EXCLUSIVE Harry and Meghan STILL haven’t told King Charles if they’ll be attending his coronation in May

Royal insiders say they are still “no wiser” whether Harry and Meghan plan to attend the coronation, despite the RSVPS deadline closing on Monday.

Sources have said the April 3 closing date has now passed and staff have still not been told if the king’s estranged son and his wife will accept his invitation, even though the event is now just a month away.

The problem is giving “headaches” to organizers, who are trying to finalize things like seating, cars and security for the coronation on May 6.

Buckingham Palace declined to comment, although an aide said it was unlikely there would be such a strict closing date for family members if there were other guests.

But a source said: “Everything is still up in the air and there is only a month to go.

Sources have said the April 3 closing date has now passed and staff have still not been told if the king’s estranged son and his wife will accept his invitation to attend, even though the event is now just a month away (Meghan and Harry pictured in New York in December 2022)

“All people have been told is that ‘hopefully it should be fixed soon’. But in the meantime, the teams are trying to finalize plans for 2,000 guests, many of whom are international heads of state and VIPs. It’s a headache.’

The Daily Mail first revealed last year that Charles would invite the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to his coronation, despite the many stones they threw at the king, his wife and wider family.

The Sussexes later confirmed that they had received an email invitation. Relations are so bad that the King and Prince William have not spoken to the California couple for several months.

A paper sympathetic to the Sussexes reported yesterday that they had recently been in “email correspondence” with the palace, but said Harry was in a “predicament” over whether to attend.

The prince has previously demanded that his family apologize to him and Meghan over how they were allegedly treated, saying he should sit down to speak to his father and brother if they consider coming.

However, The Mail later revealed that the king and his eldest son are in no mood to comply with his demands.

Despite the awkwardness that would ensue if Harry or Meghan came, the King is believed to be determined to do the right thing and invite his youngest son.

And apparently a game of transatlantic ‘ping pong’ has been going on for weeks about arrangements if the Sussexes were to be present.

In the meantime, Buckingham Palace staff have been instructed to plan as if they were coming, suggesting it wasn’t a definite and immediate ‘no’.

But that causes problems for the employees, who say: ‘Changing sitting positions, for example, is quite easy. But what gives more headaches are security, cars and other logistics.

“Any plans that fit the rest of the family are more important and more problematic.

The issue is causing a ‘headache’ for organizers, who are trying to sort out issues such as seating, cars and security for the coronation on May 6 (pictured in June 2022)

Buckingham Palace declined to comment, though an aide said it was unlikely there would be such a strict closing date for family members if there were other guests (King Charles and Queen Camilla are pictured at the coronation next month)

“There is clearly a lot going on behind the scenes in terms of conversations between members of the family and their offices. But at this stage of the procedure, people could use some clarity.

“There are now two plans, one for when they come and another if they don’t. It’s an extra layer of responsibility that the staff can do without.’

Another friend of the family said it seemed deeply “unfair” to the King and Queen Consort to have uncertainty about the Sussexes hanging over their heads when they just wanted to go ahead and plan “such a wonderful and historic holiday”.

“Regardless of everything that happened, a simple yes or no would be polite and sufficient,” they added.