Prince William 'spicing things up' as Royal Family's latest new strategy is paying off
A royal commentator says Prince William's clever new strategy is the "right model for the future" of the British Royal Family.
Prince William's "sensitive" new strategy for royal engagements is "the right model for the future", according to a Royal Family expert.
Both the Princess of Wales and the Princess Royal, who normally maintain packed schedules, have been out of action due to Kate's cancer treatment and the Princess Royal's recovery from a minor head injury.
Royal watchers have noted that the The Firm appears at times to be spread thinly as a result, with the remaining royals taking on more responsibility.
But it appears the Palace is intentionally not drafting in other working royals, which former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond claims is a positive move.
"I still hold to the idea that the slimmed down Royal Family is indeed the right model for the future," she told OK!
Jennie Bond added: "It's in line with most European monarchies and is sensitive to the constant criticism that the Royal Family cost taxpayers too much."
"Adding new working royals to the payroll will only exacerbate that criticism," she continued.
"I think the model William has experimented with is the answer: drafting in his cousins here and there (e.g. garden parties) to spice things up a bit."
She said doing so makes royal occasions "even more special and allows those cousins to get on with their lives as they wish, without the strictures of the royal diary."
Bond added that she thinks the King and William "are entirely right to be determined to keep the core of working royals a small, tight unit that can be accountable to the public purse".
It comes after a source close to the Prince suggested he is keen to keep the number of senior royals to a minimum.
Richard Eden, royal watcher and editor of the Daily Mail's Eden Confidential, revealed a source close to the Prince of Wales told him, "'When the older members of the family retire, His Royal Highness won't be inviting anyone else to become working royals.'"
He further shared: "It remains to be seen if he will even want his two younger children to be working royals."