Princesses Beatrice And Eugenie To Retain Their Titles
According to the report by Daily Mail, Princess Beatrice and
Eugenie will keep their Honours in line with King George V's Letters Patent of 1917, it is
understood.
However, Princess Beatrice and
Eugenie disgraced father will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten
Windsor.
Amid the controversy Charles is said to be very keen to 'protect' nieces
Princess Beatrice, 37, and Princess Eugenie,
35, who remain Her Royal Highnesses as granddaughters of Queen Elizabeth.
'He
wouldn't have wanted to sign off on anything that would impact them,' a source
told the Daily Mail.
'His
Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and
Honours of Prince Andrew,' the palace said.
'Prince
Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease on Royal
Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in
residence.
'Formal
notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to
alternative private accommodation.
'These
censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to
deny the allegations against him.
'Their
Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have
been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of
abuse.'
Sources
told the Mail that the move was entirely down to the King and his advisors,
without pressure from the government or other family members, such as Prince
William.
'The
process has been underway for some while but there was a need to get it right
in the face of some very big challenges,' a source said.
Notice
was not served on Prince Andrew to move. It was his lease, so it was up to the
former Duke of York to serve notice himself, suggesting that he is not fighting
the process.
It
is understood the King is sending Royal Warrants to the Lord Chancellor to
remove the Dukedom of York from the Peerage Roll, and the Title of Prince and
Style of 'Royal Highness' from Andrew.
The
name title change, which will take immediate effect.
Andrew
will now move onto a property on the private Sandringham estate and it is
understood any future accommodation he lives will be privately funded by The
King.
Meanwhile, Sarah Ferguson will make her own arrangements,
even though she has lived with her disgraced ex-husband in their 30-room
Grade II listed mansion since 2008 despite divorcing in 1996.
The sisters will be welcome to join the
gathering at Sandringham for Christmas and other royal family events, it is
understood.
Beatrice, 37, was at the King's Norfolk
estate last Christmas, attending the morning service at St Mary Magdalene
church, while her father was absent amid the controversy surrounding his links
to an alleged Chinese spy.
Ninth in line to the throne, Beatrice is an
adviser for Afiniti, an artificial intelligence software firm, and a co-founder
of The Big Change Charitable Trust.
She has a number of royal patronages,
including the Forget Me Not Children's Hospice, the Teenage Cancer Trust and
the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity.
Eugenie, 12th in line to the throne, is also
a patron of several charities, including the Elephant Family, the Teenage
Cancer Trust and the European School of Osteopathy, and also co-founded the
Anti-Slavery Collective charity.
The princess, 35, became a mentor for The
King's Foundation's 35 under 35 network of changemakers earlier this year and
is a director at the contemporary art gallery Hauser & Wirth in London.
Both sisters are married and have children.
Beatrice
married millionaire property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a secret lockdown
wedding in 2020, attended by her grandparents, the Queen and Prince Philip, the
late Duke of Edinburgh, after her planned ceremony was postponed because of the
pandemic.
Known
as Edo, Mr Mapelli Mozzi is the son of former Olympic skier Count Alessandro
Mapelli Mozzi and Nikki Williams-Ellis.
Eugenie
married wine merchant Jack Brooksbank in a glittering ceremony in the gothic
surroundings of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in front of royal and
celebrity guests in October 2018.
Mr
Brooksbank has worked as a European brand director of Casamigos Tequila,
co-founded by actor George Clooney.
It
comes a week after the disgraced former duke renounced his titles after King
Charles III threatened to have them officially stripped unless he 'saw
sense'.
His
Majesty, made it clear the would not hesitate to take 'further action' if his
younger brother continued to cling on to his dukedom and other honours after it
emerged he lied about cutting ties with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, The Daily
Mail previously revealed.
And
despite the tsunami of growing evidence mounting against him, the 65-year-old
was understood to still be digging his heel is with a 'startling lack of
contrition', in a situation the King deemed 'intolerable', sources previously
said.
Last
week, the row over Royal Lodge where Andrew had resided continued to grow amid
damning new revelations in a posthumous memoir from Andrew's sex abuse accuser
Virginia Giuffre, who took her own life this year, aged 41.
Nobody's
Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice is scheduled for
release in October, with the manuscript finished before she died.
The
explosive book revolves around her years spent as a sex slave to paedophile
financier Jeffrey Epstein and his British madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
Extracts
published by The Guardian show Ms Giuffre, who said she was trafficked by
Epstein three times for sex with Andrew, calls the ex-Duke 'entitled' and
viewing sex as his 'birthright'.
Within
the 400-page autobiography, she also claims the ex-Duke said 'thank you' in a
'clipped British accent' after their alleged first encounter when she was 17.
She
also recalls how Ghislaine Maxwell heaped praise on her after the encounter, saying,
'You did well, the Prince had fun'.
Prince
Andrew denied having sex with Ms Giuffre, but forked out millions in an out of
court settlement in February 2022.
The
Royal Family had been prepared for the further scandal the book would likely
cause, knowing it was to be published this month.
But
a kind of tipping point came when scandalous emails from Andrew to Epstein were
uncovered by the Mail on Sunday in a world exclusive last week - causing fears
more are yet to emerge.
In
the astonishing message, the Prince told the paedophile 'we are in this
together' a day after the MoS released the infamous picture of the Prince with
his alleged then-teenage sex victim Ms Giuffre.
He
said he was 'concerned' about the impact this newspaper's revelations would
have on his friend but reassured the vile billionaire they would 'rise above'
press scrutiny.
It
was sent to Epstein 12 weeks after Andrew had supposedly ceased all contact
with the convicted sex offender.
The
leaked email provides definitive proof the Prince lied in his car-crash
interview with BBC's Newsnight when he claimed he 'never had any contact' with
Epstein after the pair were famously pictured walking together in New York's
Central Park in December 2010.
The
revelation comes just weeks after the MoS exposed how the former Duchess of
York wrote Epstein a gushing message calling him her 'supreme friend' – despite
telling journalists she would never have anything to do with him again.
Writing
to Epstein on February 28, 2011 – the day after the MoS published the now
infamous picture of him with a teenage Virginia Giuffre that led to his
downfall – Andrew said: 'I'm just as concerned for you! Don't worry about me!
'It
would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it.
'Otherwise
keep in close touch and we'll play some more soon!!!!'
Andrew
signed off with: 'A, HRH The Duke of York, KG'.
KG
refers to Duke's 'Knight of the Garter' – a prestigious position he has held
since 2006 and which he retained until it was removed on Friday.
The
hugely embarrassing email heaped further pressure on the Royal Family to sever
all ties with the disgraced ex-Yorks and raised fresh questions about their
future at Royal Lodge.
And
internal talks on the matter began weeks ago after Prince William was left
'seething' by his uncle's behaviour at the Duchess of Kent's funeral last
month.
Andrew
was pictured sidling up to the Prince and Princess of Wales, which the heir to
the throne saw as him being distracted from the ceremony.
No
10 has also reportedly been pressuring the royals to deal with the scandal,
which has run on for years and saw Andrew step back from public life in 2019.
The
intervention from Downing Street came after the Prince was entangled in the
ongoing Chinese spying row.
He
was suspected of receiving sensitive information after meeting senior Beijing
official Cai Qi at least three times in 2018 and 2019.
After
Andrew and his ex-wife agreed to relinquish their titles, Buckingham Palace
released a statement on the Prince's behalf.
It
marked the first time it had spoken for him since his car crash Newsnight
interview in 2019.
The
statement read: 'In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider
family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the
work of His Majesty and the Royal Family.
'I
have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first.
I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life.
'With
His Majesty's agreement, we feel I must now go a step further.
'I
will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred
upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against
me.'
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