Charlotte Is Set to Have a ‘Role Above Louis’ — But the Prince Will Still Likely Get More Attention
The 10-year-old is already breaking stereotypes as the first princess to outrank her younger brother.
While the monarchy's future is secure with Prince George deemed to take over the throne after his father, 'spare' Princess Charlotte will likely also have a role. The 10-year-old is already breaking stereotypes as the first princess to outrank her younger brother. After George's birth, the laws were reformed, and the Succession to the Crown Act made the British line of succession based on order of birth, not gender.
Charlotte is already paving her own way and is reportedly being trained to shoulder responsibilities as a working royal one day. However, the same can't be said about her brother, Prince Louis. Royal author and journalist Robert Jobson recently appeared on The Daily T podcast and argued that while Charlotte will definitely have a royal role in the future, Louis will have a different path.
"I think Charlotte will probably be a working royal, I don’t know if Louis will," said Jobson to Telegraph editor Camilla Tominey. He suggested that Louis would likely end up in the military like his uncle, Prince Harry. Charlotte, he stressed, will have 'a role above' him surely, given the eradication of male primogeniture.
"There really isn't very much need to have more than an heir and a spare," Jobson said. In response to Tominey's question, "What about poor Louis? He seems like a right character," he replied that in the future, journalists will surely more 'have fun' covering him. "But I think that he'd probably want a life rather than just be a character," he opined. Although Jobson had a strong perspective on Louis not becoming a working royal in the future, he did not doubt his worth and capabilities.
The royal author compared Prince William's youngest to Princess Anne's children, Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips. Calling the duo “great living examples” of how family members can hold real jobs, “be very successful,” and still enjoy fulfilling lives outside the royal machine, Jobson didn’t hold back on what he sees as the monarchy’s future direction. He argued it’s high time the royal titles get streamlined, essentially trimmed “down to Louis.” According to him, anyone outside the Wales family doesn’t need them anymore. And he didn’t stop there.
In a pointed comment clearly aimed across the Atlantic, Jobson added that if someone has “rejected the system” and is now “effectively an American citizen,” then “there is no need" for titles. While the title debate when it comes to the Sussexes rages on, Charlotte's role in the Firm is expected to grow over the next decade.
