While this could be a good approach to take, one historian believes that it could also be the downfall of the monarchy if the system is changed too much.
Writing in the i Paper, historian, author and former House of Commons clerk Eliot Wilson has warned that the prince could be at risk of being “the last one” to wear the Crown if he makes the monarchy too different from what it is today.
He wrote: “If William V were to be ruthlessly rigorous and practical, stripping away too much of the ceremony, tradition and pageant, he might find himself left with an institution which was less than the sum of its parts. In a modern society, the monarchy is valuable and justifiable by what it does, not by abstract theory. It has survived because, broadly, it works.
“It is not logical or accountable; not all of the arrangements which govern us are. We take it as it is, part-constitution, part-theatre, and its elements cannot easily be disaggregated.”
He continued to say that William will need to think hard about what parts of the monarchy he preserves.
Wilson said: “If William, as King, strips away too much, removes the display and performance, in ruthless pursuit of efficiency and modernity, he risks being left with bare bones that have no value.
“Try to make the Crown something it can never be, and King William could be the last one to wear it.”
Kensington Palace has been approached for comment.
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