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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
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King Charles and Princess Kate’s Aligning Cancer Battles Show “The Cracks Turning Into Craters” for the Monarchy, Royal Author Says

Royal family at Sandringham.

It isn’t a secret that King Charles, long before he took the throne in September 2022, desired what he called a “slimmed-down monarchy,” with far fewer royal family members working for the Firm than his mother, Queen Elizabeth, once had. 

Only one person in this photo is at work full-time on public duty. It's Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, standing in the back in white. (Image credit: Getty Images)
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