The presenters were left taken aback after the show guest made a shocking claim.
GB News hosts left speechless after Prince William’s bombshell move set to blindside royals (Image: Getty)
GB News presenters Anne Diamond and Mark White were joined on the show by historian Rafe Heydel-Mankoo who made a startling prediction about the future of the monarchy. The British Royal Family is currently navigating a series of high profile issues, including the financial security surrounding Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s residence and his recent arrest, strained relations with Prince Harry, among other challenges including security and health.
Prince William is next in line to the throne and the royal is believed to be following in his dad’s footsteps with a “slimmed-down monarchy,” as the historian suggested the Prince of Wales may shock the royals.
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“Prince William, of course, future king is planning for the future,” Anne commented. “A slightly more laidback attitude towards modern life.”
Rafe agreed, saying, “Yes. I think we’re going to see a huge change in the type of monarchy we have when he comes to the throne.”
The GB News guest believes Prince William will abdicate to “give the next generation a chance” at taking the throne at a younger age.
Rafe: “We can see King Charles is very much his mother’s son in a way that you wouldn’t necessarily be able to say about Prince William, who I think will have a very different idea of what it is to be a monarch.
“I personally think Prince William will be the first monarch to abdicate.”
He claimed the Prince of Wales may give up the throne in his seventies in order to give the next generation a “chance of coming to the throne early”.
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Rafe Heydel-Mankoo shares insight into the future of the Royal Family as it modernises. He believes Prince William will abdicate to ‘give the next generation a chance’ at taking the throne at a younger age.
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ewers were left divided over the historian’s comments, as one X user wrote: “William is years from taking the throne. He would not burden George by giving him the crown when he is young.”
Another penned: “Good lord the chapβs not king yet – give him a break.”
A third added: “Don’t count on it.”
William, the Prince of Wales and eldest son of Charles III and Princess Diana is the heir apparent to the British throne.
