“I don’t think [Prince William] will be a political king, but I think he will speak up on the issues that matter to him,” says one former aide.
, it is particularly important. As he enters a new decade, William knows that he will likely become the next Prince of Wales in his 40s. His wife,Duchess of Cambridge, will become the first Princess of Wales since his late mother, Diana. With an aging monarch—his grandmother the Queen is 96, and an heir apparent in his 70s William is not only inching closer to the throne, the future of the monarchy rests heavily on his shoulders.
In 2017, he gave up his career as an air ambulance helicopter pilot. It was a position he loved, but the job that really mattered was calling. At the time Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh had just retired and although the Queen was carrying out around 300 engagements a year, and Charles more than double that, there was a growing pressure on William to take on full-time royal duties.
Their roles as her chief substitutes have become increasingly apparent in recent years, with Charles and William carrying out the lion’s share of overseas tours on behalf of the Queen as well as investitures and increasingly state occasions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, William and Catherine stepped up as front-line royals to support the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall as the Queen sheltered at Windsor Castle.
“They are absolutely on the same page, in fact they are closer now than they have ever been,” says a family friend. “They speak almost every day and they have a very loving and genuine connection. They believe in the monarchy, that it has a genuine purpose and that it has a future. They recognize that it has to modernize and that there will be changes in the future when the Queen’s reign comes to a close.
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