kelly swaby, let me bring you in at this point.cession, and that's not the series on tv! i want to know about what's happening in the royalfamily, because someone has emailed us and asked us, what does this mean in terms of royal succession? so, in terms of royal- succession, at this point, | it doesn't actually mean anything| because hopefully the king makes a recovery and we don't need to think about it full stop. . but in terms of the line - of succession, when we talk about regency, prince william being the first in line, being the heir- the throne and being over the age of 18, he is eligible to serve - as his father's regent, | if we get to that point. and then succession also has a bearing . on the role of counsellors of state, those who can step in— and undertake engagements on behalf of the sovereign. i and they are the first four people in the line of succession - who are over the age of 21. and in late 2022 we saw that - princess anne and prince edward were added as counsellors of state. so that's really- the only implica