“It was a close thing personally, but constitutionally it was enormous. The U.K. and Commonwealth came frighteningly close to having a five-year-old second in line suddenly become heir apparent and the entire trajectory of the modern monarchy being rewritten.”

Kinsey Schofield · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22

Kinsey Schofield discussed how close the monarchy came to a drastic alteration in its lineage.