Queen Elizabeth's retirement has been speculated upon over the years. And now, a report claimed that the Queen is allegedly passing on the throne, but not to her eldest son and heir apparent, Prince Charles.
According to the report, Queen Elizabeth purportedly wants Prince William and Kate Middleton to be King and Queen after her retirement, bypassing Prince Charles and his second wife, Camilla Parker Bowles.
OK Magazine's latest cover was headlined "Palace Confirms William & Kate, King & Queen!"
The cover went on to tease, "Queen Elizabeth Giving Up Throne After 63 Years," "Furious Prince Charles: The crown should be mine!" and "Inside The $1 Billion coronation."
"It has been a tough pill to swallow for Charles," OK Magazine reported, as quoted by Celeb Dirty Laundry. "He has spent his whole life waiting to succeed his mother. He initially flew in to a rage, ranting that the throne is his. But, then he began to see her way of thinking."
The report claimed that Kate Middleton and Prince William's purported coronation will take place in April 2016. Queen Elizabeth will be celebrating her 90th birthday that month, and her retirement is purportedly expected to be announced soon after, if not during the celebration.
Is Prince Charles furious that his mother would rather have Prince William and Kate Middleton sit on the throne rathre than him and Camilla Parker Bowles?
Prince Charles has been asked in the past about allegedly being impatient to succeed his mother as the head of the British Monarchy.
"Impatient?" Charles said in 2012, as quoted by Washington Post. "Me? What a thing to suggest! Yes, of course I am ... I'll run out of time soon. I shall have snuffed it if I'm not careful."
If rumors are true that Queen Elizabeth wants Prince William and Kate Middleton to reign after her retirement, then it could be a tough blow to Prince Charles who allegedly has big plans for when he sits on the throne.
"He will be true to his beliefs and contributions," an insider told The Guardian late last year.
"Rather than a complete reinvention to become a monarch in the mould of his mother, the strategy will be to try and continue with his heartfelt interventions, albeit checking each for tone and content to ensure it does not damage the monarchy. Speeches will have to pass the following test: would it seem odd because the Queen wouldn't have said it or would it seem dangerous?"
