King Charles urged to 'shake up the Royal Family' after 'losing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle'
Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior royals in January 2020
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King Charles has been urged to "shake up the Royal Family" by a PR expert after "losing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle".
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back as senior royals in 2020, and subsequently settled in California.
As a result, Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, do not carry out duties on behalf of the Royal Family.
This left the group of working royals much smaller, which was exacerbated in 2024 with the King's and Princess Kate's cancer diagnoses.
King Charles has been urged to 'shake up the Royal Family'
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Both senior royals took a step back from public life to focus on their recovery, although King Charles has made a slow return to royal duties.
Publicist Haddy Folivi spoke exclusively to GB News, arguing that the Royal Family needs to make some drastic changes.
He claimed: "The Royal Family definitely needs a shake-up.
"With King Charles somewhat limited in what he can do work-wise, there is only so much that Prince William and the Queen can do.
Harry and Meghan live in Montecito, California in the USGetty"So the royals will have to draw on the reserves and enlist some more working royals so us, the taxpayers, feel like we are getting our money's worth."
Last week, Prince William asked his cousins Peter Phillips, Zara Tindall, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie to join him at a Buckingham Palace garden party, as the Princess of Wales is continuing to receive cancer treatment.
However, it has since been stressed by royal sources that their appearances are not an indication they will become official working royals.
Folivi continued: "The Palace should be very strategic and opt for more younger members of the Firm, as we are still reeling from the loss of Prince Harry and Meghan.
Queen Camilla and Prince William have been taking on more royal duties amid a shortage of working senior royals
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King Charles is currently being treated for 'a form of cancer'PA"I think it's a good thing - more working royals mean they can spread the royal brand further and faster with people who have lived and breathed the institution their whole lives.
"I think it can only be a good thing."
Peter, Zara, Beatrice and Eugenie were all raised as the royal grandchildren of the late Queen Elizabeth II, however, they do not perform official royal duties.
Instead, they only make appearances in a private capacity as extended members of the Royal Family at events like Christmas and Easter.
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