Prince Edward and Princess Anne to become stand-ins for King. Details here

Camilla, the Queen Consort, and four other senior royals serve as state counselors at the moment. However, Prince Andrew and Prince Harry are no longer accessible as working royals. Counselors are needed to fill in for the monarch when he or she is away or ill.

On Monday, the House of Lords heard the King's official request for the alteration, which named Princess Anne, Princess Royal, and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex as supplementary replacements. The Counsellors of State Bill, which makes this possible, was brought before peers on Tuesday. This hurried move in Parliament is intended to resolve an awkward constitutional issue regarding who could deputize for the King if he was unable to perform his duties as head of state.

At the moment, two of the five eligible counselors are effectively ruled out. Prince Andrew, The Duke of York resigned from royal responsibilities following his involvement with US sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Prince Harry, lives in the United States with his family and has retired from royal duties.




Instead of eliminating them from the list of state counselors, the suggestion is to expand the pool of eligible royals, removing the availability of Prince Andrew and Prince Harry.

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   George VI reigned as King of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth Dominions from 11 December 1936 until he died in 1952.
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   Princess Anne and Prince Edward had previously served as Counsellors of State before being surpassed in the line of succession to the throne.