Prince William feels Princess Beatrice could play a pivotal role in the Royal Family, according to a royal insider.
The Royal Family is suffering a shortage of working members as King Charles and the Princess of Wales stepped back from public-facing duties to prioritise their health.
Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles was diagnosed with a form of cancer in February 2024.
A month later, Princess Kate announced in an emotional video that she had undergone preventative chemotherapy after cancer was found in tests following her abdominal surgery at the London Clinic in January 2024.
Prince William feels Princess Beatrice could play a pivotal role in the Royal Family, according to a royal insider.
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Prince William has also stepped away from royal engagements to support Kate during her recovery process.
The Prince of Wales may begin undertaking public-facing duties again after the Easter break when his children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis return to school, according to royal sources.
Despite Princess Beatrice not being officially promoted to a working member of the Royal Family, King Charles and William see her as pivotal to helping fill the void left by the shortage of working royals, an insider has claimed.
However, the source added that Princess Beatrice fears that her portrayal in Netflix's Scoop as well as Amazon's upcoming series based on Prince Andrew's career-ending interview with Newsnight has "ruined" her chances of being asked to step up.
Despite Princess Beatrice not being officially promoted to a working member of the Royal Family, King Charles and William see her as pivotal to helping fill the void left by the shortage of working royals, an insider has claimed.
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The insider told OK!: "Bea was very much focused on her charitable work and was looking forward to contributing more. This is the last thing she needed.
They continued: "Charles and William were starting to see her as a pivotal part of plugging the gap within the family, but she feels like that’s all been ruined now."
It comes as a royal commentator told GB News that Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice are being held back by the "toxic York brand".
The Duke of York stepped down as a working royal following a disastrous interview with the BBC's Newsnight regarding his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told GB News that Eugenie and Beatrice are facing problems due to their disgraced father's reputation.
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Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told GB News that Eugenie and Beatrice are facing problems due to their disgraced father's reputation.
Discussing whether the princesses could become working royals in the future, Fitzwilliams said: "It is a possibility but I would suggest that it is a possibility in the longer term.
"The problem is the York brand is pretty toxic."
He added: "They have attended royal events and occasionally carried out royal engagements, if that was to increase a little then that would be appropriate.
"So far as becoming working members of the Royal Family or doing a large number of engagements, I would not have thought that was very likely because of the problems that still beset Andrew and his image."
