Well, sending an ambassador is not the same like sending a son, a grandson or a cousin, you know!
I didn´t say it is right or wrong of the BRF to attend or not! All I said was that I didn´t expect somebody of them to attend anyway!
I´m sure if Charles really WANTED to come he would have. Funerals are always more or less unexpected and if a royal head of state would have died, Charles or another member of the BRF would have attended, no matter if he/ she had the time to go or not!
I remember the wedding of CP Haakon back in 2001. The Pr of Wales attended the religious ceremony and off he went as soon as it was over (yes, I know, Edward and Sophie stayed for the ball. But still there always remains the feeling that their attendance is an obligation, not that it is something important to them personally).
CP Alexander not going is your only surprise? Come on, Queen Sophia spent so much time together with this couple in her youth, she was one of the most distinguished guests at the King´s 90th birthday. They were so closely connected in their younger years, shared so many emotional family occasions I find hard to understand why someone just skips the last good byes to someone so close!