Despite King Charles’s push for a slimmed-down monarchy, it is possible that under Prince William’s reign, he may call upon two young Royal Family members for help with duties in the future.
While his two youngest cousins, Lady Louise Windsor, 21, and James, Earl of Wessex, 17, are still in education, one expert has suggested that the pair could be on hand if so required.
Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond told the Mirror the two young royals might make their own decisions: “Edward and Sophie are keen that Louise and James should choose their own career paths.”
She added: “Sophie has said that she has brought them up to expect that they will have to pay their own way and make their own careers but I’m sure that if in the years to come, if cousin William needs a few extra hands to the pump at any stage, Louise and James will be willing to help.”
The royal expert also sees the late Queen Elizabeth II’s characteristics in Lady Louise, mentioning she was “clearly taking more after her grandmother” that her father.
She explained: “I think there is quite a lot of her grandmother in Lady Louise. Elizabeth was champing at the bit to do her military service, but by the time she was old enough to join up, the war was almost over.”
She added: “Lady Louise seems to have been keen on the military from an early stage in her undergraduate studies and the pictures show that she has thrown herself into the training exercises, including liberally camouflaging her face and proudly wearing combat gear.”
Louise recently joined St Andrew’s University Officers Training Corp while away studying and it is a similar move to a young Queen Elizabeth II who joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in 1945.
Like his sister, James has grown up largely out of the spotlight, but on occasion, he joins his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh for high-profile engagements including the King’s Coronation and Trooping the Colour.
In 2020, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh confirmed that Louise and James retained their royal titles and could make a choice on whether to use them from the age of 18.
“We try to bring them up with the understanding that they are very likely to have to work for a living,” Sophie told The Sunday Times in 2020.
“Hence we made the decision not to use HRH titles. They have them and can decide to use them from 18, but it’s highly unlikely.”
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