Kate and Prince William ‘keen’ for Prince George to have official role in King Charles’ coronation

Kate and Prince William ‘are keen’ for Prince George to have official role in King Charles’ coronation – but want him to go straight back to school

  • Kate and William do not want George to be ‘overwhelmed’ at the coronation
  • But they ‘are keen’ for him to have an ‘official role’, a royal expert has claimed 

The Prince and Princess of Wales ‘are keen’ for Prince George to play an ‘official’ part in King Charles’ Coronation but want him to return to school on the following Tuesday, it has been claimed. 

King Charles and Camilla’s grandchildren could play an important role in the upcoming coronation, a royal expert has said, forming a ‘very different’ ceremony to what was seen in 1953.

It is understood that Kate and William ‘are keen’ for the nine-year-old prince to have an ‘official role’ but ‘do not want him to be overwhelmed by the attention’, according to Roya Nikkhah, Royal Editor of The Sunday Times.

Speaking with True Royalty TV’s The Royal Beat, she said: ‘They are very keen, but if George does have an official role, it will be quite low-key. 

‘They are very conscious that he will return to school on the Tuesday [after the coronation], and they do not want him to be overwhelmed by the attention. But he may play a smaller official role. 

Kate and William reportedly do not want Prince George to be ‘overwhelmed’ at the Coronation

‘I do not know in terms of what the grandchildren will do for the King. I was told it was very much the grandchildren who were there to help and attend to Camilla.’

Involvement of grandchildren would be a break from tradition as young heirs did not participate in the previous two coronations. 

Roya Nikkhah added that the ‘blended’ Royal Family could see the Queen Consort’s five grandchildren involved too. 

She said: ‘The Royal Family is a blended family. There are stepchildren and step-grandchildren. 

‘It says a lot about Camilla that rather than having aristocrats that she might not know but who would be part of protocol and tradition, she is keen to have her grandchildren involved in an official capacity. It is very different from what we saw in 1953.’

Further discussion of the coronation will be available to watch in an episode of The Royal Beat from March 3 on True Royalty TV.

In a previous episode of the Daily Mail’s Palace Confidential series, royal expert Dr Tessa Dunlop also claimed that Prince George will be a focus.

She said: ‘[They] want to keep it focused on that line of succession.

The Prince and Princess of Wales 'are keen' for Prince George to play an 'official' part even if it is 'a smaller official role', it has been claimed

The Prince and Princess of Wales ‘are keen’ for Prince George to play an ‘official’ part even if it is ‘a smaller official role’, it has been claimed

King Charles' historic and reportedly 'very different' coronation will take place on May 6

King Charles’ historic and reportedly ‘very different’ coronation will take place on May 6 

‘So we’re going to see a lot of camera shots of Charles, of William, of George.’

Dr Dunlop referenced Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953 which saw five-year-old Prince Charles sat between the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, making him very visible.  

Th historic ceremony this year will begin with Camilla’s crowning, before Charles is officially named as monarch when the St Edward’s Crown is placed on his head by the Archbishop of Canterbury. 

A procession will then lead the newly-crowned King past thousands of people to Buckingham Palace, where he will join members of his family on the balcony to wave at the crowd.

The next day, Windsor Castle is set to host a concert broadcast around the world, with thousands of street parties in the afternoon as people. This will be followed by a Bank Holiday on Monday, with millions of people set to get a day off work.

Comments about Prince George’s role in the coronation come amid weeks of speculation about whether Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will attend the Coronation. 

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