Prince Harry has arrived at his father’s coronation.
The controversial royal has been seen for the first time as the coronation of King Charles III gets underway.
At first it was unclear as to whether the Duke of Sussex, or his wife Meghan Markle and children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, would attend the coronation following the release of his memoir, Spare.
Prince Harry flew from Los Angeles to Heathrow Airport on Friday morning on a commercial American Airlines flight, arriving in London at around 11.20am, The Mirror reports.
He will be attending the ceremony alone as Meghan, Archie and Lilibet celebrate Archie’s fourth birthday in California.
Harry was spotted arriving at Westminster Abbey shortly before 10.40am wearing a suit adorned with his military medals.
He arrived at the same time as his uncle, Prince Andrew, Princess Anne, and their children Beatrice and Eugenie, and Prince Harry was seen chatting with his cousins.
He was not allowed to wear his military uniform, despite serving in the Army for a decade and doing two tours of Afghanistan, because he is no longer a working royal.
These rules were also in place during his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral last September. Prince Harry and Prince Andrew both wore morning suits instead of their military uniforms.
Prince Harry is sat in the third row of the church, and is likely to fly back to the United States today.
He chatted to his cousin Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi as he entered Westminster Abbey in the drizzling rain.
He also nodded and smiled to guests as he walked down the nave of the abbey.
Rather than seating being arranged by line of succession – which would see Harry seated close to the Prince and Princess of Wales – it’s thought that only working royals will be seated in the front row.
The coronation ceremony could be the first time Prince Harry has seen his family since the release of his memoir.
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He attended a High Court battle at the end of March but it’s not known whether he reunited with dad Charles or brother Prince William.
Previous reports claimed Charles believed his youngest son had ‘crossed a line’ with Spare, which ‘led him to evict’ the couple from their UK home, Frogmore Cottage.
Harry will be absent from the procession behind the gold state coach carrying the newly crowned King and Queen from Westminster Abbey back to Buckingham Palace after the ceremony.
Harry is expected to attend only the abbey ceremony before returning to the US.
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