{"id":1303,"date":"2023-06-30T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/uncategorized\/why-princess-dianas-brother-charles-spencer-didnt-attend-king-charles-iiis-coronation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T07:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T07:59:15","slug":"why-princess-dianas-brother-charles-spencer-didnt-attend-king-charles-iiis-coronation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/royals\/why-princess-dianas-brother-charles-spencer-didnt-attend-king-charles-iiis-coronation\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Princess Diana\u2019s Brother Charles Spencer Didn\u2019t Attend King Charles III\u2019s Coronation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sitting this one out. Princess Diana<\/a>\u2019s brother Charles Spencer<\/strong><\/a> was noticeably absent from King Charles III<\/strong>\u2018s<\/a> coronation on Saturday, May 6.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, however, Prince William and Prince Harry\u2019s 58-year-old uncle hinted that he wasn\u2019t planning to attend the festivities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ve never had an official role in it, just turned up like everyone else used to, when it was the hereditary peers and the House of Lords. That\u2019s no longer the case,\u201d Spencer said on the \u201cOff Air\u2026 with Jane and Fi\u201d podcast in February when asked about participating in the crowning ceremony. \u201cThere is some old coronet knocking around somewhere, but I won\u2019t be wearing it soon, I don\u2019t think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Host Jane Garvey then asked, \u201cWill you not be going?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have thought so. \u2026 I think it\u2019s only about 2,000 people going,\u201d he responded.<\/p>\n

During Saturday\u2019s ceremony at Westminster Abbey, both Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla<\/strong><\/a>, were blessed and anointed by The Archbishop of Canterbury. The king married Camilla in 2005 \u2014 nearly a decade after Charles and Diana got divorced<\/a> \u2014 after allegations they had an affair<\/a>. (He and Diana separated in 1992, and the late princess died in 1997.)<\/p>\n

\u201cCan I ask you, Charles, I imagine your feelings on that day might be quite mixed? Those of us with memories of your sister Diana, I think many of us \u2026 we will be thinking of her [on coronation day],\u201d Garvey told Spencer on the podcast. \u201cAnd I hope that\u2019s not offensive, but she will be in our minds.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The historian agreed. \u201cI think that\u2019s very complimentary, actually,\u201d he replied. \u201cObviously, I think of Diana every day, in a different context.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spencer, who was in attendance<\/a> at Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>\u2019s funeral in September 2022, added that he doesn\u2019t find \u201cthe whole royal thing\u201d as \u201cinteresting as a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just get on with my life,\u201d he explained. \u201cI look after what I have to look after at the estate, and I have a career, write books and such. \u2026 People obviously assume that I care a lot about that side of things, but it\u2019s just a side part of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to her passing, Elizabeth released a statement in support of Camilla inheriting a title after Charles took the throne.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me,\u201d a February 2022 statement read. \u201cAnd it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sitting this one out. Princess Diana\u2019s brother Charles Spencer was noticeably absent from King Charles III\u2018s coronation on Saturday, May 6. Earlier this year, however, Prince William and Prince Harry\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1306,"href":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303\/revisions\/1306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}