Queen Elizabeth To Relinquish Powers To Prince Charles In 2 Years

Queen Elizabeth II will reportedly relinquish her powers to her son Prince Charles soon.

The Queen may give up her powers to the Prince of Wales when she turns 95 years old, which will happen in two years. The Queen is the longest reigning monarch, she’s been serving for 66 years already. According to royal author Phil Dampier, there are rumors that she will be passing her power to Prince Charles, who has been trained to take over the throne almost all of his life.

“There is talks that when she reaches 95 in a couple of years she may slow down and possibly the Regency Act will be brought in,” Dampier told Yahoo’s “The Royal Box.”

“She will still be Queen but Prince Charles will, in fact, take over most of the duties.”

The Regency Acts are a series of laws which regulate the process of establishing a regency in the event when the monarch is no longer able to perform his or her duty. The last regency in the U.K. ran from 1811 to 1820 when King George IV was given his father’s full powers during King George III’s illness.

Although the talks about the Queen relinquishing all or part of her powers to Prince Charles were dismissed in the past, the Prince of Wales has been increasingly taking on extra duties from the Queen at present.

Prince Charles has ramped up his preparations to be king. He just celebrated his 50 years as the Prince of Wales and undertook 20 engagements across Wales last week with his wife, Camilla Parker Bowles.

Also, Prince Charles has been attending meetings about the Duchy of Lancaster at Clarence House. Prince William, who will take over Prince Charles’ current role as the Prince of Wales is also prepping for the role. Just like his father, the Duke of Cambridge has ramped up his preparations by attending meetings about the $1.3 billion “Duchy Cornwall,“ the 134,000 acres of land in more than 23 counties in the U.K. that provides income to the heir. Last year, it generated $25 million.

Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II reportedly has been sharing a “difficult” relationship with Prince Harry after she started to give way for Prince Charles and Prince William to take over because the Duke of Sussex was left in the dark.