- King Charles’ heir warned him about Princess Beatrice’s promotion
- Prince William now controls the next move for royal titles and the future of the monarchy
- Royal Ascot dismisses ‘only the beginning’ of Prince William’s reign
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie reportedly did not expect a shock announcement from the palace disinviting them from the annual Royal Ascot, especially after they received support from the royals last Christmas.
Furthermore, while their father has been stripped of his royal titles and honors, they retain all of these and have even received new patronages in the past few months. With the new revelations in the Epstein files, the sisters have faced criticism for supporting their parents when they were young but not minors.
King Charles had the longest wait in British royal history to ascend the throne, but he still appeared to lack foresight and give in to his emotional decisions.
On the other hand, Prince William has already envisioned the path he wants to take for the monarchy and had made several pleas to his father to avoid the crisis the royals have faced today, according to Tom Sykes.
The York family, particularly Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, have proven to be a conduit for their royal engagements and the work they have done. The ongoing investigation has also brought humiliation to the royals.
Williams’ friends have revealed to Daily Beast that the heir to the throne had urged his father to cut the York family completely out of royal life and has despaired of his father’s half-relationship in the matter.
Sykes shared that the Royal Ascot ban had been a “very visible marker of who is ‘in’ and who is ‘out’.”
William had been on good terms with his cousins, but that has not changed his plans for a “bonfire of titles”. It may cause a rift between them, but the future king is firm in his stance.
“The aim is a much tighter, more controlled monarchy, with only a small inner circle bearing the burden – and the risk – of representing the Crown,” claims Tom. “In light of that, excluding Beatrice and Eugenie from the Royal Ascot carriage procession looks less like a one-off rejection and more like an early skirmish in a larger campaign.”
