Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s Royal Standing Revealed After Prince Andrew Loses Titles

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie‘s royal future has been revealed amid the large information that King Charles is stripping his brother Prince Andrew of all royal titles.

Because the daughters of a son of the late Queen Elizabeth, PEOPLE understands that Princess Beatrice, 37, and Princess Eugenie, 35, will retain their royal titles in accordance with King George V’s Letters Patent of 1917. They each stay princesses and proceed to have the styling of Her Royal Highness.

Andrew shares his grownup daughters along with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, whom he divorced in 1996 however stays pleasant with.

On Oct. 30, Buckingham Palace launched the seismic assertion concerning the King’s youthful brother. It defined that he’ll now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and has been ordered to give up his lease at Royal Lodge, his longtime residence. 

“His Majesty has at present initiated a proper course of to take away the Fashion, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew,” the assertion stated.

“Prince Andrew will now be often known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease on Royal Lodge has, up to now, offered him with authorized safety to proceed in residence. Formal discover has now been served to give up the lease, and he’ll transfer to various personal lodging. These censures are deemed obligatory, however the truth that he continues to disclaim the allegations in opposition to him,” it continued. 

“Their Majesties want to clarify that their ideas and utmost sympathies have been, and can stay with, the victims and survivors of any and all types of abuse,” the message concluded, referring to King Charles and his spouse, Queen Camilla. 

The updates come after Andrew launched the stunning assertion on Oct. 17 that he was relinquishing use of his royal titles and honors amid renewed scrutiny of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. He made the Oct. 17 assertion earlier than the publication of a posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre on Oct. 21, who alleged within the guide that Epstein trafficked her to the prince. 

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Andrew’s step again from public life was set in movement in November 2019, when he gave an interview to BBC’s Newsnight concerning the depth of his connection to Epstein, a convicted intercourse offender, who died in jail whereas awaiting trial earlier that 12 months.

Andrew stepped again from his formal royal function days after that interview aired, and in January 2022, Queen Elizabeth stripped her second son of his army titles and patronages after a decide rejected his try to have Giuffre’s sexual assault lawsuit in opposition to him dismissed. 

He settled with Giuffre out of courtroom for an undisclosed sum, and she or he died by suicide in April at age 41.

Andrew will now go by Mountbatten Windsor, the royal household’s surname for direct descendants of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

When Andrew introduced on Oct. 17 that he was surrendering his royal titles, because it distracts from the work of the King and the broader royal household, PEOPLE understood that Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s titles and positions had been wholly unaffected.