Queen Elizabeth Not Stepping Aside For Prince Charles In 2021 Despite Reports

Queen Elizabeth is not stepping aside for Prince Charles in two years.

There were rumors claiming that the Queen will give way to the Prince of Wales in 2021 when she turns 95 by triggering the “Regency Act” that would allow Prince Charles to take over the monarchy. The legislation would make the heir a Prince Regent and a “king in all but name.”

If that will happen, Prince Charles will take over the Queen’s role but Queen Elizabeth II will remain monarch as she promised to keep the throne until her last breath. However, royal and constitutional expert Alastair Bruce doesn’t think so that will happen.

Bruce believed that Queen Elizabeth II has no plans to stop serving and as for the rumors that she will trigger the Regency Act, it’s not something that can be done anytime she wishes. The Queen has to be “incapable” to trigger it and primary legislation would do that. However, he believed that if the Queen wanted to review the regency act, the parliament would be very understanding.

“But I don’t think there is any need… one of the great things about the nature of the way our monarchy works that there are always necessary texts in place that if the Queen were to become severely ill or incapable for whatever reason – through insanity etc – the regency act is there to cover that and so there is never a time that the nation is without that element of process of government,” Bruce explained to Daily Star.

He pointed out that old age isn’t deemed to be a cause of incapacity. He added that “there’s no need for the Queen to step down or stop being monarch.” The regency still says that the monarch is alive and that’s just it.

“She shows no sign at the age of 93 of not doing all that of not doing all that… I can’t see her stopping,” Bruce said about Queen Elizabeth II.

However, Bruce believed that the Queen may take significantly fewer public engagements depending on her health at the time.

In related news, Queen Elizabeth II is reportedly pushing Kate Middleton in the spotlight amid the rumors that she prefers her other granddaughter-in-law, Meghan Markle. Just recently, the Queen and Duchess of Cambridge made their first joint royal engagement after seven years.