A law change to enable the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex to stand in for the King “will give much needed strength and depth to the bench”, a former courtier has told Parliament.
Lord Janvrin, who served as private secretary to the late Queen between 1999 and 2007, made the footballing analogy against the backdrop of the World Cup as peers debated the the Counsellors of State Bill, which is being fast-tracked at Westminster.
