Royal experts detailed the crises currently facing the British monarchy in ABC News Studios' ‘IMPACT x Nightline: The Crown in Crisis’
The royal family is in the midst of a challenging time, which royal expert Robert Jobson likened to King Edward VIII abdicating the throne.
King Edward VIII was the ruler of England before resigning in 1936 when he was barred by the church from marrying Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée. In Edward’s absence, his younger brother King George IV ascended the throne. George was the father of Queen Elizabeth II. In Charles’ absence, he has leaned on wife Queen Camilla, son Prince William and brother Prince Edward to take over at his engagements. William’s wife, Princess Kate Middleton, is also a senior working royal but is in the middle of her own battle with cancer and canceled all of her public duties while she undergoes treatment.“I’ve covered the royal family since 1990 and it’s always been a roller-coaster,” Jobson said in the special, which dropped on Thursday, April 11.
With only Camilla, William, 41, Edward, 60, and his wife, Duchess Sophie, left to handle public appearances, it has cast a shadow of doubt over the monarchy as a whole.
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