King Charles has proposed Princess Anne and Prince Edward be added to the group of royals who are able to stand in for him with official duties. 9News
Camilla, the Queen Consort, and four other senior royals are currently able to stand in for the King as "counsellors of state", but two of them - Prince Andrew and Prince Harry - are no longer working royals.
The King's request to add his siblings to the list of royals able to stand in for him was read to the House of Lords on Monday, which was his 74th birthday.
The request has been designed to resolve the problem of there potentially not being someone available to deputise for the King if he was overseas or unwell and could not carry out his duties as head of state, seeing as two of the current counsels to the state are ruled out.
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