PRINCE Harry could be stripped of a key role by the Queen after he moved to LA three years ago.
Despite him “renewing his Frogmore Cottage lease” the Duke of Sussex may not be allowed to stand in as a Counsellor of State since he no longer resides in the UK, new papers revealed.
The House of Commons Library this week published the guidance on what happens if a monarch is unable to perform their royal duties.
The Regency Acts of 1937 and 1953 allocate four Counsellors of State to step in if the monarch can’t go about their duties.
Following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh last May, the current Counsellors of State are Prince Charles, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Sussex and the Duke of York.
But crucially, the newly-published guidance states: “Under the 1937 Act, a Counsellor of State must be domiciled in ‘some part’ of the UK.”
Harry hasn’t lived in the UK since late 2019, when he and his wife Meghan Markle sensationally quit the royal family and moved to the US.
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