The King and Prince entered the abbey’s Great West Door, joined a formal procession through the nave, and moved to the Quire for the service. Afterward, they attended the installation ceremony in the Henry VII Lady Chapel.

The Sovereign attends only every other service (about once every eight years), while the Great Master is present at every event, held every four years. King Charles III last attended in 2022, when Queen Elizabeth II was still alive.

Prince Harry claims the UK government failed to follow standard security protocols after removing his police protection. He says he was never consulted and even offered to pay privately, but was ignored.

“They know if reassessed properly, it would prove I should never have lost protection,” he wrote.

His plea comes as King Charles battles cancer, announced in February 2025. Though the King stepped back from public duties, he remains active in state affairs and hopes to fully return soon.

In past interviews, Harry shared the emotional toll of leaving royal life.

“No one in the family expressed regret,” he told Oprah. “I tried to get help for years.”

In his memoir Spare, Harry recalls growing up in the shadow of his older brother, Prince William. He was seen as the carefree “spare” until his mother’s death at age 12 changed everything.
He blamed the press, struggled with grief, and later found purpose in the military—but trauma remained, leading to PTSD and panic attacks.

“More than anything, I wanted real connection,” he said.

Then Meghan entered his life. Their romance and royal wedding seemed straight out of a fairy tale. But behind closed doors, they were under constant attack from the press — facing racism, false headlines, and invasive coverage.

Harry saw how deeply it affected Meghan and feared history was repeating itself. Concerned for their mental health and safety, he made a rare decision for someone in the royal family: he chose to step away. “The last to try,” the book notes, “had been his mother.”