Plot to strip Beatrice and Eugenie of titles was 'cruel' and 'big mistake', says expert
ok.co.ukPrincesses Beatrice and Eugenie have enjoyed their own careers while in the Royal Family - but it wasn’t always going to be this way.
While experts ponder the future of Princess Eugenie and Beatrice after Prince Andrew’s scandal, one historian has uncovered a ‘cruel’ plan which could have stripped them of their Her Royal Highness titles as children.
Royal historian Marlene Koenig told Express.co.uk: “There was a discussion that the York princesses would lose their royal style and become styled as children of a Duke and that got vetoed. “I suspect because they were already born and it would have been seen as cruel. “But it was already decided then that they were not going to be working royals and I think that was a big mistake.” For all the latest royal stories, sign up for OK! 's daily newsletter here.
As the princesses enjoy their own careers and do not work for the monarchy, they don’t receive money from the Sovereign Grant - funds the government pays the Queen each year out of Crown Estate profits.The Sovereign Grant is reserved for the Royal Family’s official public duties, and to keep their royal homes in good nick.
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