The Duchess of Sussex stayed in California supposedly to celebrate her son Archie's birthday. But she was seen without him
May 6, the historic coronation of Charles III took place in Westminster Abbey with a large part of the royal family present. However, the absence of Meghan Markle, who since 2018 became the Duchess of Sussex after her wedding to Prince Harry, caused a lot of commotion due to the tense relationship that the actress maintains with the British royal family.
Markle was captured in her native California hiking with her friends Markus Anderson and Heather Dorak, while Charles III's coronation ceremony was taking place. In the images you can see Meghan wearing hiking boots, blue socks, black leggings with a green jacket tied around her waist and a black sleeveless top to stay cool during the walk.
In order to keep a low profile, Meghan wore large-frame sunglasses, a panama-style hat, and a scarf around her neck.
When it was announced in April that Meghan would not be part of the coronation ceremony, the argument given was that she overlapped with her son Archie's birthday. However, the hiking session was not shared with any of her children.
However, biographer Omid Scobie assured that the duchess's reasons for not appearing in the United Kingdom have more to do with “protecting her peace” than with her son's birthday. According to Scobie, Markle knew that if she were at the coronation the cameras would have focused her attention on the couple who renounced royalty in 2020.
”She is aware of the amount of spotlight that falls on her when she even sets foot in London. She presents herself as something intentional. “If she had approached and stayed next to her husband, the commentary and narrative of the day would have been very different,” the biographer explained during an interview on ITV’s “This Morning.”
While Markle stayed home away from the chaos of the coronation, Prince Harry was on hand to see his father become king of England, but as soon as the events were over, the Duke of Sussex flew back to California to celebrate. his son Archie's birthday.
The conflictive relationship between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the royal family is no secret. In a revealing interview with Oprah Winfrey held in 2021, the couple confessed several details about their life being part of the royal family. Among the confessions are Markle's suicidal thoughts after she was banned from leaving the palace, feeling “completely alone.”
Another moment that remained in the collective memory was when the couple spoke of the concern that the crown had about the color that her son Archie would have. The press also made many comments about it, which caused the duke's annoyance, who said that when he sought help from his father, he simply stopped answering the phone.
“There is a lot to work on [in that relationship]. I feel really disappointed, because he (now King Charles) has gone through something similar, he knows what pain is… and Archie is his grandson.”
Another turning point in the relationship between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the crown was the controversy that Meghan experienced with her sister-in-law Kate Middleton. After an alleged disagreement over a floral dress during Meghan and Harry's wedding, the Duchess of Sussex became aware of the way she "worked" the royal family.
