King Charles’ Coronation Could Reportedly Be Invalidated Due To His Affair With Camilla, According To A Royal Expert
January 7, 2023 by Maria Pierides
Prince Harry is in the spotlight right now due to all the bombshells from his memoir Spare, but the other royals aren’t completely out of the woods either! King Charles is still making headlines, as insiders are reportedly hinting that his coronation could be invalidated due to his past affair with Camilla – and we have so many questions!
We currently know that the 74-year-old monarch‘s coronation will take place on Saturday, May 6th at Westminster Abbey, where we will see the crown officially placed on his head. It will be the first coronation of its kind since Queen Elizabeth II was crowned back in 1953, so it’s not at all surprising to hear that the royal family is planning a “glorious” “once-in-a-lifetime spectacle” with 2,000 guests.
The Coronation Could Be Invalidated Due To King Charles Confessing To AdulteryHowever, according to a royal expert, the coronation might not be the smooth sailing that the new King and the royal family hopes, as it could potentially be invalidated due to King Charles previously confessing to cheating on the late Princess Diana, who he was married to at the time, with his now wife and current Queen Consort Camilla – then more commonly known as Camilla Parker-Bowles.
Royal expert Anthony Holden suggested that the coronation could be invalidated because King Charles confessed to committing adultery – something which a monarch has never confessed to in the past! “The Church of England has never crowned a divorced man as King, let alone one who has publicly confessed to adultery – with the relevant woman expecting to be crowned Queen Consort,” Holden wrote in The Guardian, adding that King Charles’ adultery “would require a new statute of Parliament,” adding, “The late Robert Runcie [the former Archbishop of Canterbury] told me this would require a revision of the coronation oath.”
“Given the convention that Parliament does not debate the monarchy without the monarch’s consent, this would require the Prime Minister to seek King Charles’s permission. This, Runcie told me, would amount to a constitutional crisis,” Holden added.