The working core of royals was already slimmed-down, per King Charles’ request, before health scares plagued the family, from the King’s cancer diagnosis to the Princess of Wales’ abdominal surgery, and the Prince of Wales’ decision to temporarily step back to take care of his wife and their three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. With Queen Camilla on holiday this week—a much deserved one, at that—the slimmed-down monarchy that we already knew was razor thin seems even more perilously so.
