In a week full of Royal Family news, Prince William is reportedly welcoming the help of Queen Camilla amid King Charles and Kate Middleton’s health battles, one royal expert has claimed.
Since Charles’ cancer diagnosis, Camilla has taken on various duties for her husband. On Monday (March 11) at Westminster Abbey, she led the Royal Family at a Commonwealth Day service.
Camilla was also the most senior royal who attended the recent memorial service for King Constantine of Greece.
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In May, provisional plans have been made for Camilla to represent the family at the Chelsea Flower Show, it’s claimed. Throughout June, she is also set to appear at the D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations. Camilla also has plans to perform duties at Garter Day, Royal Ascot and Trooping the Colour.
William, meanwhile, has been very much business as usual, despite the Princess Kate photo scandal.
Prince William confronts the real possibility of his future role as King much earlier in his father’s reign than would have been hoped.
Royal expert Michael Cole told MailOnline that the Williams won’t be worrying “about who does what in the Royal Family”.
Michael added that there isn’t any jealousy surrounding Camilla’s more prominent role. Instead, he believes it would be “only too glad to see the responsibility for keeping the royal show on the road shared out between a suddenly reduced number of available working royals”.
Royal expert Michael claimed that William is completely happy with Camilla stepping up to the plate.
‘Prince William has shown nothing but good judgement’
“It is right, proper and in accord with protocol for the Queen Consort should take up some of the duties of her husband while he is unable to preside at public-facing events and ceremonies. Prince William has shown nothing but good judgement in recent years, especially while dealing with tricky situations, not least the continuing fall-out from the self-imposed exile to California of his younger brother, Prince Harry,” Michael said.
Michael stated that William has shown “great wisdom in strictly limiting his reaction to cruel and unjustified jibes and barbs from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex or those purportedly acting and writing on their behalf, even though the attacks on his wife, the Princess of Wales, have been especially hard for him to bear”.
“All of that coming as Prince William confronts the real possibility of his future role as King much earlier in his father’s reign than would have been hoped, adds to his burden.”
While it may not have always been the case, Michaels insists William today “gets on well” with Camilla.
‘She cares for William deeply’
Indeed, behaviour expert Darren Stanton told ED! after the Commonwealth Day service this week that William has a great respect for his stepmother.
Speaking on behalf of Betfair Slingo, Darren said: “Over the years, William and Camilla have definitely developed a mutual respect and a close bond. It’s clear from the way they look and interact between each other that there is a deep respect between them.
“She cares for William deeply and he cares for her. Eye contact is a great way of establishing a tight bond between two people. From the Commonwealth Day shots, it’s apparent that the pair have a tight connection as their eye contact with each other was completely engaged.
“William and Camilla clearly have a great relationship that has developed over many decades for them.”
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