{"id":396997,"date":"2026-01-29T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/396997\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:26:08","slug":"king-charles-true-pillar-of-strength-revealed-and-its-not-prince-william","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/396997\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles\u2019 true pillar of strength revealed and its not Prince William"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KingKing Charles\u2019 true pillar of strength revealed and its not Prince William<\/p>\n

King Charles\u2019 strongest source of support has been revealed as his sister Princess Anne, rather than heir Prince William, according to royal experts.<\/p>\n

Royal expert and author Katie Nicholl revealed that the Princess Royal has quietly become the backbone of the monarchy.<\/p>\n

According to Woman & Home, Anne carries out more engagements than any other royal and offers steady support to Charles with absolutely no drama involved. <\/p>\n

Nicholl said Anne\u2019s greatest strength is that she has never sought attention or tried to outshine her brother and has always chosen to stand firmly by his side. <\/p>\n

“One of her biggest successes is that she’s never tried to overshadow Charles,” the expert told the publication about Princess Anne. <\/p>\n

She added, “She has always just been there by his side as a pillar of strength, and she’s like a hybrid of Elizabeth and Prince Philip in being no-fuss, not overly emotional and just getting on with the job.”<\/p>\n

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Anne was once asked why she was so dedicated even though she would never take over the monarchy.<\/p>\n

To this she responded, “It’s not just about, ‘Can I get a tick in the box for doing this?’ No, it’s about serving.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt comes from an example from both my parents’ way of working and where they saw their role being. I mean, my father served,\u201d added the Princess Royal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a more direct form of service, I suppose you could argue and the Queen’s has been a lifelong service in a slightly different way.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles\u2019 true pillar of strength revealed and its not Prince William King Charles\u2019 strongest source of support…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-396997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}