Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is the second in line to the British throne, and a royal insider claims that William has been aware of the shift in his role in the royal family over the past few years and that his attitude towards the Queen has changed twice.
In April 2011, Prince William married his wife Kate Middleton, and the Queen awarded them the titles of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, but William did not devote himself entirely to royal duties, but instead divided his time between personal work and royal duties, at which time he worked first in the Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Corps and then as Air Ambulance Pilot.
By 2017, with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, deciding to retire, Prince William realized for the first time that his grandparents could no longer hold up the entire royal family as they had in the past, sheltering them in their wings, so the prince gave up his ambulance job and began working full-time in the royal family.
Royal insiders told royal expert Dan Wootton that Prince William at the time realized his top priority now should be to fully support the Queen and help his grandmother reduce the pressure. And now, as the queen grew older, the prince had a deeper consciousness than in the past.
People familiar with the matter said that Prince William and his wife, Her Royal Highness Catherine, are taking over as many important duties from the queen as possible, and they are fully aware that what they have to do now is no longer to support the queen but to be prepared to ensure that they continue to support the royal family on the day she "leaves".
Beginning in 2020, taking advantage of the fact that most of the core members of the royal family could not adapt to online work due to their age, William Kate shined during the epidemic closure, and then the two also launched a number of important work projects, and the queen also turned to support the two, which made their royal status and popularity increase again.
In fact, in the order of succession to the throne, it is not William but his father, Charles, Prince of Wales, who should make these preparations, but Charles and Camilla have spent many years still failing to repair their public image damaged by Princess Diana, and the responsibility of ensuring the smooth continuation of the monarchy can only be placed on William and his wife.
It is worth mentioning that although everyone in the royal family is well aware of this, including Charles himself, the prince who has been waiting for more than fifty years in the position of crown prince does not seem to have any intention of giving up the throne for William, and according to royal regulations, as long as Charles does not want to give up the throne, no one can interfere with his ascension to the throne of the king.
This month, a Buckingham Palace spokesman announced that the Queen "reluctantly" accepted the doctor's advice to cancel the trip to rest at home, which may be directly related to the Queen's refusal to follow the advice this month to reduce the workload, since October 1 the 95-year-old has participated in and completed more than ten tasks, and so far there is no certainty whether the Queen will reduce the workload after the end of the break, the old man is still said to still refuse to "serve the old", always insisting on carrying out his duties until the last moment of his life.
Although reluctant to admit it, it may not be too long for the royal family to usher in a "change of dynasty", which explains why Prince William and others need to be eagerly prepared to "succeed" the queen.