Kate Middleton's cancer aggravates the state of weakness of the British monarchy. All the weight now falls on the heir, William of England, in an institution that has reduced its number of representatives.
The plans of Charles III – which he designed for decades in his head, while waiting for his turn to reign – have been truncated. The monarch himself has retired from face-to-face public activity, while he undergoes his own treatment for the cancer that was detected in early February.