Prince Andrew recently announced that he would be stepping away from his royal duties following a scandalous interview with BBC Newsnight. The Duke of York’s name was dragged into Jeffrey Epstein’s scandal, and many believed the main reason behind his decision was to save the royal family from more embarrassment.
However, Prince Andrew’s decision is not only going to affect him but his family as well. Now that he’s stepping down from his title, people are wondering if Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank should move out of their lavish home in the grounds of Kensington Palace.
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank live in a three-bedroom house in the Palace, which is said to be around £182,000 a year. Since Prince Andrew is one of the senior royals, it was assumed that he was the one covering the cost of his daughter’s home.
In fact, in Prince Andrew’s website, it was stated that the Duke of York “supports both of his daughters financially from his private income.” As for Princess Beatrice, she lives in an apartment at St James’s Palace.
Being a former full-time working royal, Prince Andrew received £249,000 annually from Queen Elizabeth to fund his private office. His office had been supporting Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. So now that the Duke of York officially withdraws from his royal duties, what will happen to his daughters’ perks?
“There was a sense of everyone circling the wagons around the girls,” a source told Mail Online. “There is a feeling that they must not be made to pay for the sins of the father. The Queen is particularly fond of Beatrice and Eugenie, and she respects the way that Andrew and Sarah have brought them up.”
But just because Prince Andrew is no longer an active member of the royal family, doesn’t mean that Queen Elizabeth will turn her backs on her granddaughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. “The Queen will continue to invite Beatrice and Eugenie to Balmoral over the summer, and she sees quite a lot of them at Windsor,” the insider shared. “They, in turn, are fond of ‘Super Gran,’ as they call her.”
A royal aide also shared that the sisters will continue doing their royal duties. However, these royal obligations will be not as often as before. “The Princesses do undertake a small number of royal engagements each year, as and when asked, and that will continue,” the Buckingham Palace stated.
