Ish
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I just don't understand the idea of someone becoming ill for the Cambridge's to move into full-time royal duties. It shouldn't take that to get them to do so, IMO. The decision should be based on The Queen & Duke of Edinburgh's age, timing for them to step up and that they have the full staff to support them in their roles.
I'm thinking William's Air Ambulance job will have to be flexible for him and Catherine to fulfill their royal duties.
It could be a money thing. If they've decided that they only have the funding to do (say) 2,000 engagements a year, then in order for William to do more than what he's previously done someone else has to do less. If the Firm is concerned that one of the older royals is going to be cutting back drastically due to their health - and in 2013, it really did look like the DoK or Princess Alexandra might retire (in my opinion, the DoE isn't likely to ever retire) because of their health, then it would have freed up a number of engagements - if they collectively do say 200 engagements in a year, then without them there's an extra 200 engagements that someone could do. The idea in 2013 could have been that William would do a "transitional" year with things a bit open so that if the DoK and Princess Alexandra decided they didn't/couldn't continue doing their engagements then William could take over that funding and do an extra 200 engagements a year.