THE SUN
KING Charles will “never abdicate” the throne and step aside for Prince William, according to royal author Robert Jobson.
On Monday, His Majesty, 75, made the shock announcement that he has been diagnosed with cancer after the disease was spotted during his prostate operation.
Charles has started treatment and was advised by doctors to cancel front line duties.
Robert, who penned Our King: The Man and the Monarch Revealed, told The Sun’s Royal Correspondent Matt Wilkinson: “We don’t know how the treatment is gonna go.
“One thing I would say, absolutely, I don’t think there will ever be an abdication.
“I know I’ve heard people talking about that, and pundits just, it’s a no, no, there’s no need to, we have a statute for a regency, so we don’t need anybody to abdicate.”
According to the Regency Acts 1937, a reigning monarch can hand over power if they feel they are unable to fully perform their duties.
The Act could allow King Charles to keep his royal title, but Prince William, 41, would step up to perform the majority of his duties.
However, the palace has revealed the King is set to return to face-to-face meetings in two-weeks time.
Rob added: “What we will not see him doing is the public face-to-face duties and where that’s the case we might see William step in, save for doing receiving the credentials of a new ambassador or something like that.
“The people around him are gonna have to have less expectations in terms of the way that his schedule was drawn.
“I think everyone does [have too high expectations].”
