Prince Charles is reportedly considering shrinking the monarchy by cutting the number of official senior royals after the Queen dies.
It has long been reported that the heir apparent, 72, might support tightening the ranks of the royal family once he becomes the monarch.
The line of succession on the official royal family website includes 22 positions, with Prince Charles in first place and Master Lucas Tindall, grandson of Princess Anne, in final place.
Now, broadcaster and royal author Gyles Brandreth, author of Philip: The final portrait, has said that he thinks “going forward we are going to go back to a much slimmed down [monarchy]”.
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