King Charles’ decision to allow the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex to deputise for him when he cannot fulfil official duties is a snub to Prince Harry that will make him ‘furious’, a royal expert said last night.
The ‘slight’ to the Duke of Sussex and the monarch’s disgraced brother Andrew, called ‘necessary’ by royal biographer Angela Levin, will mean that the pair will be even less likely to be called to step-in if the King is absent.
The monarch’s intention was announced on Monday in a signed message read to the House of Lords by the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Parker of Minsmere, who is the most senior official in the royal household.
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told MailOnline the ‘important and long overdue reform’ was ‘symbolically significant too that it has been announced on King Charles’s Birthday’.
‘He has celebrated privately, but this is a very significant matter of public interest,’ he added.
Charles said the aim of the increase was to ‘ensure continued…
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