Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice are set to step up in an informal capacity, as the "royal burden and costs" are blocking them from taking up working roles, GB News's Royal Correspondent has claimed.
Cameron Walker spoke about the likelihood of Prince Andrew's daughters becoming working royals on the latest episode of The Royal Record podcast, especially in light of Princess Anne's injuries.
As was reported by GB News, the Princess Royal was scheduled to perform 20 out of 35 engagements in July.
However, Anne spent five nights in hospital last month after suffering a blow to the head on her Gatcombe Park estate.
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The hardest-working royal has since temporarily stepped back from performing official duties, and will only return when her doctors give her the green light.
When asked if King Charles will utilise his nieces, Eugenie, Beatrice and Zara Tindall, Cameron said: "The King has relied on his sister, Princess Anne, certainly over the last couple of years.
"She is, if you go by the number of engagements, usually the hardest-working member of the Royal Family.
"I suspect even with this little blip, I suppose it depends on how long she's off for, which is obviously subject to doctors' advice, she will still be pretty up there in terms of the number of engagements carried out when we get to the end of 2024.
Cameron Walker speaking on the Royal Record podcast from Edinburgh
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"When it comes to Princess Beatrice, Eugenie, Zara and the rest of them, they have their own lives and they have their own full-time jobs.
"This was certainly in the case of Princess Beatrice and Eugenie. They also have three extremely young children. They were never born to become a Queen or a working member of the Royal Family.
"They were perhaps always not going to be working members of the Royal Family. On the one hand, you could say it's their duty to step up and help out their family.
"But on the other hand, they have their own lives and they're not funded by the taxpayer.
Princess Anne is regularly referred to as the hardest-working member of the Royal Family
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PA"I suspect what we're going to see is more stepping up of Princess Eugenie, Beatrice, Zara and the like in an informal capacity, but certainly not becoming working members of the Royal Family. I think that would be a big stretch.
"Also, that would probably involve a bit of consultation with the Government, the new Government, whoever that may be, because it's a burden on the British taxpayer because you need to fund security for the sovereign grant.
"You will also need to fund their staff as well, full-time staff.
"So there are all of these costs associated with becoming a working member of the Royal Family."
