Royal Family have ‘found it hard to keep going’ since Queen’s death

An expert has claimed the Royal Family has faced immense difficulty moving forward since the Queen’s death two years ago. The nation was plunged into sadness on September 8, 2022, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II – with her decline in health seeing a frantic rush by relatives to Balmoral.

While some members, such as Prince Harry, did not arrive in time, others like Princess Anne were present during her last hours. The passing of the Queen at 96 led to nationwide grief, reports the Mirror.

Since then, the Royals have faced new challenges such as King Charles III’s and Kate Middleston’s respective cancer diagnosis. An expert has claimed the family still hasn’t got over the death of the Queen.

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In an interview with OK! magazine Royal author Andrew Morton said: “It’s been very difficult for the Royal Family just to keep going, because so many of them have been seriously ill and are seriously ill. King Charles has not been a particularly lucky monarch so far.”

“I think they all miss her guiding hand. With the Queen as head of state and head of the family, they’d all bedded down quite nicely into their roles, and now everything’s been jolted around.”

Mr Morton added that the double cancer blow affecting King Charles and the Princess of Wales has deeply impacted the monarchy. He said: “All the illness which has assailed so many of the senior royals has knocked the whole edifice back on its heels.”

The Royal family has faced a series of challenges this year, including Princess Anne’s hospitalisation following a horse-related injury, the untimely death of Thomas Kingston, husband to Lady Gabriella Windsor, at his parents’ home aged 45, and the Duchess of York’s cancer diagnosis. Additionally, the ongoing feud between Princes William and Harry shows no signs of resolution.

Former BBC Royal correspondent Jennie Bond said:“If you think back to that picture of the Queen , Charles , William and George taken a few years ago, you remember how solid the future of the monarchy looked, with three future Kings all alive and well. After the many ups and downs of her reign, the Queen must have felt that her legacy was secure and the future was looking pretty rosy.

“So it would have been a great shock for Elizabeth to witness the difficulties of the past few months, and she would obviously have been deeply upset by her son and her granddaughter-in-law suffering from cancer.

“I think William, in particular, would have found his grandmother’s presence reassuring and she would have given him wise counsel. I suspect she would have told him to do exactly what he is doing: putting his family first until things improve.”

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