Queen Elizabeth turns 94 years old in a few weeks. Prince Charles is currently 71 years old. Most scientists have said that the coronavirus is particularly deadly for people over the age of 60, although there’s more data indicating that people younger than that have a higher coronavirus mortality rate than previously believed. At this point, it’s just a deadly virus for everyone, but moreso for older peeps. The point of this particular story is that the Queen and Prince Charles are *finally* taking precautions and going into relative isolation this week, after keeping up their public schedules far past the point when they should have stopped. Meanwhile, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge haven’t done any public events since they behaved like a–holes on Commonwealth Day (two Mondays ago). So is this the moment for William to shine, because he’s under-40 and presumably not facing as big a coronavirus threat? That’s what “experts” are saying now: it’s time for the Willileaks Regency, basically.
Prince William could soon take a more senior role in the Royal Family during the coronavirus pandemic should the Queen and Prince Charles have to go into isolation, experts have claimed. Earlier this week Health Secretary Matt Hancock said people over the age of 70 will be told to self-isolate, even if they do not have symptoms, in a bid to stem the spread of the disease and protect the most vulnerable in society. Given the Prince of Wales, 71, and Her Majesty, 93, are within this age group, as third-in-line to the throne the Duke of Cambridge may be required to provide a ‘physical presence’ of the monarchy.
It is also possible that Princess Beatrice, who is ninth-in-line to the throne, may be appointed a Counsellor of State during these uncertain times, while Prince Harry – who is officially no longer a working royal from March 31 – may also step in to provide assistance, according to experts.
Nigel Cawthorne, author of Call Me Diana: Princess Diana on Herself, told FEMAIL: ‘It is entirely sensible for Prince William to act as placeholder for the Queen. There has to be a physical presence to the monarchy, not just a virtual one. He’s third-in-line to the throne and in robust health like his brother, and COVID-19 is unlikely to be any serious threat for him or his wife or children. He will do a great job.’
Royal commentator Robert Jobson told FEMAIL it is the ‘natural thing to happen’ for the Duke of Cambridge to act as placeholder for his grandmother. And Grant Harrold, who was a royal butler between 2004 and 2011, explained: ‘It is possible that if the Queen and the Prince of Wales are in isolation, then Prince William as second-in-line would take a more active role during this period.’
Nigel added that, should the Duchess of Cambridge fall pregnant during the pandemic, the Palace would have to go ‘on bent knee to Prince Harry to ask him to act as placeholder. I am sure he would come back and be delighted to help out, too, and do anything to protect his father and grandmother,’ he said.
There’s also a discussion about which royals are already Counselors of State, which includes William, Harry, Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew, but not Beatrice and Eugenie. My guess is that Andrew will also be choosing this moment to slither back into royal work (with mummy’s blessing). But yeah, I could see William being asked to do more in the months to come. But let’s be real: the Queen and Prince Charles will both be handling the bulk of the day-to-day work of the monarchy behind the scenes, in semi-isolation. Because I don’t think either of them trusts William to do anything more than busywork and the odd public appearance.
Also: the Windsors are in real danger of people realizing how little they do and how much money they cost for how little they do. If the Queen and Charles go into isolation and people can’t “see” them perform their duties, there will be the question: why are these people needed again? The Queen hasn’t even said anything directly to the people of the United Kingdom about the pandemic, right? She hasn’t even dedicated a public statement about hand-washing or social distancing or flattening the curve or anything like that.
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I am genuinely wondering if the Queen is ill – whatever you think of her, she is generally pretty good at public announcements and the Palace always take the opportunity for good publicity of the ‘the royals unite the nation’ variety. Why aren’t they wheeling her out for a public announcements? Older people are more likely to be royalists (I know that doesn’t mean all of them) – it might stop some of the behaviour at the moment where some of the elderly are ignoring all advice.
She was seen in her car with the dogs for the move to Windsor today. She looks fine there.
If these folks were smart, they could do what Queen Mathilde of Belgium did a few days ago. She took her kids to a nursing home.. There was a glass solarium where folks in home meet during the day. Mathilde and kids stood outside window with flowers. Touching!
Is Will staging a “coup”. All of a sudden he seems power hungry
I bet he is itching to completely squash Harry.
No. Makes sense for him to step up now, as QE & PC are both older & vulnerable. They need to limit their social interactions.
Heaven forbid!
I suspect she’s fine & VERY well looked after. They are taking precautions due to her age.
Or, Philip could be very ill at this time and QE is very worried. I know nothing drains me more than an ill loved one. I don’t expect her to look very spry or even in good health at this time of her life.
I’ll bet, though, William is watching her health very closely. Something tells me he wants her throne sooner than later and would even go around his own father to get it.
I’d just like to see him try. Charles is not going to give up the throne he waited all those years for.
Charles literally has to die. There is no way he gets it before then. The nonsense concept of monarchy completely relies on birth order or else it has no need to exist at all.
Great time to consider abolishing the monarchy.
At least something good will come out of this crisis.
Historically, It’s in times like this, these types of crises, people realize that the monarchs are not needed. I hope that this is the case with the BRF as well.
The article makes William sound like Superman, he is human and younger people have gotten it and some are in critical condition. A man William’s age who attended a medical conference, a day later felt ill and is on a respirator now. WIlliam would also put his own family in danger if he is “regent.” So what would happen if William got sick, George is next in line…
British Columbia has no dentists because 25,000 of them went to a convention in Vancouver where three dentists later tested positive. Emergency dental work only and probably done at the hospital.
Everyone should be self distancing, including William. A physical presence should not be required because there should be no gatherings. The BRF should set an example by making it clear they are taking all of the recommended precautions.
William and Kate went to an Emergency Call center today, did not keep distance with the staff there. NO gloves on or anything.They act like they are totally immune or they could not spread coronavirus. All the DM sycophants are trashing Harry and Meghan for not “going out to see the centers” and using Instagram. William and Kate are really dimwitted and potentially could cause spread of infection. And this is a center in London!
This. Basing the head of state, and head of church, on happenstance of birth and nothing else is, to put it rudely, *stupid.* It baffles me that a supposedly modern and educated place still has a monarchy.
I know this isn’t the point of the article, but seeing the photo of Will and Kate at the end made me chuckle. With all the so-called “body language experts” than analyze the breathing synchronicity of Harry and Meghan, it’s wild that none of them make a peep about the obvious “I really can’t stand you” vibes in most W&K pics. Legs crossed away from each other, opposite ends of the sofa, and she’s STILL leaning as far away from him as she can.
Pointless article and nothing but speculation. Key clue is the mention of Beatrice of all people. Her wedding has been in the news and whoever dreamed up that story probably threw her name in because it was fresh in their mind.
Moreover I assume a lot of the public events at which the Queen and Charles were supposed to attend are cancelled or postponed. There really is no need for ANY appearances right now, by them. No need for Normal Bill to do anything. And, as commented above, maybe people will start wondering what is the point of monarchy anyway.
The whole point of this article was for the Daily Fail to generate clicks by bringing up the Sussexes in the article. I read the whole article at the Fail and read 2 of 12 pages of the 1.7K comments generate in three hours. Almost every comment was about Harry & Meghan and 90% of the comments were very mean and very nasty and the remaining 10% very calls for a republic.
The general public in the UK may not want Harry back but The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday wants Harry & Meghan back ASAP!
My first though in seeing that last pic again was, “social distancing in action!” lol
The Sussexes need to get their financial situation figured out quickly, and with the pandemic it will be hard. But once Willileaks ascends to the head of House of Petty, hebwill cut them adrift as much as possible because he can.
The queen remained queen through 2 pregnancies of her own. As in she was pregnant. If Cannot gets knocked up, how will this interrupt Willileaks doing his thing when it really didn’t 3 times before?
Wasn’t there some talk of Charles setting up trusts for H and his children during the Sussexit so that they wouldn’t need to count on anything from King Billy? I don’t remember where I read it, or if it was made up, but it makes sense. I hope so.
I don’t understand the pregnancy thing either. What difference would that make to Harry? ” I am sure he would come back and be delighted to help out…” I don’t believe for a second he would be “delighted” to have anything to do with the Cambridges at this point. Can we assume that she’s already pregnant? Why even bring it up as a possibility when they’ve said they weren’t having any more children?
The pregnancy comment threw me off. I think it was because if Kate becomes pregnant, presumably we wouldn’t see her in public for a while – especially if there is still a pandemic.
If Kate becomes pregnant I do not think we would see her in public for while even if there was no pandemic.
I can definitely imagine Kate getting pregnant just so she doesn’t have to make public appearances. Only question is, would Wills cooperate?
If Catty gets pregnant it will probably have to be with a turkey baster. There’s big trouble in that marriage.
I completely agree with you. I think as soon as Will ascends, Harry is very much on his own. Some family members have already chosen sides. Some friends also because we all know they care about titles. I do not think Harry and Megan wanted to leave their roles as senior members as quickly as it happen, they were forced. No grace period to transition and defiantly no support from Senior members.
With the pandemic and possible depression in the coming years, it will be difficult to get funding for the projects they want to do. I really hope they have good people around them cause they will need them.
Get rid of the whole expensive charade. These arcane titles— Beatrice a “Counsellor of State,” what does that even mean?
And I hate that “fall pregnant” phrase.
Yep. How do you ‘fall’ pregnant? Lainey uses ‘pregnant for’- insert man’s name-
Also ‘take a listen’, ‘one of the only’, …
eh, just a bit cranky here. ha ha need a vat of caffeine…
One of my personal faves is “Jack shares a child with Jill”. It’s the word “share” that’s problematic – as though the child is a piece of furniture or a bowl of popcorn.
Minx 100% agree “fall pregnant” sounds like someone tripped in the stairs and woke up with a case of the babies uugh just no
Which is exactly what happens when you don’t want others to know who the biological father is
Which is exactly what happens when you don’t want others to know who the biological father is
They better leave Harry out of their mess.
As they made it clear they don’t need him nor his wife and they will destroy his family and his son included.
I want to see super hardworking William and kate’s Skill .
I want to see to the British public’s reaction once they realize that even the queen’s corgis are more protected than them.
And that kate William anne and Andrew are USELESS and irrelevant
This story line is so insidious. It looks like William got his press minions to push this Regency BS. Willie is trying to push the queen and Charles off the throne and using the pandemic to become Regent. COVID-19 is affecting EVERYONE. Given his stupid comment about the coronavirus and the damage control PR Betty and Chuck are rueing the day they gave this punk any leeway.
I guess there will be no Fab Four with C and C joining in. William has gotten Ambition. Maybe he threatened his brother.
Honestly no one should be out in the UK.
They are the next Italy.
On social media I am seeing both monarchists & republicans getting annoyed by no statement from the Queen so far. BP really should put out something. Even if she’s unwell herself (hope not), a written statement would work. The silence isn’t a good look..
Is it wrong to feel a little bad for Charles?
Not…really????
On one hand, he wants it and has been putting in the work to get it. That thinking is no different than us wanting a promotion at work.
On the other, it is not like working towards a promotion at work where you career and eventual livelihood could be at a stand still.
Dude is super wealthy and would still be a socialite power player.
All true…but still a creepy concept to be brought into this world for one purpose..wait 70 years..and suddenly be deemed too elderly and vulnerable.
“but still a creepy concept to be brought into this world for one purpose..wait. ..and suddenly be deemed too elderly and vulnerable.”
Said to every woman over the age of 35 in the world. 😉
Yeah, but I pity the fool tells me I was only brought into this world for one purpose. 😛
This story has definitely come from William.
And I bet Charlie isn’t happy.
William’s expressions are weird. He looks like Mussolini with those facial expressions.
Totally agree, Belli. I see William ascending only over Charles’ cold, dead body (if Charles’ has any say in this) and not one moment before. But this is so William, firing another salvo at his father. William knows how to fight dirty and he’s feeling powerful. After all, he just got rid of his more charismatic and popular brother! And dirty is definitely using a pandemic to ‘enbiggen’ one’s self.
The line of succession is a law enacted by Parliament and can only be changed by an act Parliament. The British Royal Family cannot change the line of succession. William cannot cut line in from of his father.
This whole article is nothing but a move by The Daily Fail to generate click$ for revenue$. It may have been a “WilliLeaks” but The Daily Fail will not run with something unless there is a pot of gold at the fini$h line.
I’ve wondered as well… why no recorded, or even an “official” written statement, by either Petty Betty or Charles. This can be done from isolation.
But then again, this is a woman who didn’t visit Aberfan, the village in Wales, where over 100 kids were buried alive. She literally had to be dragged there, wasn’t it like a week later? Same thing with Diana’s death. She had to be dragged into making a statement by the people’s anger/grief. Honestly, paraphrasing that line from The Crown (and yes, I KNOW it’s fictionalized!) was very apt though: “I think I’m missing that empathy chip that everyone else seems to have…” or something to this effect.
I’ve never understood this emotional distancing from the Queen in times of national import. One of the key functions —- as she herself has stated — is to support and unit the British and Commonwealth people. She needs to release a short video like she was forced to do when Diana died. Her silence is once again projecting an unfeeling, uninterested image towards what HER people are facing.
Margrethe II of Denmark did this 2 days ago – on live TV bc Daisy don’t do recordings when addressing the nation. She was basically admonishing the people who don’t take the proper precautions + talking about the usual stuff about support and unity. That speech was very well received. (and she cancelled all her birthday events weeks ago).
I sometimes wonder what Willie would be like as a medieval prince…vicious and murderous, I would imagine. Anything to get the crown and the “respect” of the commoners and nobles alike.
Henry VII is my thinking. He was a nasty piece of work.
Except Henry VII was smart and shrewd.
Cain is a dolt.
Henry the 8th seems to be becoming a template for old bill:
– first wife named Catherine
– hot when young, then hideous
– increasingly cranky and imperious
– both sun sign Cancer
WilliLeaks wishes – Chuck has waited decades to be King and he generally is in good health so he’ll be fine.
This is nothing more than Cambridge PR to remind us who are the REAL VIP’s and superstars of the BRF.
If the virus incapacitates all 3 of them, wouldn’t Exiled Harry have to step up? Or would William, with his last breath, remove his brother from the line of succession?
William cannot remove his brother from the line of succession.
Only an Act of Parliament can remove a person from the line of succession unless said person becomes a Roman Catholic..
Good question. Would Harry be Regent until George is of age?
In a normal world, Harry would probably be named Regent.
What a bizarre turn that would be, but I’d really worry about Meghan’s safety as Queen Consort-Regent (or whatever it would be). It’s not a good outcome for anyone.
House Cambridge love to rub it in the Sussexes faces and show them who hold the power. Cain should take two seats. No credibility whatsoever. When his mug showed up in the screen I was wondering why petty Betty isn’t the one showing some public compassion.
Order of birth is all he’s got. That card is going to be played as much as possible and then some.
What power other than leaking to press and throne . You think duchy money ?? I think queen if not already have plan for that money beacuse that money guardian is only William and George but it doesnt mean the rest of the Windsor have legal share in it. I think queen may have already set a plan for that after she dies beacuse William is petty and he wont even allow his own brother do you think he will allow yorks to get that money. Knowing that queen might have a plan to share those money legally without any infighting between the family. Beacuse duchy money custodian might be heir to throne but those are belong to their ancestors which means everyone in the Windsor have legal right to the palace , mansion, duchy in private. The crown jewelry belong to the government they loan to queen for occasion . We also dont how that change beacuse of now queen has right to loan to whoever’s but after her will camilla or kate will have the same right??
What William wants most, is that which he doesn’t have. Love. He silently anguished over the loss of his mother and longs for the love she gave him and seethes over the absence of his father. Over the years as his status grew and his purpose in life was set forth before him, he came to mistakenly believe the attention he received from the courtiers and others was love. He also believed that because of his elevated status, respect from his subjects was a given. Because of his inherent position he had power. He learned the golden rule was; he who has the gold, makes the rules. He could make a dumb joke and people would laugh, he could struggle in school and people would bend over backwards to help him pass, He learned that if he asked for something, he got it. Well almost anything, because we know that he never got the girl he loved. But I digress. He understood he was of greater importance than his brother and reveled in it. In his youth, seeing his brother capture the hearts of people with his jovial nature and ease at connecting with people awakened both a jealousy and a meanness within him. He soon learned to use the tools presented to him to his advantage. One of the biggest tools of the trade is the media. For surely if you can control the message, you can control the people. It can also be argued that control is power. And William has used the media relentlessly to control his brother and put him In his place. He successfully caused him to leave the country, he successfully got the media to conduct a smear campaign, the likes of which we have never seen before, he successfully gets them to retract stories about him and his wife, he successfully got the media to embiggen him and his wife for their projects that are sorely lacking in substance and results. William so desperately wants to be considered the father of the nation and in this case he is using the media to shift the attention away from focusing on his Machiavellian nature and direct it to help shape his PR campaign of compassion straight to the throne.
+1 Royal Blue
Charlie boy literally kill william over passing his reign. Charles knows in and out of brf and government and knows how to play the cards in his favor. This is William dream so he can cut off the Sussex and yorks money. William made a grave mistake with Sussex, even charles who dont like andrew or yorks he didnt throw his brother to FBI beacuse he knows one block falls then everything will fall behind. Andrew is protected for the sake of monarch not other way around . They dont want people to get idea that royal member can be legally arrested it will given them wrong impression to the people. If william were I’m Charles position he will personally deliver andrew to FBI. That’s why William does not have what takes to be king that’s why charles and queen are handling him with kid gloves. If william financially cut off sussex then it send wrong message for his kids where in the future wont obey george then george may cut off louis and char. Br careful what u wish for bill.
@Aria – Excellent post and I agree with your theories 100%.
100% agree
William wouldn’t care if King George cut off Charlotte or Louis because William would be dead.
Oh lordy, the William regency. That will be a show, for sure.
I do think the royal family gets nervous at times like this because people realize how worthless they are. Sure, people who were supposed to go to a garden party and meet the queen will be disappointed, but what will actually change if the Queen doesn’t make any public appearances for a month? Nothing. So I think this story comes from House Cambridge but I also think it is something the Windsors are very concerned about.
Anne and Edward aren’t Counsellors of State (though they used to be). The Counsellors of State are the consort plus the first four people in the line of succession who are over the age of 21, so: Charles, William, Harry, and Andrew.
My 70-something dad has the exact outfit William is wearing in that sofa pic, and I do mean exactly.
That is all.
Your dad was probably quite handsome with that look in the 80s; William was born in the 80s. It all works out.
A propos de rien, but he is so ugly to me. Granted, when he was in his late-teens/early 20s, he was attractive, but now? Oooh. Being a horrid person does wonders to your appearance it seems.
William and Kate are always hyped as going to be taking on more work and yet…
The media need to leave Harry and his family out of it. He is gone.
Excluding Harry, Betty and Chuck, the RF have enough people to support/leech off the crown.
It’s almost as if William is hoping something happens to his dad and the Queen. I mean…my God, even in a pandemic, this ass is blowing smoke up his own butt.
Is that speculative article Prince William’s subconscious? It reflects wishful thinking for the return of Prince Harry by the press without acknowledging the supposition that William does not want Harry as part of BRF because of his continuing popularity.
Now that Prince Albert has tested positive and was sitting at a table with Charles on March 10, are we looking at this as William leaking more info?
Charles and Camilla needed to stop public events weeks ago. Same with the Queen. The next few weeks could be very dicey for them. I hope they all stay negative.
I thought the same. Willie is trying to push his grandmother off the throne and have Charles declared unfit. They need to pull the plug on Willie.
Just cause William is comparatively young doesn’t mean he’s not in danger. A lot of young people have succumbed to the virus too. And didn’t he used to smoke?
The Fail has a story that Prince Albert of Monaco has been diagnosed as having COVID-19 and that he’d met with Prince Charles 9 days ago.
HELL NO!! besides just because he’s younger than Charles doesn’t necessarily mean he could survive this! As a smoker with possible health conditions I feel like Charles is much healthier than him.
You are just so predictable and annoying and boring celebitchy. This is just too much, you don’t think that anybody’s opinions other than yours are important, and you think that just because you like the Sussex family than everybody else should, you don’t think that some people just don’t like them and for a million reasons; and please racism isn’t one of them. I am not white, and an Arab. I used to love your posts and like them but this is it. This is the last time that I engage with this site or read it. Because you don’t see farther than your noses, and you don’t care for other people’s opinions. Tried to be polite for months but this is the end of it.
@Liban, the hyperbole, outrage and bitterness in your comments sounds like the Sussexes or someone from this site personally insulted or hurt you. Bottom line is none of these people know you, and you don’t know them. So, It’s not that deep; move on and heal. In these times, there are more important things to get worked up over than someone’s spin on royal gossip.
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Dude we are in a pandemic. Take a breath or go pound sand. Spending energy ranting at blogs you don’t like seems kinda 🤦🏻♀️ Stay healthy out there.
I am a muslim and asian.
I like to read celebitchy just because many other sites like to condemn the sussex for everything that they done or didn’t while applauding the cambridge as they did the same things as sussex.
You should read sussex instagram comment and analize that.
Same here. After seeing all the misogony, racism, classism, bullying and gaslighting, this is a really great place to vent. There are other site where commenters wished to stab Meghan in the stomach because they couldn’t believe she was pregnant. I find it baffling that people are not upset with that, but are upset because she like avacados or wrote on a banana (a lot of fruit-related crimes).
Bye.
Just saw a clip of William on twitter and he is starting to look like a vampire just like Freddie windsor. Also non of them should be out and about during this. Once this is over it will be business as usual. William is just showing his thirsty ass.
I have been bingewatching The Windors and can’t take any of these people seriously anymore.
Why did the nice guys (HM) finish last?
W&K really showed their true colors on Commonwealth Day.
They didn’t finish last. They’ll be the last ones laughing. They’ll make money by the bucket loads, actually get to use their voices and not have their children treated like public property. Everything W&K did will backfire on their children, which is not something I wish for, but they could have smoothed things out for the better future for their own kids.
Also, W&K will always be compared and be in the shadow of their glamorous and more likeable rivals. No matter how much the press tries to big them up.
Totally unrelated but I stumbled on a book about will and Kate that I bought years ago and never opened. I flipped through the pictures in it this weekend as I decided whether to donate it or not and had forgotten how handsome William was. And Kate looked so different and there were a few scandalous type pics of her in there. I don’t know a ton about their college days but they were some really interesting pics.
He was really gorgeous. Like a real life Prince Charming. I don’t like commenting on people’s looks but he’s went downhill fast! It’s not even him going bald, I think he could have pulled that off if he kept his chiselled jaw line. He’s still quite young for this turn out.
” ‘on bent knee to Prince Harry to ask him to act as placeholder. I am sure he would come back and be delighted to help out, too, and do anything to protect his father and grandmother,’ he said”
I just don’t get these people. All they have done for the last three year’s is bitch about Harry and Meghan, and now they are gone, they are BEGGING for them to come back. It’s like an abusive lover that treats you like shit and then can’t believe it when you actually go.
The whole turn around is astonishing.
Willy has done very little apart from getting caught make covid-19 jokes. I wonder if this is an indirect way of putting pressure on him to step up. Along with mentioning the Sussexes cos they are the only ones people are really interested.
Also, what happened to the Wessexes? Weren’t they supposed to be the new fab four?
Geez, it is really unfortunate that Willie made the decision not to buy himself some hair! Certainly some guys do bald well. He is not one of them.