{"id":187954,"date":"2023-10-18T20:23:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T20:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=187954"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T20:23:18","slug":"royal-emergency-as-princesses-beatrice-and-eugenie-pressured-to-take-on-more-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/celebrities\/royal-emergency-as-princesses-beatrice-and-eugenie-pressured-to-take-on-more-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Royal emergency as Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie pressured to take on more responsibility’"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Charles wanted a 'slimmed down' monarchy, but sources say it\u2019s now so thin that there aren\u2019t enough royals to go around.<\/p>\n

The situation has become so bad, OK!<\/b> can exclusively reveal that Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are being considered for a number of engagements next year when the Royal Family embarks on a two-year tour of the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n

A source told us: \u201cEmergency meetings have been held to come up with a solution to fulfil the growing number of royal engagements both here in the UK and abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere needs to be some younger blood to reach the younger generation and the only candidates available are Beatrice and Eugenie.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have until now been unable to rise through the ranks of the Royal Family due to the chequered past of their parents Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.<\/p>\n

The sisters are not working members of the Royal Family, but they do carry out some royal engagements from time-to-time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be a case of increasing those responsibilities as opposed to making them into full-time working royals,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n

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Upon presenting his slimmed down monarchy in an official portrait of the Royal Family at the Coronation earlier this year, King Charles was keen to convey a sense of unity following the loss of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as working royals. However, the media quickly jumped upon how old and dated the monarchy appeared.<\/p>\n

Prince William and Kate Middleton are the only two \u2018senior royals\u2019 below the age of 50. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are approaching 60 and if those four are removed from the equation, the average age of the remaining royals is 77 years of age.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Duke of Kent and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester aren\u2019t going to fly off to Australia to represent the royals abroad. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief if they manage to make it to the next county, let alone another country,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

Among the Commonwealth visits pencilled in for next year, one is expected to Australia which would tie into King Charles\u2019 appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa. Other Commonwealth engagements are being scheduled.<\/p>\n

And, despite mounting pressure from the King to take up a more active role in promoting the Royal Family abroad, the Prince and Princess of Wales have decided to put their children before duty and scale back on the number of engagements they undertake.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe King and Queen will lead the tour of the Commonwealth with Edward and Sophie as supports," the source said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWilliam and Kate will be taking part but with reduced roles to account for the children. They will take on most of their work during the children\u2019s school holidays\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis leaves a gap in the UK that needs to be filled. That\u2019s where Eugenie and Beatrice come in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n