Devastating reason Prince Harry will see royal shake-up as a ‘snub’ after King Charles was forced to take action
PRINCE Harry will see the royal shake-up as a “snub” after King Charles was forced to take action, according to a royal expert.
It comes as the Duke of Sussex and Prince Andrew are set to never represent the King again after he announced plans to promote Princess Anne and Prince Edward.
The Royal Family shake-up has seen the King widen a pool of “Counsellors of State”, who carry out constitutional roles when he is abroad or unwell.
The Earl of Wessex and the Princess Royal are now officially able to take on the responsibility in the monarch’s absence.
It means that it is very unlikely Harry or Andrew will serve as Counsellors of State if Charles is unavailable – with the King’s siblings likely to step in.
Both Princes have also managed to retain the status, despite previous reports that they were expected to stripped of it.
And royal expert Angela Levin has now said that Harry “feels snubbed” by the shake-up in management and is “looking for things”.
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Levin said: “I’ve been anxious about this for ages. I feared there would be an occasion where Harry or Andrew would be needed.
“Charles is using his siblings – his very responsible siblings – and that makes him very secure.
“It makes a lot of sense for Charles to do it, but I think Harry will see it as a snub.
“He’s also looking for things. When he came over for his grandmother’s funeral and he said he was very disappointed he wasn’t accepted warmly enough.”
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The royal biographer believes that Charles has also considered practical reasons for his shake-up in management.
Levin continued: “Then-Prince Charles had to step in for the Queen when she wasn’t able to make engagements shortly before she died.
“I can’t imagine that if King Charles was took unwell, Prince Andrew would do the same. Everybody would be outraged.
“Harry stepped down and doesn’t want to be a working Royal. He’d have to come from America.
“But also signing documents. I couldn’t bear it if Harry was signing a document on behalf of his father. He doesn’t deserve to do that after leaving his family for the US.
“It’s practical but it’s also making sure that they won’t be needed for these royal events.”
Writing to the House of Lords, King Charles said he would be “most content” if the number of Counsellors of State “be increased to include my brother and sister, the Princess Royal and Earl of Wessex.”
And royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told MailOnline the “important and long overdue reform” was “symbolically significant too that it has been announced on King Charles’s birthday”.
“He has celebrated privately, but this is a very significant matter of public interest,” he added.
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It was previously reported that Charles was considering changing the law so counsellors of the state are only working members of the Royal Family.
Back in October, the House of Lords called for a “sensible amendment” because Harry lives 5,000-miles away in California and disgraced Andy has been dispatched from public life under a sex abuse cloud.
