Queen hands Duke a new royal role as his brother steps back

THE Duke of Cambridge has been given a new role by the Queen as his brother prepares to step back from the Royal family.

The Duke has been made the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland by the Queen, while the Duke of Sussex begins a new life in Canada.

The Sussexes are dropping their HRH styles and will raise their son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor mostly in Canada. Prince Harry made an emotional speech last weekend, saying that he had “no other option” but to give up his role.

Two days later, the couple issued a legal warning to the media after paparazzi shots of Meghan walking her dogs with baby Archie in Vancouver, reportedly taken by photographers hiding in bushes, were published.

Meanwhile, the Duke of Cambridge is stepping up to be the sovereign’s personal representative to the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

The Lord High Commissioner role was established in the 1707 Act of Union between England and Scotland, and the Queen pledged to continue it during the first Privy Council meeting of her reign in 1952.

The General Assembly, which comprises 850 commissioners, meets each May, generally in Edinburgh. the Duke of Cambridge will make the opening and closing addresses to the Assembly, as well as carrying out official across Scotland.

The Queen appoints a figure to the role every year, and previous members of the Royal family who have taken it on include the Princess Royal, the Duke of Rothesay, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex. visits