'Popular' Queen Camilla and Kate Middleton could get new royal honour from King Charles
ok.co.ukAccording to reports, Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales could be set to be handed a new royal honour to keep up with the dwindling number of senior royals and cope with a backlog of investitures caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Currently, only King Charles, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal are able to hand out OBEs, MBEs and similar honours as 'blood' royals - but this could soon change as there is speculation that the proposal is being discussed, the Daily Mail reports.
A source told the paper: "Queen Camilla has proved herself to be a really hard-working and dutiful spouse to the King, and who wouldn't want to be handed a gong by the Princess of Wales?
There is a feeling that they have both earned it and it might prove a very popular change." The deaths of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip - coupled with Prince Harry's decision to step back from royal duties and Prince Andrew being stripped of his HRH status - have resulted in the Firm being left with just seven main working royals – the King and Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.
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