Prince William will focus on 'five or six core charity subjects' when he will become Prince of Wales, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Under a blueprint putting out what Palace aides are describing as 'The Cambridge Way', William will undertake an method closer to that pursued through his grandfather, Prince Philip, as an alternative than that of his father.
With an over-arching mantra of 'urgency plus optimism equals action', William will eschew what a supply described as 'hand-wringing over life's problems' and alternatively concentrate on 'hope and solutions'.
The Queen's advancing years and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's recent afflicted tour of the Caribbean has resulted in a redoubling of efforts to finalise William and Kate's long-term strategy.
While the reinvention of the position of the Prince of Wales will inevitably spark suggestions of an implied attack on Prince Charles, a supply shut to William insisted: 'This method isn't a criticism of what has come before however just an acknowledgment of a desire for change.
'It's about hope and optimism for the future. What is using the Duke and Duchess in the entirety they do is urgency plus optimism equals action.
'Many of the motives adopted by the Duke and Duchess, whether or not it is Earthshot [the annual prize awarded by way of the Royal Foundation for contributions to environmentalism] or the early years work, additionally touches on each different factor of society so it is now not that they're aside from different properly motives by using having a focus.'
That is no longer to say, however, that no friction exists between father and son.
Charles used to be irked that closing month's eight-day Caribbean tour, which included visits to Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas, clashed with his long-planned outing to Ireland.
'Ireland is one of the most vital relationships so there was once a little consternation over the timing to say the least,' stated an insider shut to Charles. 'There is now not normally a clash of diaries in this way.'
As feared with the aid of Charles's team, the Cambridges did eclipse the Prince of Wales in terms of media insurance – even though far from all of it advantageous – however a supply close to William performed down the spat, saying: 'The Prince of Wales constantly goes away to Ireland round this time of year, so there did not seem to be a problem.'
The Mail on Sunday knows that William has no plans to take on The Prince's Trust, the charity based by way of Charles in 1976 to assist susceptible young people, however will alternatively listen on the Royal Foundation, created with the aid of William and his brother Harry in 2009 and now the automobile for the Cambridges' campaigning work.
The charity focuses on the environment, together with the Earthshot Prize, conservation, early years, emergency responders and mental health, inclusive of decreasing stigma.
The Cambridges hold ordinary conferences with Lord Hague, the former Foreign Secretary, who was once appointed Chair of the Royal Foundation's Board of Trustees in 2020.William has also made clear his intention to lessen by using 1/2 the estimated a hundred and forty group of workers employed via his father when he turns into Prince of Wales.
The Duke, who has his personal devoted workplace totally separate from that of Prince Charles, will inherit about £22 million a 12 months from the Duchy of Cornwall when he succeeds his father.
The cash are used to subsidise the Prince of Wales's official and charitable activities as nicely as to pay for any children, however William will be free to use any savings as he sees fit, together with ploughing cash into the Royal Foundation.
Drawing parallels with the Duke of Edinburgh, the source said that The Cambridge Way blueprint was being devised in 'much the identical way' as the Duke of Edinburgh's approach.
Prince Philip had supported a wide vary of charities yet maintained a particular hobby in the military, the environment and technology.
Explaining William's determination to adopt the hands-on method that endeared his late mother Princess Diana to the nation, the supply added: 'The Duke does not like stage-managed events.
'When he talks in a speech he wants it to be extra natural and credible, an match where he is interacting and reacting to human beings rather than an tournament designed around him about what he wants to say.
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