King Charles’ slimmed-down monarchy needs ‘younger blood’ to survive

King Charles made a promise to slim down the British monarchy when he became king last September, following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

However, a source has recently claimed that his theory toward tightening his belt in the royal family has become too bare.

There are reportedly not enough members of The Firm to go around when it comes to undertaking royal engagements.

According to OK!, Prince Andrew’s daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are first in line to take on events as part of a two-year tour of the Commonwealth.

The insider added that “emergency meetings have been held to come up with a solution to fulfill the growing number of royal engagements both here in the UK and abroad.”

Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, are also the only “senior” royals under the age of 50, and “younger blood” is imperative to reach a wider age range of royal supporters.

“There needs to be some younger blood to reach the younger generation and the only candidates available are Beatrice and Eugenie,” the source explained.

While Beatrice, 35, and Eugenie, 33, are not officially working royals, they have done engagements in the name of the crown in the past.

“It will be a case of increasing those responsibilities as opposed to making them into full-time working royals,” the source went on.

William and Middleton, both 41, have been carrying much of the weight and attending many events for Charles, 74.

But the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will need to take a small step back in the name of their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

“William and Kate will be taking part but with reduced roles to account for the children. They will take on most of their work during the children’s school holidays. This leaves a gap in the UK that needs to be filled. That’s where Eugenie and Beatrice come in,” the insider pointed out.

Charles’ former butler Grant Harrold gave some insight last month into the former Prince of Wales’ changes to thin out the monarchy.

“It’s been interesting, he has copied Queen Elizabeth’s footprint and done things the way she did them with all the official engagements,” Harrold said. 

“She stopped doing overseas visits a few years ago so Charles has been able to take that on quite easily but he has added his twist to it.”

“There’s lots of changes in the gardens, King Charles is famously a gardener and loves his gardens,” Harrold said.

“I think there are changes coming, a prime example is the balcony at Trooping the Colour earlier this year,” he added. “If you look from the Queen’s time it looked like Piccadilly Circus, if you look at it now it looks like something after Armageddon, it’s completely different.”