It’s hard to understand almost anything that has happened in the royal story since February 5, 2024—the day King Charles announced to the world he had cancer—unless you are privy to an extraordinary assumption whispered in the corridors of British power.

It is this: When King Charles III ascended the throne, most people expected he would live as long as his mother (96) or father (99). Since his diagnosis with cancer (of a still-unidentified type), few but the most ardent optimists really believe that any more.

If Charles dies, the crown will pass to William, but controversy has recently arisen within the royal family, with the scandal-plagued couple Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly firmly opposing Prince William succeeding King Charles if their children are stripped of their royal titles.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have repeatedly warned about their future and that of their children that if their rights and titles were completely stripped away, it would be something they would never accept and allow to happen. However, not everything they want can happen, they are not the center of the universe!!