The King has taken on around 300 new charity affiliations following
a major review of royal patronages.
However, he was unable to prevent around 200 organisations losing their royal association amid a shortage of working royals.
A review of more than 1,000 patronages and presidencies held by the King and the Queen and those previously held by Queen Elizabeth II will result in one in five organisations receiving a letter in the coming days informing them that they have lost their royal links.
Buckingham Palace sources insisted that they had retained as many affiliations as possible.