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Prince Andrew and Prince Harry are to be further sidelined from the royal institution, with King Charles effectively removing them from the roster of royals called on to stand in for him or sign documents on the Crown’s behalf if he is sick or unavailable.
The significant change to the role of so-called “counsellors of state” emerged after seemingly innocuous questions were asked in Britain’s fusty upper chamber of Parliament, the House of Lords.