2025's Royal Game Changer: This Senior Member of King Charles' Court Set to Become 'Key Player' as Monarchy Seeks to Reawaken in New Year

2024 was a grim year for royal news in the eyes of many, with both King Charles III and Catherine, Princess of Wales battling cancer at the same time. Although the future queen successfully beat the disease after six months of chemotherapy last September, His Majesty is still fighting.

With hope for a renewed 2025, one expert revealed the "key player" to watch as the year unfolds.

The Princess of Wales is still the one member of the British monarchy who has a unique ability "to captivate even when she is horribly ill," one insider pointed out.

"Like it or not, Kate remains the shiniest jewel in the Windsors' crown," royal historian Dr. Tessa Dunlop similarly described. "Last year's highlights were all hers: Trooping, Wimbledon, Armistice, Christmas at the Abbey. It is a lot of pressure for one woman."

GBN host Martin Daubney shared the sentiment of other royal analysts when he spoke at length about Her Royal Highness on his program. "I was moved to tears, and I'm close to tears again now," he said about HRH's September video announcing the end of her chemotherapy.

"It is still as powerful today as the day it came out," the presenter explained. "What it taught us about the royal family, and what it taught all of us, is that the small things are so important. Playing cards with the children, hugging your children, running your hand through grass, just being around your loved ones and not taking life for granted. And as we approach Christmas, those messages are as pertinent as ever, aren't they?"

As opposed to decades and even centuries past, the future queen pivoted her message to include those in the general public suffering from the deadly illness. "What was also so special about it was the way that the public was invited into this painful journey, this discovery, and the empathy with everybody else, any other ordinary citizen who'd been through a similar testing circumstance," Daubney emphasized.

His Majesty also ended the year with "the common touch" when he decided to film his annual Christmas Speech from a hospital chapel instead of one of his luxurious palaces.

This year marks the first time in 14 years that the monarch's annual Christmas speech was not filmed on a royal estate.

Instead, the setting was Fitzrovia Chapel, formerly the Middlesex Hospital Chapel, which holds special significance, having once served London's medical community. The location is believed to have been chosen as a subtle nod to Charles III's ongoing cancer treatment, with the space now acting as a sanctuary for quiet reflection and celebration, uniting people from all walks of life and all faiths, or none at all.

Daily Express reported on Kate's new year.