Prince Andrew And Prince Harry Left Out Of Official Coronation Photos After Being Stripped Of Royal Titles
May 10, 2023 by Maria Pierides
It was more than obvious to anyone who watched King Charles’ coronation on Saturday, May 6th that Prince Andrew, 63, and his nephew, Prince Harry, 38, were not like the other senior members of the royal family, due to their seating positions in Westminster Abbey and the roles they played in the ceremony. Or lack thereof.
Prince Andrew was seated a few rows behind his siblings and other royal family members, while Prince Harry sat two rows behind his brother, and immediately between Jack Brooksbank, 37, (his cousin Princess Eugenie’s husband) and Princess Alexandra, 86, the late Queen Elizabeth II’s first cousin. So therefore it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to learn that, as non-working, non senior royals, they were excluded from the official coronation photographs that took place at Buckingham Palace following the ceremony at Westminster Abbey too.
If you’ll recall, Prince Andrew and Prince Harry are no longer senior members of the royal family for very different reasons. The Duke of York was fired as a working royal following the sexual assault lawsuit against him by Virginia Giuffre, which also saw the late Queen Elizabeth II strip him of his royal patronages and affiliations.
And of course, Prince Harry willingly stepped down as a senior royal with his wife Meghan Markle, 41, in January 2020. Not being a working royal means losing certain privileges, including using the His/Her Royal Highness title, and more recently, standing on the Buckingham Palace balcony, as the late Queen Elizabeth II reserved that right for working members only to avoid it becoming too crowded. Being a senior royal also dictates what can and can’t be worn to official events.