WILLS: REIGNS FOR A DAY
When both the Queen and Prince Charles were struck down with COVID at the same time, it set off all sorts of alarm bells at Kensington Palace, home of the second in line, William. “Wills and Kate were running though protocols and testing emergency drills for the all-too-real possibility that he was about to be king,” says a source. “With his granny and dad in isolation simultaneously, he was effectively in charge for a day or so. This is the closest Kate and William have come to facing their upcoming obligations to the Crown, and they kept their cool. Courtiers were suitably impressed. As was Kate, who must admit she found it terribly exciting to get a preview of her husband as a king.”