Prince Harry and Prince Andrew will not be standing in for King Charles III as he recuperates from surgery next week. This is thanks to a 2022 Act of Parliament that states only “working members of the royal family will be called on to act as counselors of state.” A counselor of state is a senior royal that can officially act on the monarch’s behalf when the Sovereign is out of the country or incapacitated. Those selected are traditionally the king or reigning queen’s spouse, which is currently Queen Camilla, and the first four in the line of succession to the throne, granted they are over 21 …
