King Charles set to decide future of monarchy alongside Prince William and Kate

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King Charles III is set to hold a royal summit to decide the future of the monarchy, according to royal sources.The King will discuss with the Prince and Princess of Wales what he has decided in terms of their roles in the Royal Family, as well as his own and Queen Camilla's, reports the Mirror.It has been noted that using Prince William and Kate's "star quality" is key to his plans to bond the Commonwealth together.A close source to the King, heading for Scotland on Monday where the summit will be held at Balmoral, said: "His Majesty is very clear.

The Commonwealth must be at the very heart of his reign. "He sees it as his utmost duty to fulfil the sincere wish of his late mother, that one of his central roles must be to ensure not only the survival but the robustness (of the organisation)."The monarch will deliver the news of his plans for the next year - which will include public engagements, foreign travel and other key aims.The source also stated that the monarch sees the roles of his eldest son and his wife as "being at the heart of cementing their own future and that of the monarchy at large".Other insiders have suggested that the King is keen to capitalise on their increasing popularity among the public with the "Princess’s undoubted star quality", as one official described.Prince William was voted top of a respected poll of Americans’ favourite global figures.

In the autumn Charles and Camilla will travel to Kenya in East Africa. This trip may invoke memories of the late Queen, as Kenya was where she learned of the death of her father King George VI in February 1952, becoming Queen aged 25.One senior civil servant said of Charles: "(He) hopes to use the symbolism tied into his mother’s legacy to offer a hand of