away. She knows her presence would get heavily scrutinized and at the moment Sussex brand can’t use negative publicity.
It would be better to invite some celebrity parents, brand supporters and their kids for a birthday party for looking motherly and put a dignified distance between herself and previous drama. She can have her share of media coverage for award ceremony with Gloria Steinem.
As far as Harry going, one of them had to go to keep their royal brand valid and to collect memories for books and interviews. To be fair, even with all the feuds going, like Charles and William, Harry must’ve always dreamt of this coronation to happen one day and wanted to be there to witness it. Not attending would’ve burned all bridges. He still needs a fat inheritance and link to his family, lineage and people.
If she and the kids can’t visit an ailing grandpa in his nursing home, why bother with silly crown and carriage party for other grandpa.
That’s my 2 cents from tabloid headings, reality’s mileage may vary.
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Do we know what he wants them to apologize for? It seems to me, from my reading of the tabloids 
that St. Meghan is easily offended and always ‘right’ - those that do apologize, sometimes have the apologies rejected. Of course, some apologies should never be accepted ie Jeremy Clarkson. However, even when Kate allegedly apologized with a bunch of flowers, instead of leaving it there and allowing the matter to die, it was dragged up in the Oprah interview (three years after alleged event) and again in Spare. Her father has publicly humiliated himself with his apologies, yet…
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If KC can step up in MM time of need and walk her down the aisle then she should show up for her FIL.
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Reports are that she is planning a birthday party for Archie and that Harry plans to rush back for it after putting in an appearance at the coronation. If so, seems a shame that he would go all that way and then spend so little time in England .
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If this is true then it solidifies to me that she is manipulating the situation. Planning a 4 year olds birthday party so he has to rush back from a foreign country and an extremely significant event. The party can be any time. She loves to control him, IMHO.
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My hope would be that Archie’s birthday party remains nothing more than background noise, if even that. May Archie celebrate his birthday with family and friends without undue attention on it or celebrity guests, if any. In other words, pictures and guest lists needn’t be released via “spokespeople.”
The focus should be on his grandfather not a birthday party in California.
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Why? I’m confused. I mean, I think the guys going to have a lot of attention. Would pictures of a little boys party be that big of a deal? Fascinating.
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