King Charles has always expressed his wish for a “slimmed-down monarchy,” and it has certainly become just that. All one needs to do is look at a photo of the Buckingham Palace balcony from Trooping the Colour last month juxtaposed with a photo of the same balcony from Trooping in, say, 2019—and the difference is stark. Since then, Prince Andrew, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle have all resigned as working members of the royal family; Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have passed away; and, because of new rules stating that only working members of the royal family can appear on the balcony, family members like Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie don’t make the cut anymore.
