“As far as Beatrice and Eugenie go, I think there’s an appreciation of the fact that this scandal doesn’t involve them,” royal commentator Victoria Murphy previously explained. “And it’s not fair for it to impact them directly in the independent lives they are carving out for themselves.”
Public Backlash Over Title Retention
Despite these legal and historical protections, anti-monarchists have expressed frustration online over the princesses keeping their titles.
One Instagram user commented under Princess Eugenie’s recent post: “I can’t wait for the day that they have to make new Instagrams because they won’t be allowed to even use ‘Princess’ in any form!”
Another added: “Why does she get to keep her princess title? If her father is stripped of his, then so should his daughters.”
On X (formerly Twitter), many echoed similar sentiments: “It doesn’t make sense that the York sisters keep their titles when their father is no longer Duke of York. Anyway, their family is already disgraced.”
Another user questioned, “Why should THEY have the HRH and Princess titles when MANY of their first cousins do not? These titles are a symbol of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s arrogance and self-importance.”
Supporters Defend the York Sisters
Still, several others came to the Princesses’ defense, emphasizing that neither Beatrice nor Eugenie have been implicated in any wrongdoing or shown to have known about their father’s alleged actions.
“As they should, they can’t be blamed for their father’s actions,” one supporter wrote. “Andrew has caused them enough stress and humiliation—this wouldn’t be fair on them.”
Another agreed simply: “It’s not their fault.”
