No Appetite Το Make Peace With Harry

PRINCE Harry's brief return for his father's Coronation will leave no time to mend his relationship with the Royal Family.

- Richard Palmer 

A source told the Daily Express: "The Royal Family are focused on planning for the historic occasion and have no appetite or time at this stage to think about reconciliation."

Harry's only public appearance during the Coronation long weekend will be at the Westminster Abbey service on May 6. He is expected to be seated away from brother Prince William, with other nonworking members of the Royal Family at the service. Harry may return to Buckingham Palace for a reception with the wider family but he is not expected to appear on its balcony - and his office has said he will not be at the Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle the next day.

Harry, 38, is expected to fly home to California soon after the Coronation to rejoin wife Meghan and their children: their son Prince Archie is four on Coronation Day.

Royal insiders and observers said the Duke of Sussex's schedule would make any progress in repairing the rift near-impossible.

Joe Little, the managing editor of Majesty magazine, said: "They won't get a chance and there is probably no intention to do so. The chances are that Harry will leave the UK in the same position as when he arrives in the UK." The royals have not forgiven the Prince for his public outbursts about them in a controversial Netflix documentary series and in his memoir Spare. He is likely to be met by an icy reception from relatives as he turns up at the Coronation.