Can William Bear the Crown's Weight? King Charles' Heir Facing 'Real Burden' as Family and State Duties Test His Mantle

Prince William will travel with King Charles III to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France on June 6. Although the heir to the throne is eager to aid his father on his first foreign trip of 2024, the monarch-in-waiting is said to be facing a "real burden" due to his state commitments while the King and his wife, Kate, Princess of Wales, battle cancer.

"They are very close because they've both had the very, very difficult feeling of a close friend, a close member of the family who's behaved abominably," royal expert Angela Levin dished to GBN's Mark Dolan when discussing the trip and Charles III and William's shared annoyances with Prince Harry.

"They have worked together on climate change and plastic and all those things," she added. "And also they've had a loved one who's been very ill, so they need each other very badly."

Dolan responded: "Clearly William is doing a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of his public royal duties, but also as a son. There's an emotional support there as well."

Levin replied: "Also as a father and a husband, I think he's got a huge thing to do. He wants to do absolutely the maximum, he can for his wife the maximum he can for his father, and the maximum amount for the country. So it's a real burden."

The scribe then observed how the Prince of Wales is quick to adapt to the royal code of showing no extremes in emotion while in public. "But when he goes out, he seems not to show anything that's heavy and not moaning. And he does his absolute best. I think we should be very proud of him."

The King once said how his mother and William's grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, "understood the weight of the crown," which is what one royal insider spoke about when addressing concerns over the future king.

"He gets it, you can be sure of that," the source spilled. "Prince William is unique in how he does and will combine all the best elements of his mother, his father and his grandmother. He has Diana's compassion, Charles' resilience and the late Queen's unyielding passion for serving her people."

The insider added: "Although his father and wife's very frightening illnesses probably, and understandably, hit him straight in the gut, the Prince of Wales has what it takes to persevere for the nation."

The future king recently toured Cornwall for the first time as its Duke and also received updates on his charitable initiative, Homewards, which seeks to end homelessness across Britain by 2028. The Princess of Wales and the King are said to be responding well to their cancer treatments.