Prince Harry and Meghan have been in “email correspondence” with the office of King Charles over whether they will attend his coronation.
It has been unclear whether he and Meghan would be invited to the ceremony on May 6 after the publication of his controversial memoir Spare.
Conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the coronation of the King and Queen Consort will take place at Westminster Abbey on the Saturday morning.
Tens of thousands of street parties are expected to be staged during the weekend, with people urged to come together across the nation for the Coronation Big Lunch on May 7.
According to reports, Prince Harry has been in contact with the king's representatives concerning their attendance.
But the duke has said that he would not yet be disclosing whether a decision had been made on his and Meghan’s attendance.
King Charles and Prince William make first appearances since Prince Harry's memoir - in pictures
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King Charles III arrives at an event in Aberdeenshire two days after the release of Prince Harry's book 'Spare'. Getty Images -
Prince William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales, were also back out fulfilling royal commitments, visiting the Royal Liverpool University hospital. Reuters -
King Charles unveils a plaque in his honour during the visit in Aberdeenshire. AP -
The Princess of Wales poses for selfies with staff at the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital. AP -
King Charles signs a guestbook. Getty Images -
The Prince and Princess of Wales listen to young adults in the 'Mentor Room' while visiting the Open Door Charity in Birkenhead. AP -
King Charles toured new facilities at the local community space, as well as meeting with support groups. AFP -
Prince William and his wife meet staff at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. AFP
“I can confirm the Duke has recently received email correspondence from His Majesty’s office regarding the coronation," a Sussex representative told The Times.
“An immediate decision on whether the Duke and Duchess will attend will not be disclosed by us at this time.”
Many soldiers neither agreed nor disagreed with Afghan war
Prince Harry at the weekend spoke about his time in the British military, saying “a lot of us” in the Army “didn't necessarily agree or disagree” with the war in Afghanistan.
In his memoir Spare, Prince Harry wrote about his royal life and his military service, including the number of people he killed in Afghanistan.
Prince Harry's book is released - in pictures
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The first copies of Prince Harry's new book Spare are unpacked during a midnight sale at a book shop in London. EPA -
After months of anticipation and a sustained publicity blitz, Prince Harry's book is on sale in the UK. AFP -
Photographers surround a trolley containing copies of Spare. PA -
Caroline Lennon, the first customer to purchase a copy of Spare, poses for photographers at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London. PA -
There is no mention of royal family members in the foreword to Spare. AP -
The book reveals that Prince Harry took cocaine and magic mushrooms. Reuters -
Spare also lifts the lid on the prince's relationships with the royal family. EPA -
The book contains allegations of racism within the royal family and accounts of a fight with Prince William. AFP
On Saturday, he spoke to Dr Gabor Mate, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture, and told of how he had always felt different to rest of his family
He also talked about military service and how his book had been received.
“One of the reasons why so many people in the United Kingdom were not supportive of our troops was because they assumed that everybody that was serving was for the war,” he said
“But no, once you sign up, you do what you’re told to do.
“So there was a lot of us that didn’t necessarily agree or disagree, but you were doing what you were trained to do, you were doing what you were sent to do.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Duchess of Sussex through the years - in pictures
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Doria Ragland, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attend the Ms Foundation Women of Vision Awards in New York City. Getty -
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies in Los Angeles in April. Getty -
The royal couple speak onstage at the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Gala in New York in December 2022. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan watch as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is placed into the hearse following the state funeral service at Westminster Abbey in central London in September 2022. AP -
Prince Harry and Meghan pay their respects at the Palace of Westminster. Getty -
Prince Harry, Meghan and Kate, Princess of Wales, attend a service for the reception of Queen Elizabeth's coffin at Westminster Hall. AFP -
The Princess of Wales, Prince William, Prince Harry and Meghan meet members of the public outside Windsor Castle. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan leave after a service of thanksgiving for the queen. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York in September 2021. AP -
Prince Harry and Meghan on the cover of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world edition, in September 2021. Reuters -
Prince Harry and Meghan are interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in March 2021. Reuters -
Prince Harry and Meghan shared this image on social media in February 2021 to announce they were expecting their second child. AFP -
Prince Harry and Meghan visit Canada House, London, in January 2020. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan visit Auwal Mosque on Heritage Day during their royal tour of South Africa in September 2019. Getty -
Prince Harry, Meghan and their son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor in South Africa in September 2019. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan meet Beyonce Knowles-Carter and Jay-Z at the European Premiere of Disney's The Lion King at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, London, in July 2019. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan pose for a photo with the New York Yankees before their baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at London Stadium in June 2019. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan pose with their newborn son Archie in St George's Hall at Windsor Castle in May 2019. Getty -
Meghan, joined by her mother Ms Ragland, shows her new son to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at Windsor Castle in May 2019. AP -
Prince Harry and Meghan officially open Number 7, a Feeding Birkenhead citizen’s supermarket and community cafe in Merseyside in January 2019. Getty -
Prince William, the Princess of Wales, Meghan and Prince Harry attend a Christmas Day church service at the Church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham estate in December 2018. Getty -
Prince William, Prince Harry, Meghan and the Duchess of Cambridge attend a service marking the centenary of the First World War armistice at Westminster Abbey in November 2018. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan visit Redwoods Tree Walk in October 2018 in Rotorua, New Zealand. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan visit an exhibition of Tongan handicrafts at the Fa'onelua Convention Centre in October 2018 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan visit the University of the South Pacific in October 2018 in Suva, Fiji. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan address the public during a Community Event at Victoria Park in October 2018 in Dubbo, Australia. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan meet a koala during a visit to Taronga Zoo in October 2018 in Sydney, Australia. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan arrive at the University of Chichester's Engineering and Digital Technology Park during an official visit to West Sussex in October 2018. Getty -
The queen, Meghan, Prince Harry, Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge watch the RAF 100th anniversary fly-past from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in July 2018. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan on their wedding day in May 2018. Getty -
Prince Harry places a wedding ring on his new wife's finger. Getty -
Meghan and Prince Harry head to their evening wedding reception at Frogmore House. Getty -
Prince Harry and Meghan walk through the corridors of the Palace of Holyroodhouse on their way to a reception for young people at the Palace in February 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Getty -
Prince Harry and his then-fiancee Meghan visit Nottingham for their first official public engagement together in December 2017. Getty
He told Dr Mate of the concerns he had before beginning therapy sessions and of how he had worried he would lose memories of his mother Princess Diana.
“I certainly have felt throughout my life, my younger years, I felt slightly different to the rest of my family,” the prince said.
“I felt strange being in this container and I know that my mum felt the same, so it makes sense to me.
“It didn't make sense at the time. I felt as though my body was in there but my head was out and sometimes it was vice versa.
“One of the things I was most scared about was losing the feelings that I had of my mum.”
“I thought that if I went to therapy it would kill me and that I would lose whatever I had left, whatever I managed to hold on to of my mother, and it turns out that wasn't the case.
"I didn't lose that. It was the opposite.
“I turned what I thought was supposed to be sadness to try to prove to her that I missed her into realising she just really wanted me to be happy, and that was a huge weight of my chest.”
Readers rush to scoop first UK hardback copies of Prince Harry's memoir - video
The ghostwritten Spare laid bare his frustrations with his family.
Prince Harry said his father, now King Charles III, had put his own interests above his youngest son's and was jealous of Meghan and Kate, Princess of Wales, and that Queen Consort Camilla sacrificed him on “her personal PR altar”.
Speaking about negative reaction to the book, Prince Harry said: “Sometimes I'm surprised and sometimes I'm not.
“It is the same group of people who react the same way when someone in a position like myself talks about their trauma.
“As we've already discussed, I'm not a victim in this, but there's almost a balancing act. The more they criticise, the more they comment, the more I feel the need to share.
“I found a way to be able to look around, and firstly ignore, the criticisms and the abuse.”
The duke, who lives in California after moving to the US in 2020, has revealed he has enough material for two books but held back because he does not think his father and brother would “ever forgive” him.
