King Charles’s vision for a “slimmed-down” monarchy has been put to the test after the latest health issues involving the monarch himself and the Princess of Wales. Now, a royal historian has warned that it may clash with a famous mantra of his late mother’s.
Buckingham Palace shocked royal watchers around the world last Monday after it announced that King Charles has been diagnosed with a “form of cancer”. Charles has received his first bout of treatment and is expected to reduce his engagements with the public as he braces for his cancer battle.
Meanwhile, Princess Kate has been recuperating at home in Windsor and is not expected to be carrying out any royal duties until after Easter, following her abdominal surgery last month.
Prince William has adjusted his schedule to fully support his family which he has made known that it remains his top priority before any duties.
However, with three senior royals out of action, concerns were raised over whether the remaining handful of working members of the Firm would be able to carry out the necessary engagements.
A royal historian Marlene Koenig agreed that there are “definitely fewer people with boots to the ground at this time” and cautioned the King there needs to be a “definite rethink” of ‘slimming down’.
She said he will otherwise risk going up against one of his mother’s famous mantras related to a monarch’s devotion to the crown.
Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Koenig explained: “There has to be a definite rethink of ‘slimming down’. It is understood that Catherine will be having meetings and discussions via Zoom or telephone with her charities.
“But there are fewer royals to be seen – and remember, Queen Elizabeth II said “I have to be seen to be believed.'”
She added that Charles’s first address to the nation as monarch back in 2022 during which he said: “As the Queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I too now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation.”
Koenig added: “And this is what he plans to do.”
Charles, who accordin1g to his wife, Queen Camilla, is doing “extremely well under the circumstances”, has made it known he’s determined to carry on with his royal duties, however, engagements with the public will have to be reduced as he undergoes cancer treatment.
