The Queen celebrates her 93rd birthday today and there are plans in place for her 66-year-old son to become King in all but name. The monarch will trigger the Regency Act after April 21, 2021, which could make Charles Prince Regent, it is claimed. Charlie would then assume the Queen’s roles and she would remain the Monarch until she dies.

A source told the Daily Star Online: “The changes are starting, and although they are small changes, more will follow.

“Her Majesty will never resign, though. She will be on the throne to her last breath.

“But with the Regency act and meetings that have taken place recently, when Her Majesty gets to 95 then (the Regency Act 1937) will be brought in through Parliament.”

It appears the Prince of Wales has been preparing for this for some time.

He carried out 546 engagements last year – more than any other member of the Royal Family.

Furthermore, Charles was appointed at the next Head of the Commonwealth when his mother dies.

It was previously reported the Queen has been holding private meetings with her eldest son for months to discuss the matters of state.

The Prince of Wales has also been added to the distribution list of despatch boxes that the Queen is sent from Whitehall.

Royal expert Robert Jobson said the steps are being taken so that if the Queen makes it 95 to then she will transfer all executive powers to the Charles, making him the Prince Regent.

He wrote in the Daily Mail: “Some close to the monarch say that, if she reaches the age of 95, she will make a monumental decision and choose to officially allow Charles to take over the stewardship of her reign.

“She will, they say, officially transfer all executive powers to him as Prince Regent until her death, when he will become king. 

“This would enable her to fudge the issue of her not fulfilling her Coronation Oath to God and her people to serve as queen regnant until her death.”

The Queen is in good health and could live to be a centenarian like her mother, but royal experts are confident the monarch has ensured there will be “the smoothest of successions with the minimum of fuss”.

The last time the Regency Act was invoked was in 1810 during the reign of George III when he became mentally unwell.

His eldest son took the title Prince Regent and when his father died 10 years later he became George IV.

The Regency Act was reformed in 1937 to allow for a Regency if “the Sovereign is for some definite cause not available for the performance of those functions”.

However, the list of causes is not specified leading to speculation that it is vague enough for the monarchs to allow their heirs to succeed.

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