Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte's royal role models who are 'spares to spare'
A royal expert has praised two key senior working royals for their service and labelled them as 'excellent role models' to Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Prince Edward and Sophie attend Entente Cordiale parade
Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie have been hailed as "excellent role models" to Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, who can show them that they can be a "spare" or even a "spare to the spare" and succeed as working members of the Royal Family.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have been stepping up recently and helping the monarchy after King Charles and the Princess of Wales's cancer diagnoses.
Last week, the royal pair represented the monarch at a key event in London to mark 120 years of friendly relations between Britain and France.
Now a royal expert has claimed Edward and Sophie "thoroughly deserve the recognition they are getting".
Jennie Bond told OK!: "They have always been quietly devoted to their various causes, but their work has been overshadowed by other royals.
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"I suppose every cloud has a silver lining… and as the King calls on them to take a more prominent role, Edward and Sophie are showing they are very much up to the task.
"They are also serving as excellent role models to their great nephews and niece - showing that you can be a ‘spare’ or even a ‘spare to the spare’ and make a real success of working as a valued member of the Royal Family."
The 'heir and the spare' is a well-known phrase, referring to first-born and second-born children which has been frequently used by royals throughout the years but recently it was popularised by Prince Harry's memoir, Spare.
Elsewhere, Ms Bond spoke about Prince William and Princess Kate's 'gentle' and 'modern' parenting methods which will help their children live relatively normal lives.
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She explained: "William and Kate must be acutely aware of the problems for a royal spare.
"They have already shown that they have a different and modern attitude to bringing up royal children and I’m sure they will do everything to make Charlotte and Louis feel every bit as special, loved and valued as George [...]
"They have emphasised from the start that they want their children to understand that having empathy with others is not only a kindness but is rewarding as well."
