Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will maintain the honors in accordance with the letter left by George V in 1917
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will keep their royal titles unlike their father who “will now be known as André Mountbatten Windsor”, as indicated in an official statement from Buckingham Palace.
The British magazine Hello! added that it does not extend to the two daughters, who must maintain their honors in accordance with the 1917 Letters Patent of King George V. The document safeguards the right of both to maintain the title of “Princess” within the royal family.
Beatrice and Eugenie were known from birth as “Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York”. This title underwent changes after the princesses got married. Since her marriage to Jack Brooksbank in 2018, Eugenie has been nicknamed “Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank.” While Beatrice has been known as “Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, Mrs. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi” since she married the British businessman in 2020.
Unlike Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, who are not expected with the royal family during the Christmas season, Beatrice and Eugenie remain invited to the meeting at Sandringham and other royal family events, the magazine said.
Princess Beatrice, who is ninth in line to the throne, currently works for technology company Afiniti and has royal patronages including Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice, the Teenage Cancer Trust and the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity.
Eugenie is director of art gallery Hauser & Wirth and under 35 became a mentor for “The King’s Foundation’s 35”, which celebrates young creators and changemakers. The princess co-founded the Anti-Slavery Collective and takes an active role with other charities such as the Elephant Family, the Teenage Cancer Trust and the European School of Osteopathy.
At the beginning of this month it had already been announced that André would no longer be known as Duke of York, in a decision that still guaranteed him the maintenance of the title, now withdrawn.
Prince Andrew, who until now lived in , the property where several generations of British royalty passed, including his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, has already been ordered to give up his rent and find “alternative private accommodation”, reads the same statement.
