{"id":585322,"date":"2025-11-21T19:46:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/585322\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T19:46:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:46:23","slug":"princess-beatrices-royal-role-in-danger-with-prince-william","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/585322\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Beatrice&#8217;s Royal Role in Danger With Prince William"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pmc-ecomm-disclaimer\">\n\tIf you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/princess-beatrice\/\" id=\"auto-tag_princess-beatrice\" data-tag=\"princess-beatrice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Beatrice<\/a>\u2018s royal life might not be in the safe zone that she thinks it is, there is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234944871\/beatrice-eugenie-scrutiny-andrew-fallout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new issue<\/a> lurking just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/prince-william\/\" id=\"auto-tag_prince-william\" data-tag=\"prince-william\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a> is thinking hard about his future legacy as the King of England, and it probably will involve less <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/royal-family\/\" id=\"auto-tag_royal-family\" data-tag=\"royal-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">royal family<\/a> members. It would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234939830\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-titles-at-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no surprise<\/a> to see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle downgraded by the Prince of Wales, but it appears Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugene are at risk too \u2014\u00a0for much different reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWilliam is very concerned about (Beatrice and Eugenie) and their connections with the various people in the Middle East,\u201d Andrew Lownie, author of <a data-pmc-sp-product=\"0af30d7b4a15127239fa083b6e6e8642\" href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/pmc_0aaa4_sheknows?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB0FK28Y4XV%3Ftag%3Dskaffiliate-20%26linkCode%3Dogi%26th%3D1%26psc%3D1%26language%3Den_US%26asc_source%3Dweb%26asc_campaign%3Dweb%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.sheknows.com%252Fentertainment%252Farticles%252F1234946550%252Fprincess-beatrice-royal-role-in-danger-prince-william%252F&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sheknows.com%2Fentertainment%2Farticles%2F1234946550%2Fprincess-beatrice-royal-role-in-danger-prince-william%2F&amp;ref=pmcTrackonomicsReferrer&amp;event_type=click\" custom-ga-data=\"{&quot;1pd&quot;:true,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;article-page&quot;,&quot;details&quot;:&quot;Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;buy-now&quot;,&quot;event_type_label&quot;:&quot;Affiliate&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:true,&quot;product&quot;:{&quot;dimension1&quot;:&quot;%=href=%&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York&quot;,&quot;price&quot;:&quot;24.99&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;B0FK28Y4XV&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Rich &amp; Famous&quot;},&quot;id&quot;:1234946550,&quot;location&quot;:true}\" custom-ga-track=\"click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/entertainment-news\/prince-william-monarchy-changes\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/entertainment-news\/prince-william-monarchy-changes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told NewsNation.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234946536\/meghan-markle-netflix-show-canceled\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex@tablet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-sheknows-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WLM_2025_HolidaySpecial_Unit_00803RC.jpg\" alt=\"With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. Meghan Sussex in With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. Cr. Jake Rosenberg\/Netflix \u00a9 2025\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\tRelated story<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMeghan Markle&#8217;s Christmas Special Might Actually Be the &#8216;Closing Credits&#8217; of Her Netflix Series\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-sheknows-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763754378_647_prince-william.jpg\" alt=\"Prince William, Prince of Wales and King Charles III speak with each other as they attend the Countdown to COP30 at the Natural History Museum on October 09, 2025 in London, England. The event, hosted by the Natural History Museum and the UK Government, brings together climate ambassadors from across the world ahead of the COP30 summit in Belem in November. (Photo by Chris Jackson\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"768\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPrince William.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Jackson\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBeatrice\u2019s frequent trips to the Middle East raised eyebrows last fall because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14091705\/Princess-Beatrice-Middle-East-Prince-Andrew.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail believed<\/a> there was a financial connection for Andrew to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234750559\/princess-beatrice-rumored-funding-middle-east-prince-andrew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bankroll his stay at Royal Lodge<\/a>.\u201d A trip to an energy conference in Abu Dhabi in November 2024 felt suspicious to palace insiders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThere was a general feeling that Beatrice was an unofficial ambassador for the UK,\u201d journalist Hadley Gamble told the media outlet. \u201cBeatrice was quite literally in the inner circle at a gathering of global energy CEOs, top finance guys, and policymakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe palace wanted Andrew, Beatrice, and Eugenie to be more transparent about their sources of income to avoid any further Jeffrey Epstein-type scandals, but they reportedly refused. That decision is evidently one of the reasons why William was \u201caghast\u201d that his father named Beatrice as the deputy patron of Outward Bound, per NewsNation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Daily Mail reported that the promotion was given to Princess Beatrice as a part of a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234944502\/king-charles-secret-deal-prince-andrew\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secret deal<\/a>\u201d between Charles and Andrew ahead of his banishment to Sandringham. The agreement meant that \u201cno action [would be] taken by the King against Beatrice and Eugenie,\u201d and they \u201cwould be allowed to accept new official royal roles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tStill, Prince William doesn\u2019t want to take any chances with family scandals when he is king \u2014\u00a0he\u2019s going to run a much tighter palace than his father.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201dThey need to go away,\u201d Lownie told NewsNation. \u201cThere are some more scandals to come (regarding the York family). William wants to nip it all in the bud. With Charles, it\u2019s all too little, and a little too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>More on the royal scandal:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Before you go, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/3027383\/biggest-royal-family-scandals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> all the biggest royal scandals in the past 50 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/3027383\/biggest-royal-family-scandals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2296868 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/kate-harry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"693\" height=\"390\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[108378,532,13082,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-585322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-celebrity-controversies","9":"tag-prince-william","10":"tag-princess-beatrice","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-royal-families","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115589414656945204","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}