The Sisters Step Back: Beatrice and Eugenie Weigh Their Future after Andrew Fallout

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Princess Eugenie skipped a “highly fraught” Royal Lodge summit while Princess Beatrice left looking shaken, as the York sisters quietly reassess their roles amid their father’s crisis. Commentators say Christmas optics matter, but warn working-royal futures are doubtful; Jennie Bond asks whether the sisters now question “why both he and their mother continued an association with a convicted sex offender for so long,” and Ingrid Seward floats giving up titles to “make their own way.” Tessa Dunlop challenges royal wealth transparency as King Charles the Third moves to “clear this up… before William becomes King,” per Phil Dampier.
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