Oprah weighs in on whether Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should attend King Charles’ coronation

Should they or shouldn’t they? Oprah Winfrey has revealed whether she thinks the Sussexes should attend King Charles’ coronation.

Oprah Winfrey has joined the debate on whether Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should attend King Charles’ coronation.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are invited to the historic May 6 event but it is unclear if they will attend.

Speaking to her friend Gayle King on CBS Morning, Oprah was asked whether the US-based royals should attend the UK celebration.

Oprah, who attended Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding in 2018 and scored a bombshell interview with the couple three years later, said: “I think they should do what they feel is best for them and for their family. That’s what I think.

“That’s what the bottom line comes down to. What do you feel like is the right thing for you?”.

The Sussexes with Oprah during a bombshell CBS interview.

She added: “They haven’t asked me my opinion. No they have not.”

It comes as Succession star Brian Cox claimed that Ms Markle “knew what she was getting into” when she married Prince Harry, and reiterated his call for the monarchy to be abolished.

The Emmy-winner, who stars as media mogul Logan Roy in the hit drama, criticised the Duchess of Sussex for marrying into the royal family with the assumption that she and Prince Harry could “cut themselves off” from the institution.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at their 2018 London wedding. Picture: AFP

“You can’t go into a system where somebody’s already been trained to behave in a certain kind of way and then just expect them to cut themselves off,” he reportedly told Haute Living New York.

“I mean, she knew what she was getting into.”

Cox, a monarch abolitionist, said the Sussexes aren’t quite as innocent in the royal rift as their supporters would believe.

Cox also said that Ms Markle “clearly” had an “ambition” when she married Prince Harry that may have had its genesis early in her life.

Brian Cox as Logan Roy in Succession. Picture: HBO

“The childhood dreams of marrying Prince Charming and all that s**t we see as fantasy that could be our lives in our dreams,” he said.

Cox, a staunch abolitionist, said the monarchy should be eradicated.

“In my opinion, we shouldn’t have a monarchy. It’s not viable; it doesn’t make any sense.”

He said that although royalists would say the system is a “tradition”, his thoughts are “f**k it, move on”.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s relationship with the royal family is strained. Picture: Getty Images

The 76-year-old Scottish actor previously called for the abolishment of the monarchy in 2020 around the time the Sussexes stepped down from their roles as working royals.

He told a British magazine at the time that the “whole blood shooting match” should be abandoned after the Queen’s death.

Cox said that while the Queen was an “amazing woman” and that what she had done for Britain was “incredible”, he still argued it was time to end the monarchy’s “feudal hold on our culture and system”.

Brian Cox said Meghan Markle “knew what she was getting into” when she married into the royal family. Picture: AFP

Ms Markle’s time as a working royal was a disaster, and the alleged bad treatment she received at the hands of the royal family led to a spectacular fallout between Prince Harry, Prince William and King Charles.

The Sussexes have still not confirmed publicly whether they will even attend King Charles’ May 6 coronation.

The new monarch completely wrote Prince Harry out of the ceremony, only reserving a royal role for Prince William.

Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell stated this week that Prince Harry will attend his father’s coronation “alone,” but that Ms wouldn’t be “brave or strong enough” to join.

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