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London The birth of the son of the Dukes of Susbad, Harry and Meghan, that Wednesday will be presented to the press, gives new impetus to the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, who every day takes a little more relief from his mother, Isabel II.

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At 70, Carlos now leads a strong dynasty of his two sons, William and Harry, and their four grandchildren, allowing his clan to occupy the first seven positions in the line of successors.

With their respective wives, Catalina and Meghanhe and his children are increasingly the hard core of the British royal family, eclipsing his brothers, Anna, Andrés and Eduardo.

"Those who are really in charge and do most of the work are Carlos's family", says the royal biographer Penny Junor to AFP. "William and Harry are now full-time princes, both are married and work for the family business, we will see them more and more".

For its part, Carlos She is very active in areas that interest her, such as climate change, urban planning or helping disadvantaged youth.

The future king often baderts that his environmental activism is due to the fact that he does not want his grandchildren to blame him for not acting while it was still possible, knowing that once crowned, he could not get involved in political affairs.

– The faces of the United Kingdom –

Own Queen Isabel, now 93, had made it clear that the future of the British monarchy was in the hands of Carlos and his clan in 2012, during the closing of the Diamond Jubilee that marked his 60th anniversary of reign.

Instead of all the Windsor family coming out on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, only the sovereign, Carlos and his family appeared to greet the crowd.

The change is taking place very slowly but, in recent years, Isabel II Your workload has gradually decreased.

He stopped traveling to distant destinations after 2011 and since 2015 has not left United Kingdom. Instead, it is Carlos and his wife Camila who perform these almost state visits.

Guillermo and Catalina have also made important journeys Harry and Meghan They have already made two tours abroad since their wedding in May 2018.

So, the three couples are becoming more and more the faces of the British monarchy outside of United Kingdom.

– The rise of Carlos –

Another unequivocal detail: Carlos now replaces Isabel II in tributes to British soldiers who fell in the war and accompanying them at the opening of parliamentary sessions, two key annual moments of British royalty.

And last year, Commonwealth leaders agreed that Carlos replace your mother, when the time comes, at the head of the organization that brings together 53 states that were a British colony.

Isabel II 's official commitments have gone from 425 in 2012 to 283 last year and most of them are taking place within the walls of its palace.

Carlos is the one who made the most official commitments in 2018 among all members of the royal family, followed by his brothers and his sister.

Guillermo, Catalina, Harry and Meghan they are quite late at the moment but that should change in the years to come.

Y Carlos he does not want to share the limelight: Andres's attempts to intervene and give his daughters a prominent role, princesses Beatriz and Eugenia, have failed miserably.

"He tried, but Prince Charles was inflexible"said Junor.

Source: AFP