Queen Camilla steps up campaign against Princess Beatrice and Eugenie | Royal | News

Camilla’s stance became clear after her name was specifically omitted from Buckingham Palace’s announcement of Princess Eugenie’s third pregnancy. While the Palace stated that the King was “delighted” with this news, his wife was not mentioned.

mail on sunday He claimed the Queen was “instrumental” in forcing the monarch to take action to punish her disgraced brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor amid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

A source told the news: “He[the Queen] Out of respect for the King’s familial loyalty and health, he stayed in the background for a while about the scandal. “But as the King’s health improved, it was her influence in pushing him to take action.”

The report also claimed that Camilla was of the view that Beatrice and Eugenie should voluntarily stop using their titles and the entire York family should be removed from the line of succession.

The Prince of Wales, who follows Camilla closely, is said to be concerned about his cousins’ links to Epstein.

A source said: “William wanted to keep the girls close and not let them be tainted by the sins of their father and the follies of both parents, but Epstein’s revelations mean he has abandoned that plan. [Catherine] Not publicly welcoming the baby news is a sign of how things have changed.”

But another source added that the King was still “very fond” of his nephews, despite Camilla and William’s efforts for “clearer action to distance the establishment from the entire York branch of the family”.

They said: “William is not as close to Beatrice and Eugenie as Harry is, but over the last few years he has invited Beatrice and Eugenie, as well as other cousins, to help Catherine and his family host one of Buckingham Palace’s garden parties.

“They weren’t there on Friday this year.”