Andrew and Sarah Ferguson are, of course, not the ones who are affected by the recent drama they’ve caused and the loss of not just their titles, but their home at Royal Lodge. Their daughters are, of course, also in the eye of the storm. And with their father being basically exiled to Sandringham and their mother moving somewhere separately for the first time in years, everyone is wondering how Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie will react and how this all affects them.
There have been multiple reports confirming the two will keep their royal titles, remaining princesses, and will still be styled as Her Royal Highness. However, People is reporting from sources that the fallout will still have a “devastating effect” on the two. Ailsa Anderson, a former press secretary to the late Queen Elizabeth told the outlet, “Even though they keep their titles, the ripple effect will have consequences for the rest of their lives.”
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Anderson pointed out that the two and their parents are “clearly a close-knit family.” Fergie once disclosed to the outlet that she and her daughters call themselves “the Tripod” due to their tight bond. Both of Andrew and Fergie’s daughters are married. Beatrice has been married to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi since 2020, and they share two daughters: Sienna, 4, and Athena, 10 months.
Eugenie, meanwhile, married Jack Brooksbank in 2018. The couple has two sons, August, 4, and Ernest, 2. Neither of the sisters is a working royal, and the two have their own jobs outside of the royal family. But that doesn’t mean the loss of their parents’ status won’t affect them, or that they won’t end up in a position where they have to respond monetarily for them, or at least their mother, as Andrew is reportedly being looked after by King Charles.
Royal expert Christopher Wilson recently told the Daily Mail the status of the princesses had been “tarnished” as a result of their parents’ recent loss of titles and the scandal of their connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the fallout could end up costing them. “The princesses use their titles to earn money – and if that starts to dry up as a result of their father’s disgrace, they may be tempted to follow their mother Fergie’s example of accepting more and more low-grade offers to use their face and name in order to rake in the cash.”
The status of the two was reportedly used as leverage for Andrew to agree to give up his title and honors and move away from Royal Lodge, where he remained in the public eye. Emily Maitlis, who conducted the infamous Newsnight interview with Andrew in 2019 that started his downward spiral of semi-accountability, said on her News Agents podcast, “They are at the moment allowed to be princesses, but there was a bit of pressure, we understand, being put on the princesses to say this is going to happen.”
Bottom line, Beatrice and Eugenie will continue to be princesses, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t going to affect them.
Lizzie Lanuza
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