Per experts, one danger facing the monarchy is its reduced size, which leads to fewer royal engagements than in previous years. The author of the Civitas analysis, Frank Young, was quoted in the Express as utelling saying, “The Royal family as we know it is on the brink of collapse and risks abolishing itself by stealth if the King doesn’t take steps to boost visits that have fallen radically over the last decade.”
The Royal family is becoming more and more dependent on a select group of devoted individuals, with Charles, Anne, and Edward contributing about half of the labour, as a result of scandal, d:eat:h, and resignation. We will either have to tolerate a Royal Family that is further apart from the people than it has ever been in the last 100 years, or we will need to find new working royals.
Though Harry remains a Counsellor of State, who “are authorised to carry out most of the official duties of the Sovereign, for example, attending Privy Council meetings, signing routine documents and receiving the credentials of new ambassadors to the United Kingdom,” the number of working royals has decreased with Harry and Meghan’s departure from the Firm.
The problem is that Andrew and Beatrice, two more Counsellors of State in addition to Harry, are not employed royals. Daniela Elser says that having Harry, Andrew, and Beatrice as potential royal understudies would be as sensible as having Gary Barlow from Take That take on the role of governor of the Bank of England or having Cheryl Cole fill in for the Home Secretary.
That they might potentially be used to convene Privy Council sessions, sign official documents, or even open parliament? Which is another way of saying that the king can’t afford for his brother and son, with their enduring pride and deep-seated resentment, to keep wrecking havoc on a semi-regular basis.
Elser claims that besides the fewer royal engagements with the British people, eight other words—”The Duke of York” and “The Duke of Sussex”—have the power to “bring King Charles down” and maybe bring about the overthrow of the monarchy. “His Majesty is putting his reign – and the whole palace shebang – in jeopardy as long as the eight words ‘The Duke of York’ and ‘The Duke of Sussex’ appear on the royal website as Counsellors of State,” Elser wrote.
“[Andrew and Harry] continue to be an enduring source of trouble for the queen, but they are both still a part of the royal family,” she continued. We trust King Charles will be able to handle every situation that comes with his new position.
