{"id":660954,"date":"2025-12-29T20:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/660954\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T20:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:11:19","slug":"why-prince-william-king-charles-are-arguing-over-beatrice-eugenie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/660954\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Prince William &#038; King Charles Are Arguing Over Beatrice &#038; Eugenie"},"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\tIt was ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/king-charles-iii\/\" id=\"auto-tag_king-charles-iii\" data-tag=\"king-charles-iii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Charles III<\/a>\u2018s decision to let <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> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/princess-eugenie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_princess-eugenie\" data-tag=\"princess-eugenie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Eugenie<\/a> participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234956748\/princess-beatrice-eugenie-attend-christmas-sandringham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christmas walk with the royal family<\/a> at Sandringham, but not everyone agreed with him.<\/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>, who has been trying for years to get Prince Andrew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234935911\/prince-william-punished-prince-andrew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exiled from the palace<\/a>, was against the move, according to royal sources who spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/robshuter.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-charles-and-william-at\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rob Shuter\u2019s Substack<\/a>. The Prince of Wales reportedly believes it is a \u201cdisaster waiting to happen.\u201d According to the insider, \u201cHe argued the timing was toxic and that it would hurt everyone involved \u2014 especially the sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234956748\/princess-beatrice-eugenie-attend-christmas-sandringham\/\" 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\/12\/GettyImages-2253492600.jpg\" alt=\"Princess Eugenie of York attend the Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2025 in Sandringham, Norfolk.\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\tRelated story<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tWhy Princesses Beatrice &amp; Eugenie Quietly \u2018Defied Expectations\u2019 With Their Christmas Appearance at Sandringham\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/princess-beatrice-and-princess-eugenie-attend-royal-christmas-after-father-andrew-s-scandal-11870156\">People noted<\/a> that the sisters wanted to show a united front with the monarch despite Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The outlet explained that their appearance \u201cmarked a notable shift \u2014 and a visible show of alignment with the wider royal family\u201d instead of going to Royal Lodge with their father.<\/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\/12\/1767039074_175_GettyImages-2253492600.jpg\" alt=\"Princess Eugenie of York attend the Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2025 in Sandringham, Norfolk. \" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t Princess Eugenie <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJordan Peck\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShuter\u2019s source claimed that Charles and William are now \u201cat war\u201d over the appearance because it created more \u201cexposure\u201d for the royal family with the never-ending Epstein issues. \u201cCharles doesn\u2019t like being told what not to do,\u201d a second insider added. \u201cThis quickly became about authority. He made the call even knowing William objected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe father-son butting heads is starting to gain traction as royal experts are now talking openly about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234951226\/prince-william-short-temper-questioned-again\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234951226\/prince-william-short-temper-questioned-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William\u2019s temperament<\/a>. Robert Jobson, author of the upcoming book, <a data-pmc-sp-product=\"d6d6d56fb9f54817ecf2333352f01b32\" href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/pmc_0aaa4_sheknows?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB0FJS8BBTM%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%252F1234957356%252Fprince-william-king-charles-argue-princess-beatrice-eugenie%252F&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sheknows.com%2Fentertainment%2Farticles%2F1234957356%2Fprince-william-king-charles-argue-princess-beatrice-eugenie%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;The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal, and Survival&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;The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal, and Survival&quot;,&quot;price&quot;:&quot;27.91&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;B0FJS8BBTM&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Europe&quot;},&quot;id&quot;:1234957356,&quot;location&quot;:true}\" custom-ga-track=\"click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal, and Survival<\/a>, describes the future heir to the throne as prone to \u201cmood swings\u201d and \u201cover-assertive with his father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn The Telegraph\u2018s The Daily T <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fCo3ZeSocSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">podcast<\/a> on November 28, Jobson expanded his thoughts on the Prince of Wales, \u201cHe\u2019s tricky,\u201d the author said of William. \u201cI think that there\u2019s no doubt that the king used to get on better with Harry [than William].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe continued, \u201c[William] can be quite, not controlling, but he\u2019s a bit tricky. He\u2019s got a bit of a temper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Epstein scandal is going to continue into 2026, and it would help Charles and William to be aligned on the topic, especially as critics continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234720942\/royal-family-criticized-expensive-gifts\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234720942\/royal-family-criticized-expensive-gifts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">question the royal family\u2019s relevancy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>More on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/royal-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">royal family<\/a>:<\/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":660955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[518,532,13082,13084,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-660954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-king-charles-iii","9":"tag-prince-william","10":"tag-princess-beatrice","11":"tag-princess-eugenie","12":"tag-royal","13":"tag-royal-families","14":"tag-royal-family","15":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115804679982515359","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660954","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=660954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}