Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice and Zara Tindall are 'avoiding Royal Family restraints'

Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice and Zara Tindall are 'avoiding Royal Family restraints'

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Dorothy Reddin

By Dorothy Reddin


Published: 01/08/2024

- 08:53

Updated: 01/08/2024

- 10:28

The three royal cousins have their own families and occupations outside of the monarchy

Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice and Zara Tindall are "avoiding Royal Family restraints", GB News's Royal Correspondent and Digital Royal Editor have claimed.

Cameron Walker and Svar Nanan-Sen sat down for this week's episode of The Royal Record podcast to discuss the possibilities of King Charles's nieces becoming working royals.


The Royal Correspondent said: "I just don't see the situation where we're going to have Princess Beatrice, Eugenie, Zara and the rest of them becoming working members of the Royal Family.

"I don't think they'd want to. They've got their own lives, they've got their own jobs, they've got their own children.

Zara Tindall, Princess Beatrice and Princess EugenieZara Tindall, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are all royal cousinsInstagram / Princess Eugenie

"And it's for scrutiny they'd be put under if they did!

"They're not half in half out, obviously you're not allowed to do that as Harry and Meghan found out during that Sandringham summit with the late Queen. You can't be half in, half out."

In 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they were stepping back as senior royals, where they intended to become "financially independent" but also "fully support" the late Queen Elizabeth II.

This was not permissible, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle eventually moved to California to raise their two children away from the monarchy.

Cameron Walker and Svar Nanan-Sen

Cameron Walker and Svar Nanan-Sen discussed the King's nieces becoming working royals

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Cameron added: "I think those younger generations like Zara, Mike, Beatrice, Eugenie, etc... they have all the perks without any of the restraints.

"So they get to go to Ascot, they get to attend a garden party if they're asked, they get to sometimes go to a State Banquet, but they don't have to carry out those slightly less glamorous engagements.

"They don't have the public scrutiny because they are not funded by the taxpayer, they pay their own way.

"So it's good for them at the moment. Why would they change it?"

Mike Tindall and Zara TindallMike and Zara Tindall did not sit in the Royal Box at WimbledonGetty
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi photographed at Royal Ascot earlier this year

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Svar responded: "Speaking about them going to Ascot, also Wimbledon - Beatrice went to Wimbledon and was seen in the Royal Box chatting with Stephen Fry."

Princess Beatrice was also joined by her cousin Zara Tindall, 43. However, she did not sit in the Royal Box alongside the Princess of York.

Zara and her husband Mike Tindall instead sat in sponsored seats for Rolex, a sponsor of Wimbledon, whom with the royal has a partnership.

The Digital Royal Editor continued: "So I think that sums it up - there are perks they get without being working royals, where they can just freely enter into these brand ambassador roles as well. It's not a bad life!"

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