The Daily Mail’s Richard Eden wrote: “Royal sources tell me that, with a smaller family circle after Harry and Meghan stepped down as working royals in 2020, that may change in time.

“Although Prince William still believes in a ‘slimmed-down monarch’, he is increasingly aware of the hard work of his extended family,’ a courtier tells me.”

The comment is believed to relate to William’s non-working royal cousins, including Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie and Zara Tindall.

While they are members of the Royal Family, they are not funded by the taxpayers and instead they have their own careers.