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HARRY AND MEGHAN GET CORONATION INVITES, BUT WON’T SAY IF THEY ARE COMING

SURPRISE GUESTS

Plus, the great royal accommodation saga continues with mystery over whether
Harry and Meghan have been offered a place to stay. Plus, Fergie on the queen,
and Edward’s birthday.

TOM SYKES

Royalist Correspondent

TIM TEEMAN

Senior Editor and Writer

Published Mar. 05, 2023 8:52AM ET 


REUTERS/TOBY MELVILLE



Welcome to this week’s edition of Royalist, The Daily Beast’s newsletter for all
things royal and Royal Family. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every
Sunday.

Harry and Meghan’s Coronation guessing game

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have “received email correspondence” about the
Coronation from King Charles, their office said Saturday night, strongly
suggesting they have been invited to attend the landmark event, as The Royalist
has long predicted they would be.

However the couple said they will not, for now, say if they are going.



In a statement reported by The Sunday Times, a spokesperson for the couple said
that Harry had “recently received email correspondence from His Majesty’s office
regarding the coronation. An immediate decision on whether the Duke and Duchess
will attend will not be disclosed by us at this time.”


 * WILLIAM BACKED CHARLES’ DECISION TO EVICT HARRY AND MEGHAN
   
   ‘CLOSER THAN EVER’
   
   TOM SYKES
   
   

The Daily Beast reported this week that, despite new evidence of the extent of
the estrangement between the Sussexes and the Windsors emerging after they were
told to get out of their U.K. home, Frogmore Cottage (for more on this, see
below) the working assumption was that Harry and Meghan would be invited to the
ceremony and would come.

Harry suggested in some interviews promoting his book earlier this year that a
condition of his attendance was an apology for the way he says he and Meghan
were treated by the family saying the ball was “in their court.” But friends of
the royals have dismissed any chance of that, with one saying this week: “It is
clearly entirely up to them if they accept the invite. Plans are being made on
the basis that they will.”

While Charles genuinely wants Harry to come, William is less keen, but happy to
support his father’s wishes.

One source told The Daily Beast earlier this week: “William won’t shed a tear if
Harry doesn’t make it. He feels utterly betrayed by Harry. Relations have never
been this bad and he hates him for what he has done to the family in the books
and interviews. He will support whatever decision his dad makes but it’s no
secret he would prefer it if he wasn’t there, or, indeed, never stepped foot in
England again.”

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the opening ceremony
of the One Young World summit, in Manchester, Britain September 5, 2022.

REUTERS/MOLLY DARLINGTON

Royal commentator Duncan Larcombe, a former royal editor of the Sun, previously
told The Daily Beast: “There is a strong commercial imperative for them to
attend as their entire brand is predicated on their connection to royalty. Also,
if they are invited and don’t come, they will look petty for snubbing Charles’
big day. So you’d have to say the odds are that they will be there.”

Larcombe said he suspected that as Harry and Meghan have no official role in the
ceremony, they would be seated in the second tier of family, “with the likes of
the Duke of Gloucester,” as they were at Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee.

Harry and Meghan’s big royal accommodation mystery

The ongoing saga around where very rich members of the royal family will live in
very big palaces continues. Two British newspapers are saying entirely different
things this morning about the great royal Monopoly game, as a cost-of-living
crisis grips the rest of Britain.

The Sunday Telegraph reports that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have not been
offered alternative royal accommodation after being chucked out of Frogmore
Cottage, and say visiting Britain with their children will be “complicated” if
they live outside the security perimeters of a royal estate.

“It’s not just his son, it’s his grandchildren too,” a source noted of how King
Charles’ family relationships may suffer.

However, according to the Mail on Sunday, King Charles is going to offer Harry
and Meghan accommodation space at Buckingham Palace, This is after he evicted
them from Frogmore Cottage, a state of affairs they were reportedly were pretty
unbothered by. The Telegraph report takes. adifferent tack; they say the
Sussexes were “disappointed” by the decision, but also recognized the great
privilege they had.

Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William visit Windsor Foodshare as
they learn more about the support that the organization provides to individuals
and families living in the local area, before helping volunteers to sort food
donations and prepare packages for the charity's clients, in Windsor, Britain,
Jan. 26, 2023.

ALASTAIR GRANT/POOL VIA REUTERS

There’s a problem, because this is the royals. Charles may offer the couple a
suite of rooms previously occupied by Prince Andrew, which Harry and Meghan may
not be too keen on. Andrew, after all, is alleged to have sexually abused
Virginia Giuffre when she was underage and being sexually trafficked by Jeffrey
Epstein, which he emphatically denies (paying her millions of dollars in an
out-of-court settlement last year). Andrew, meanwhile, would be vacating Royal
Lodge, which is reportedly being lined up for William and Kate. The property,
the Mail said, may need “extensive renovations”—not to mention the sage.

William and Kate are presently living in Adelaide Cottage in Windsor, which they
see as too small; that residence may be offered to Andrew's youngest daughter,
Eugenie, who is pregnant with her second child, and who was previously renting
Frogmore.

A source told the Mail: “His Majesty is furious, as is William. But the King is
not a bad man. He has no wish to see his brother Andrew homeless or penniless.
Nor does he wish to deprive the Sussexes of a base in the UK. London is a better
fit. The Sussexes have always wanted rooms at Buckingham Palace. They could have
Andrew’s old rooms there, which are currently being vacated.”

Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends the Royal Family's Christmas Day
service at St. Mary Magdalene's church, as the Royals take residence at the
Sandringham estate in eastern England, Britain December 25, 2022.

REUTERS/TOBY MELVILLE

A source added: “Royal Lodge is far too grand and much too big for Prince
Andrew's current status. Plus it is geared towards children, with its Wendy
house and pool, so of course it has long been the natural choice for Prince
William. Adelaide Cottage is too small for a future king and queen in the long
term. There isn't enough room for all the security they and their children will
need in the years ahead, which is why Royal Lodge was being openly discussed as
far back as January. It has been an idea on the agenda for much longer than
that, since the queen was alive.

Another source told the Mail that Frogmore Cottage has been offered to Andrew on
a “take-it-or-leave-it” basis, adding: “Andrew can have Frogmore Cottage or
nothing. But at least Adelaide could eventually end up in the hands of one of
his daughters.”

Subscribe here to get all the latest royal news and gossip with Tom Sykes and
Tim Teeman.

Fergie salutes the queen, praises Andrew

Sarah Ferguson is back on her promotional rounds having co-written a new novel,
entitled, A Most Intriguing Lady, which she is mercilessly plugging. The only
problem is that all anyone wants to talk to her about is her disgraced husband
Prince Andrew.

In a long interview with the Telegraph she stuck up for him, casting her support
for him, rather cleverly, as an act of fealty to the queen, saying at one point:
“During the last three years, her poor son has been going through such a
tumultuous time, and I think HM was very relieved I could help her with him, so
we became even closer, then…She knew I will always be there. Always. Because I
love her.”

Picture shows Sarah Ferguson attending the funeral of Her Majesty the Queen at
Westminster, September 19, 2022.

GEOFF PUGH FOR THE TELEGRAPH/POOL VIA REUTERS

Fergie’s rather good on the queen, as it happens, saying: “She was able to
completely and utterly dilute chaos. And still carry on. And still smile. And
still go through everything that she went through.”

Incredibly, the interview, in a restaurant, ends with Fergie ordering a slice of
chocolate cake for Andrew to take away. He really must be economizing.

What more is there to say Harry?

Prince Harry’s strangely non-compelling interview with Dr Gabor Maté yesterday
was a reminder that Harry’s poor-me schtick is fast running out of road. Despite
saying that he did not see himself as a victim, Harry sounded like he did as he
laid the blame for his unhappiness on his upbringing and vowed “not to pass on
any trauma or negative experiences that I’ve had as a kid” to his own children.

The doctor was kind enough not to suggest that courting the global media by
producing multiple mega-blockbusters about what a load of complete bastards your
family are might not be the best way to ensure your kids have as normal as
possible an upbringing.

This week in royal history

Happy birthday Prince Edward! He turns 59 on Friday March 10. The late queen’s
youngest son was born at Buckingham Palace.

Unanswered questions

So, have Harry and Meghan been offered royal rooms or not? And when will they
declare their decision about attending the Coronation? And if they do come where
will they stay?

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‘BETRAYAL’

The spat between Putin’s military and shadow army has spiraled after accusations
that a representative of Yevgeny Prigozhin was denied access to a Russian war
base in Ukraine.

SHANNON VAVRA

National Security Reporter

Published Mar. 06, 2023 12:48PM ET 


SPUTNIK/PAVEL BEDNYAKOV/POOL VIA THIRD PARTY



A representative for Wagner Group boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin was reportedly denied
access to Russia’s military command in Ukraine Monday, in the latest sign that
Moscow is sidelining Prigozhin’s mercenary fighting group in the war in Ukraine.

The apparent snub comes as Prigozhin pleads with Moscow to provide Wagner Group
with ammunition it desperately needs in the war. The ammunition, though, has not
been delivered—an act Prigozhin said could either be “ordinary bureaucracy or
betrayal.”

“On March 5, I wrote a letter to the commander of the SMO grouping about the
urgent need to allocate ammunition. On March 6, at 8 a.m., my representative at
the headquarters had his pass cancelled and was denied access,” Prigozhin in a
Telegram post, according to a Reuters translation.

Wagner Group fighters asked Russia for more ammunition in February, noting that
Wagner Group mercenaries were dying unnecessarily in Ukraine as they try to
fight off a Ukrainian advance in Bakhmut.



The delays and the latest denial to the Wagner representative has raised
questions for Prigozhin about whether Russia—over a year into a war that has no
end in sight—is willing to use Wagner as scapegoat in case it loses the war.

“What if they [the Russian authorities] want to set us up, saying that we are
scoundrels—and that's why they are not giving us ammunition, not giving us
weapons, and not letting us replenish our personnel, including [recruiting]
prisoners,” Prigozhin said in a video, referencing recent measures Russia has
established to prevent Wagner Group from rounding up prisoners to run on
missions in Ukraine with little to no training.


 * WAGNER BOSS APPEARS TO ISSUE THREAT TO KREMLIN OVER BAKHMUT
   
   SHAKEDOWN?
   
   ALLISON QUINN
   
   

Prigozhin warned that if the supplies are not provided to Wagner, Russia may
lose Bakhmut—and more—to Ukraine.

“If Wagner retreats from Bakhmut now, the whole front will collapse,” he said.

Russia has been trying and failing to seize Bakhmut for months, with significant
losses, according to the National Security Council.

Although Prigozhin is questioning whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is
trying to blame losses on Wagner, Putin has been leaning on Wagner Group
fighting as a way to make up for failings of Russia’s more conventional armed
forces, according to a previous White House National Security Council
assessment.

Wagner Group fighting has been “a bit more effective” than Russia’s forces, U.S.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters Monday.

In recent days, the focus of Wagner’s fighting has pushed toward Bakhmut from
the east and north, as Ukrainian fighters have retreated west of the Bakhmutia
river, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Even so, if Russia does prove victorious in Bakhmut, it likely won’t change the
direction of the war, Austin said Monday.

“If the Ukrainians decide to reposition in some of the terrain that’s west of
Bakhmut, I would not view that as an operational or a strategic setback,” Austin
said, according to Fox News, which was traveling with the secretary of defense.
“The fall of Bakhmut won’t necessarily mean that…the Russians have changed the
tide of this fight.”




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