The Royal Family is known for sticking to traditions and long-standing protocols—and when they decide to go against those traditions and protocols, there’s usually a very good reason.
Royal experts were quick to pick up on what seemed to be a change in royal protocol earlier this year at the annual Trooping the Colour event in June, when the Royal Family stepped out together on the balcony at Buckingham Palace.
The family line-up was noticeably different, with Kate Middleton taking a place of honor next to King Charles III.
At Trooping the Colour in 2023, Prince William stood directly to his father’s right when the family stepped out on the balcony, and royal experts say any change to the lineup would be deliberate.
The royal experts believe the change in lineup was likely the King’s way of acknowledging his and Kate’s similar health struggles, as both have undergone treatment for cancer in the past year.
The break in protocol could also have been a way for the King to honor the Princess of Wales and show appreciation for the fact that she chose Trooping the Colour—an event celebrating the monarch’s birthday—as her first public appearance amid her own cancer treatmentRead more…
