{"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":"
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