Princess Anne sends good luck message to Team GB

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Counsellors of state stand in for the Queen or monarch if they cannot perform their official duties. They include the spouse of the monarch and the next four people in the line of succession aged over 21 — at present the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Sussex and the Duke of York.

Dr Craig Prescott, an expert in UK constitutional law told The Times it seemed “inevitable” that there would be change.

He said that this will become particularly pressing when Charles becomes king and travels abroad with the Duchess of Cornwall, who would become a counsellor as the wife of a monarch.

He told the publication: “They could draft in Princess Anne or Prince Edward and specifically make them counsellors of state.

“There is a precedent for that, of a fashion, with the Queen Mother. In 1953 she was specifically made an extra counsellor.

“They may look to add the Duchess of Cambridge.”

Hugo Vickers, a royal historian, said that changes should “probably happen”.

If the Queen temporarily cannot undertake official duties due to illness or absence, then two or more counsellors of state are appointed by letters patent to act in her place.

The monarch is empowered to appoint counsellors under the Regency Acts 1937-53, and legislation would be needed to remove Prince Andrew or add more people.

Princess Anne is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

She is 17th in the line of succession to the British throne and has been Princess Royal since 1987.

Prince Edward is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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He is 14th in line of succession to the British throne.

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