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Since then, Charles has taken on an increasing number of public engagements and been named the queen s designated successor as head of the Commonwealth, a voluntary association of 54 nations with links to the British Empire. Symbolically, the transition towards the succession is already underway, said Ed Owens, a historian and author of The Family Firm, Monarchy, Mass Media and the British Public 1932-53. I anticipate that we re going to see a lot more of Prince Charles in the next couple of years so that we, as a people, start to see him in his future role as king.
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While most observers say the queen is unlikely to abdicate given her lifelong commitment to public service, she has already started to turn over more responsibilities to Prince Charles, 72, her eldest son. That process is likely to accelerate following Philip’s death.
Charles’ increased role began gradually, when the queen began cutting back on long-haul flights, resulting in Charles taking her place at a 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Sri Lanka.
Then in 2017, he represented the queen at the annual Remembrance Day ceremony marking the end of World War I, laying the monarch’s wreath at the foot of the Cenotaph in London. It was the first time the queen hadn’t performed the solemn ritual, other than when she was pregnant or out of the country.
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2021/04/20 14:35 FILE - In this Monday, March 12, 2018 file photo, Britain s Queen Elizabeth II leaves after attending the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in. FILE - In this Monday, March 12, 2018 file photo, Britain s Queen Elizabeth II leaves after attending the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London. Now that the Royal Family has said farewell to Prince Philip, attention will turn to Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th birthday on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 and, in coming months, the celebrations marking her 70 years on the throne. This combination of events is reminding the United Kingdom that the reign of the queen, the only monarch most of her subjects have ever known, is finite. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)