King Charles Gears Up to Reshuffle Roles in the Royal Family

The new monarch, King Charles, appears to have the interests of the monarchy at heart, even when it means making tough decisions about his family.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's alleged attempts to undermine the monarchy have not gone unnoticed by the king.

As a last option, King Charles is gearing up for a crucial year, with the recently installed monarch under pressure to make any decisions related to the future of the royal family.

John Scardotti, a commentator, has said that the 73-year-old king, who ascended to the throne upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth in September, was facing a year of firsts.

He speculated that the king may opt to reshuffle the roles each senior royal performs or downsizes the royal family, potentially even removing his son Prince Harry's title.

Charles performed his first Christmas Day speech as king at the weekend, praising the police and the NHS, as well as paying tribute to his late mother.

Speaking as Britain prepares to usher in a new year, Mr. Scardotti told Express, “2023 will be a year of firsts for King Charles, so everything he does will be looked at as an indication of how he wants things to be in the future.

That might put a lot of pressure on him, but I think he will also make it clear how he wants to do things in the future, and that means he and his team will think very carefully about the decisions they make and what messages those decisions send out.”

Inevitably, there is questioning of how Charles reshuffles the royal family in terms of roles each person takes on or continues to have.

Mr. Scardotti said he will need to decide if the institution needs to be further streamlined or not.

And because everyone is now serving in a world without his mother, they will all be doing things a bit differently.

It remains to be seen if King Charles will look to do something similar to both lighten the pressures on members of his family and keep support for the monarchy more broadly.

Prince Harry has spoken most vocally about the pressures he felt growing up as a royal, so perhaps he made the strongest case for this, albeit unintentionally.

Mr. Scardotti continued, “Succession, for a time, is progression.”

The monarchy also stands for continuity, so much also seems familiar, and that will be an important balancing act.

In a speech broadcast live on BBC on December 25th, the king said, “In the much loved Carol O' Little town of Bethlehem, we sing of how, thy dark streets signeth the everlasting light.”

As the world awaits King Charles' massive decision, there is speculation about what it could be.

Will Harry, Meghan, and Andrew ever find their place back as royals?

Only time will tell.

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