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In reply to the discussion: Princess of Wales' statement in full as she reveals she's undergoing cancer treatment [View all]Irish_Dem
(47,552 posts)LA is on the NSC. He is important.
In the military you cannot go AWOL. Lives depend upon you.
LA knows that.
Troops out in the field don't want to hear that the head of the Pentagon is missing.
Even a 2nd Lt couldn't get away with just disappearing for five days.
To take your point into the discussion, it was said that the critical bureaucrats were not informed
of what was going on with LS. So the mission critical people were kept in the dark.
Which in your book would be the serious wrong.
Kate is NOT in the line of succession, she is not currently the sovereign, nor will she ever be.
Even when William ascends to the thrown Kate is just going to be queen consort, not the sovereign.
William is the power player, not Kate. He is the sovereign power.
She has nothing to do with national security matters.
LOS, line of succession to the British throne is: William, George, Charlotte, Louis.
I do think her medical leave of absence could have been handled better by palace PR from the beginning.