INkosana yaseWales izomela uyise, iNkosi uCharles emngcwabeni yaseNkosi uHarald V njengoba izotshalwa kulenyanga kaMandulo, ngesonto mhlaka-9 September 2026 kusho iBuckingham Palace.

UWilliam, oyindlalifa yesihlalo sobukhosi, uzohambiana nababezala wakhe iNkosazana yaseBukhosini, ezoba khona ngasese kanti engumama bamba (god-mother) wenkosi entsha, uHaakon VIII.

INorway ithole usizi ngemvua kokhukhothama kwenkosi ethandekayo, eyakhothama mhla zingama-28 kuNcwaba eneminyaka engu-89.

INkosi Harald ibiyaziwa ngokuthi “inkosi yabantu” ehlanganisa bonke abantu futhi eyathuthukisa ubukhosi baseNorway ngesikhathi sokubusa kwayo kweminyaka engama-35.

Umngcwabo wakhe uzoba mhla ziyi-9 kuMandulo e-Oslo Cathedral, kanti uzohamnjelwa ngabomndeni okubalwa kubo umfelokazi wakhe, iNlovukazi uSonja, kanti kulindeleke nezithunywa zakwamanye amazwe kanyenobuholi kulomncwabo.

Ngokuhambisana nesibonelo sokuthi inkosi ayiwuhambeli umngcwabo, lomsebenzi uwela kuWilliam, naye ozoba yinkosi esikhathini esizayo, ukumela uyise nokuhlonipha enkonzweni.

UCharles uhloniphe “umzala wakhe othandekayo” kanye “nesihlobo nomngane othandwa kakhulu” ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kwezindaba zokushona kukaHarald. Emlayezweni wenduduzo, uncome “ukuzinikela okungapheli” kukaHarald kanye “nomusa, ububele kanye nomuzwa ojulile wesibopho sakhe kwavela ngaphesheya kolwandle naseminyakeni engamashumi”.

INdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II ongasekho kanye neNkosi uHarald babengabazala besibili. Babenogogo nomkhulu abafanayo, iNkosi u-Edward VII neNdlovukazi u-Alexandra. Ngo-Ephreli ngonyaka odlule, uWilliam wamela uyise emngcwabeni womfundisi umkhulukazi ebandleni lamaRoma, u-Papa uFrancis eVatican.

UWilliam kanye neNkosazana yaseWales manje bathatha uhambo olusemthethweni oluya eNorway ngo-2018, ukuyodla neNkosi uHarald neNdlovukazi uSonja eRoyal Palace, lapho uHarald ebachaze khona “njengomndeni” futhi wancoma ukusekela kwabo iNdlovukazi yangaleso sikhathi.

Inkosi yaseNorway yangena engalweni yedili ibambene noCatherine owayezithwele ngaleso sikhathi, ekhulelwe uPrince Louis futhi egqoke ingubo ende ka-Alexander McQueen, isenzo sakhe sabonakala njengo uSonja noWilliam ababehamba ngemuva kwabo.

UWilliam noKate baphinde bachitha isikhathi bevakashela izindawo zokushushuluza eqhweni kanye neNkosana yoMqhele uHaakon kanye neNkosazana yoMqhele uMette-Marit, manje eyiNkosi neNdlovukazi.