The reason might surprise you…
In the wake of their father having his royal titles removed, the titles of Princess Beatrice and Eugenie have been heavily discussed amongst royal fans – and so have the titles of their own children.
For those in need of a quick recap, earlier this week, the disgraced royal, formally known as Prince Andrew was stripped of his ‘Style, Titles and Honours’ by his elder brother, King Charles III.
“His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement yesterday (30 October).
“Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.”
This comes after the 65-year-old’s relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came to light in recent years, along with the release of a new memoir written by Virginia Giuffre, who first alleged in 2019 that she’d been forced to have sex with Andrew on three separate occasions when she was just a minor after being trafficked by Epstein.
Giuffre died from suicide earlier this year.
Though Andrew has strongly denied the accusations made against him, he stepped down from royal duties in 2019 before the King stripped him of his titles this week.
Now Andrew has been forced to move out of the Royal Lodge, where he and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson – who has also lost her Duchess of York title – resided for over two decades, many have been questioning the status of the couple’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Eugenie.
While it’s believed that Beatrice and Eugenie will retain their royal titles, it has emerged that Beatrice’s children have titles of their own – but Eugenie’s do not.
Why do Princess Eugenie’s children not have royal titles?
Beatrice is the mum to two daughters with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, an English-born Italian nobleman – Sienna, four and Athena, nine months.
She is also the stepmum to Mozzi’s son from a previous relationship, Christopher Woolf.
Eugenie, on the other hand, is the mum to two sons with husband Jack Brooksbank – August, four, and Ernest, two.
While both Princesses have retained their royal statuses, they weren’t granted royal titles by the late Queen Elizabeth when they each married their husbands – a practice common among senior royal couples, such as Prince William and Kate Middleton, who became the Prince and Princess of Wales, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who became the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
This means that Beatrice and Eugenie’s children weren’t granted royal titles when they were born.
Princess Beatrice’s children are granted a title because of their father
However, because Beatrice married Mozzi – who is an Italian count – his children automatically inherit a count or countess title, meaning Sienna and Athena both have titles.
Mozzi’s father, Count Allessandro Mapelli Mozzi, previously explained to the Daily Mail: “Edoardo is the only male descendant taking the family into the next generation.
“He is a count, his wife will be a countess automatically, and any of their children will be counts or nobile donna.”
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Buckingham Palace has confirmed the process of removing the former Duke of York’s titles has begun
Major news broke earlier this week on Thursday (30 October) after the Royal Family announced that the formal process of removing Prince Andrew’s titles and honours had commenced.
Earlier this month (17 October), Andrew announced that he would be giving up his titles in the wake of fresh allegations surrounding his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The announcement came mere days before the release of Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl, which included a series of claims about Andrew, including that he slept with her on three separate occasions when she was a minor. Andrew has denied any wrongdoing.
Flash-forward to yesterday, and Buckingham Palace confirmed they had started the process to remove Andrew’s titles, and shed further light on the former Duke of York’s future.
But what does all this actually mean, and what will happen to the rest of his family?
What happened?
As we say, Buckingham Palace announced that Andrew has been stripped of his royal titles and the style of ‘His Royal Highness’.
He will no longer be referred to as Prince Andrew or the Duke of York – instead, he will now be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
The statement reads: “His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew.
“His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence.
“Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease, and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.”
The Palace also confirmed that Andrew will leave his home at Royal Lodge in Windsor, where he has lived for decades.
Formal notice having been served, he will move to private accommodation on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
His older brother, King Charles III, will privately fund Andrew’s accommodation and provide him with some personal financial support.
The statement added that while Andrew continues to deny the allegations against him, these steps were ‘necessary’ and the King expressed ‘sympathy for all victims and survivors of abuse’.
What titles has Andrew lost?
Andrew, who did not object to the decision, has lost all of his formal royal titles, including:
- Prince of the United Kingdom
- Duke of York
- Earl of Inverness
- Baron Killyleagh
- His right to be called ‘His Royal Highness’
- Honours including Knight of the Garter and Knight Grand Cross of the Victorian Order
What will happen to Sarah Ferguson, Beatrice, and Eugenie?
Sarah Ferguson, Andrew’s ex-wife, will also move out of Royal Lodge and make her own living arrangements.
She lost her courtesy title ‘Duchess of York’ earlier in October, reverting to her maiden name, Sarah Ferguson.
Meanwhile, their two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, will not be affected.
They remain princesses under King George V’s 1917 Letters Patent, which grants the style to all children of a sovereign’s sons.
Their positions in the line of succession remain unchanged – Andrew is 8th, Beatrice 9th, and Eugenie 12th.
What will happen next?
Andrew remains barred from royal duties and will not appear at public royal events, except possibly private family occasions.
Royal watchers believe this move represents the monarchy’s attempt to ‘get ahead of the story’, but it’s unlikely to end public criticism entirely.
Campaigners for greater royal accountability continue to call for a full investigation into what other family members may have known about Andrew’s friendship with Epstein
