Kate Middleton Is the Royal Family’s ‘Rockstar,’ but It’s a ‘Huge Burden’ (Exclusive)

His expected return to Britain in July for Invictus Games events will cast his relationship with the family back into the spotlight, with stakes raised amid reports that Meghan Markle and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will join him in the U.K. for the first time in four years.

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‘Quite mad and a little bit sad’: Meghan’s ‘insipid’ Netflix Christmas special is panned by critics

Yet the lasting image of Trooping pageantry was not one of absence. As the King stood alongside his heir Prince William and grandchildren George, Charlotte and Louis on the palace balcony, the monarchy’s future was on display for all to see — a powerful portrait of continuity at a moment when the institution appears to have regained its footing.