Peers have questioned how non-working royals can still carry out constitutional duties for the King.
But Lord True told the House of Lords: "The government will always consider what arrangements are needed to ensure resilience in our constitutional arrangements.
Under the Regency Act, the counsellors of state are the spouse of the monarch and the next four in the line of succession, over the age of 21. They can carry out official duties, such as signing documents, receiving ambassadors or attending Privy Council meetings, if the monarch is temporarily ill or abroad,carry out the State Opening of Parliament on behalf of the late QueenLabour peer Viscount Stansgate, son of Labour politician Tony Benn, said this showed the value of updating the Regency Act, to ensure royals were available to stand in.
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