KING Charles has decided not to strip Andrew and Harry from a major royal role – today giving Prince Edward and Princess Anne a new job.
The Royal Family shake-up has seen Charles widen a pool of “counsellors of state” who can carry out constitutional roles when he is abroad or unwell.
Prince Harry and Andrew kept their positions
King Charles has given Princess Anne and Prince Edward a new job
Prince Harry has kept his role after it was initially thought he might lose it
The Earl of Wessex and the Princess Royal are now officially able to take on the role in the King’s absence.
Princes Harry and Andrew have also managed to keep their major roles after it was initially thought they might lose it.
Before the change, the five senior royals in post include Camilla Queen Consort plus the four most senior royal adults who are Prince William, Prince Harry, Prince Andrew and Princess Beatrice.
It was previously reported that Charles was considering changing the law so counsellors of the state are only working members of the Royal Family.
Both Harry and Andrew remain Counsellors of State under British law, although the pair are no longer working royals.
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.
Andrew was stripped of his royal roles in February but has been a Counsellor of State since his 21st birthday in 1981 and Harry since September 2005.
Viscount Stansgate previously told the House of Lords there must be a change to the Regency Act now Charles is King.
He said: “Otherwise, are the Government happy to continue with a situation where the counsels of state and regency powers may be exercised by the Duke of York or the Duke of Sussex, one of whom has left public life and the other of whom has left the country?
“Is it not time for the Government to approach the King to see whether a sensible amendment can be made to this Act?”
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Queen Elizabeth II had not been abroad since 2015 but the King, Queen Consort and Prince of Wales are all expected to embark on Coronation tours of the world next year.
Princess Margaret and Queen Mother filled in for the former Queen in the 1970s when she was on official tours.
