King Charles has struck a new deal with Prince William and Princess Kate over concerns they were stealing the limelight, an expert has claimed.
Since Charles’s Coronation five months ago, his reign has been compared to that of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Now, he is worried that Kate and William’s ever growing popularity could affect his own reign.
William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales, have stolen Charles’ limelight with the way they carried out their royal duties, pushing the monarch in the background.
Royal columnist at The Daily Beast, Clive Irving, said while discussing the matter, “There’s a great deal of feeling that William understands the mood and the reality on the ground far more than Charles ever will.”
In response, Charles reached a compromise with his son and daughter-in-law to regain a degree of control.
Mr Irving added: “They worked out a kind of accommodation of how much limelight each is going to be allowed, because Charles is always very jealous of other people stealing his limelight.”
While the exact division of the limelight remains unknown, but Irving suggests it may be around “maybe 40 percent (for the Waleses’) and he keeps 60 percent. That seems to be the working arrangement.”
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