Are Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie the New "Chosen Ones" in the Royal Family?

The pair just made history by filling in for King Charles.

As King Charles scales back his royal duties due to cancer treatment, the monarchy has been shifting around and allowing members of royal family to rise in importance in recent weeks. Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie are the latest royals to ascend the ranks — so much so that Charles made them the "chosen ones" to fill in at a recent event, as reported by Us Weekly.

On April 8, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh led their first major royal event by filling in for Charles at the 120th anniversary celebration parade of the Entente Cordiale — an agreement dating back to April 8, 1904 that saw the United Kingdom and France unite against Germany, paving the way their alliance when World War I and World War II hit.

Edward and Sophie also stood outside of the Buckingham Palace to watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony. Elsewhere, the pair was joined by Her Excellency, the French Ambassador to the U.K., Hélène Duchêne, a move that signals Charles' trust in their handling of royal affairs. Per Us Weekly, onlookers at the event speculated that Queen Camilla, Princess Beatrice or Princess Eugenie would be the royal to attend the event, and were happily surprised to they were chosen to attend the event.

In the meantime, Charles remains in good spirits, despite his limitations. “He’s in good spirits,” Charles' nephew, Peter Phillips, said in an March 24 interview with Sky News Australia. “I think, ultimately, he’s hugely frustrated. He’s frustrated that he can’t get on and do everything that he wants to be able to do. But he is very pragmatic, [and] he understands that there’s a period of time that he really needs to focus on himself.”

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