I would agree. If Charles is still around by the end of 2025...I’ll be surprised. If they give him a stage 4 notice...I would imagine he’ll give notice and hand the crown over to William.
If Charles is that sick, I doubt if they would have told Prince Harry during one of his Quick Stop visits.
Harry would have blabbed the entire story as he waits for his plane back to America. Harry has zero regard for other people’s privacy. If Charles quickly passes away, Harry will be complaining “No one told me anything!!”
“.I would imagine he’ll give notice and hand the crown over to William.”
NO! Then they wouldn’t be able to say “The king is dead, long live the king.”
The meaning of which is that the second the king dies, the heir instantly becomes king.
It loses something if the new king is already king.
Also abdication is frowned upon.
Stiff upper lip man, stick it out to the end, good form now.