The York Princesses are speaking! Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice sat down for a joint interview with British Vogue, which is being called the first time they’ve ever sat down for a joint magazine interview. Is that true? Eugenie and Beatrice have given interviews before, but I guess they did it separately and maybe not to a magazine. You can see the first part of British Vogue’s exclusive here, including an absolutely gorgeous photo of the York women with their dogs. Eugenie is turning out to be a real beauty, isn’t she? Some highlights from the piece:
Beatrice on their public/private lives: “It’s hard to navigate situations like these because there is no precedent, there is no protocol. We are the first: we are young women trying to build careers and have personal lives, and we’re also princesses and doing all of this in the public eye.”
Eugenie’s not stresses about her wedding: “I’m not stressed at all. It’s very nerve-wracking because you want it to be perfect but then you realise that you’re going to be with the person you love forever and nothing else really matters.”
Eugenie on a plastic-free life & wedding: In addition to compiling Pinterest boards of cakes, her wedding planning has been consumed by her mission to make her life plastic-free. “It’s been eye-opening. My whole house is anti-plastic now – and Jack and I want our wedding to be like that as well.”
Eugenie joined Instagram this year: “Eugenie on how they want to be seen: “We want to show people who we are as working, young, royal women, but also not to be afraid of putting ourselves out there. Nowadays it’s so easy to recoil when you see a perfect image on Instagram – but it’s important that it’s real. We’re real.”
Eugenie on being criticized in the media: “There was a horrible article that had been written about Beatrice and she got really upset. We were just about to step out and she had a bit of a wobble and cried. I was looking after her. And then about an hour later, I had a wobble and started crying and Bea was there for me.”
[From British Vogue and the Daily Mail]
They also confirmed that of course Beatrice was going to be Eugenie’s maid of honor at the wedding, and Beatrice talks a bit about her milestone birthday, turning 30. The sisters seem especially close, and almost like they’re finishing each other’s sentences and thoughts, more like twins. As for the rest of it… I believe that the York princesses are navigating their weird situation as best they can. They are “blood princesses,” granddaughters of the monarch, but also: they’re not “full time royals.” Prince Charles doesn’t want Eugenie and Beatrice to have all of the perks and responsibilities of full-time royals, so that’s why they’re half-princess, half-regular.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red and WENN.
Those pictures are beautiful. So often media pictures of them are unflattering. This time the photographer got perfect angles.
Those pics are also probably photoshopped to hell and back. Candids are real.
I love how in practically every other sentence they have to/want to remind everyone that THEY are “royal”… as opposed to….Kate? Meghan?? We get it, you are “BLOOD royal”.
Just go away, and live your lives then. Stop trying to claw in/onto the gravy train. Live your best life and just get on with it, without the pomp and circumstance.
I didn’t get the impression that they were reminding everyone that they were born princesses. There was just that one sentence where they pointed out that they’re working women…
I did cringe a bit when they said “we’re princesses.” It’s the truth and it’s not technically wrong to say, but it sounds strange coming out of their mouths rather than someone else’s.
They are only the first to navigate being princesses and working because Anne and Margaret didn’t want titles for their daughters. They are no more “blood royal” than Zara Phillips or Sarah Armstrong-Jones, who work without making it into a big dramatic thing that needs frequent holidays to recover from.
Um? Not kind in the first one to show the underskirt of the dress riding up?
That’s supposed to be flattering?!
I’m excited to read this. I did start following Eugenie on IG the other day haha.
I do feel for them in a way. They’re not full time royals, but not full time private people, and I’m sure it is weird to navigate.
I follow her, she posts alot of her charity projects and some cute throwback photos, it seems alot more “real” than most celebrity and royal Instas
Why…
They are thirsty…
Because junk is always written about them. Didnt realize passive defense in articles was being thirsty. They should be silent. Take the abuse and bullying. Or choose not to be silent and be labeled negatively. Same argument to shame a victim and it’s almost always to attack and shame a female. Yea. I’m calling out this gender biased comment. They’re everywhere.
FLORC
This! Exactly why I made the decision to stop using the term famewhore. Misogyny creeps in doesn’t it? We have to constantly challenge ourselves and others on this.
Missed you so!
This is a good idea and it brings attention to her wedding.
They’ve been bashed and made fun of forever it seems. I had little idea what they actually were like themselves. This is nice, also they’re quite pretty.
I don’t like Charles cutting them out but then most people don’t want any royals I guess.
These individuals. Not these daughters. Not these princesses. Just them. If we judge them like that they have a pretty solid work record with minimal perks and constant attacks by association to their parents. A link they had no say in. When they speak about causes it rarely gets covered. When they speak about being targets it carries better. And honestly, good for them.
And yes this is a wedding article in a fashion magazine. It’s not unexpected or unusual.
Glad I’m not the only 1 here noticing the biased take either 🙂
Why not? Do they need your permission to talk about their lives and how they feel when they read the nasty pieces written about them?
I wonder why that one is anti-plastic. She doesn’t explain her reason.
Plastic is terrible for the environment. Many people are discontinuing plastic use and even restaurants and stores are adopting paper straws and shopping bags.
Probably the regular reasons.
Plastic is a cancer to the earth and its creatures. There are tonnes of it in the stomachs of sea life because people claim to need straws and bottled water. If only we could press restart and have another go at society. We’ve fucked up big time.
um, hello?
Bottled water like the one she was pictured with at her UN speech.
Why not lead by exemple and bring a reusable traveller mug? (I can’t help notincing those freaking bottles at top events and always wonder why a carafe and glasses aren’t good enough for those great humanitarians) and I understand the will to minimize the use of plastic, I do it myself, but I don’t believe for a second she ( or anybody) lives plastic free. Unless brands have designed special laptops, smartphone or ski gears for her, unbeknownst to us mere mortals.
I’ve been at events and been handed a bottle of water. Even though I should’ve brought my reuseable mug. And then I’m faced with the dilemma of asking the person who has been nice enough to fetch me a water to go back again and get me water in a glass. Usually, I just say a quick thank you, and then try to reuse the bottle a few times before I recycle it.
Manta,
This is what I was wondering as I read her comment. I looked around at my desk and wondered how that was possible. Computer, mouse, mousepadm etc., all made of plastic. Prescription bottle on my desk, plastic. I don’t mean this as critical of her but I was curious how this could possibly be true. Television, stove, refrigerator all have plastic components. I mean, there’s no end to it.
I’ve been reading The World Without Us by Weisman and it explores what would happen to the planet if/when humans disappeared (either gradually or suddenly). The early chapters made me feel good…nature and plants will rebound, etc. Then I got to the chapters on plastic and it made me sick. There is no current way to degrade plastic and the microorganisms to break it down haven’t evolved yet so EVERY piece of plastic made since the 1940s is still just hanging around, causing all kinds of problems to plants, animals and humans.
I don’t know how to go completely plastic-free, it’s insidious. Almost everything is wrapped in plastic. I’ve switched to buying fresh veggies and not putting them in the plastic produce bags but we still buy frozen stuff in plastic bags. It’s hard to work full time, living somewhere where I can’t have a year-round garden to get fresh veggies and fruits, and still give my family healthy meals that didn’t come in some form of plastic.
Any ideas? I’m always looking for ways to limit the plastic in my life!
Have you heard of Tippi Thole? She’s part of the zero waste movement and was featured in WaPo a while ago. She lives near Montreal, so no year-round gardening there! I believe she has a blog. She might be too zealous for your lifestyle (or not) but I’m sure you could find a few useful ideas. Any reduction is good.
What we used to do – glass jars with metal lids, wrap things in waxed paper (sandwiches etc.), or buy hemp bags or cloths to wrap produce in for safekeeping. Read up on sustainable fabrics and flooring etc. Start small and it’s somewhere at least. You’ll get there.
I gave up food that came in plastic for Lent a few years ago, and it felt like a reallllllly long Lenten season. I’m not trying to discourage you, but you should definitely plan to spend some time planning menus and pre-cooking food. It wasn’t impossible, but it was a steady, low-key pain in the ass. I still try to minimize my plastic usage, but the other day I looked at my breakfast of cereal (from a plastic bag), milk (from a plastic jug), and a banana (secured in a bunch with a plastic tie). Even my morning tea came in a plastic bag! I can–and do–recycle the bags and the jug where I live, but not everyone has those options, and I still had to toss the plastic banana tie, the weird bit of plastic tape around the stems of the bananas, and the lid for the milk jug. It’s everywhere!
@FranklyMyDear – apparently there is a plastic-eating worm. It is being researched at Stanford uni, I think.
Just read that Sea Salt (which is made from sea water) now has microscopic amounts of plastic in it. Horrid.
Recently, the great David Attenborough released Blue Planet II (watch it, it’s truly amazing) and really highlighted the massive problems caused by plastic in the ocean. That has generated lots of reactions and articles, increased awareness and a big push towards less plastic in the UK.
https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-07-25/blue-planet-2-plastic-waste-final-episode/
I watched it with my older children. It was great just like the first one.
Work, where, doing what?
Vacationing is Bea’s job isn’t it?
DING DING! We have a winner!
They both take numerous vacations, but Bea takes the cake for sure. Even Eugenie, who gets so much time off from their jobs? I know that she was hired for her connections and to “schmooze”, but let’s be real: these girls don’t have to get by on their paychecks, or even have to work. They have massive trusts left to them by The Queen Mum, as well as what they get from Andy’s share from Mummy. They will also be pretty well set from TQ (if they haven’t gotten some of that already in trusts opened to them when they turned 21, or 25).
Again, they aren’t working Royals, so why does it bother you if they take multiple vacations? It isn’t taxpayer funded money being used like it is when Will, Harry, Meghan, and Kate go on holiday.
Beatrice on their public/private lives: “It’s hard to navigate situations like these because there is no precedent, there is no protocol. We are the first: we are young women trying to build careers and have personal lives, and we’re also princesses and doing all of this in the public eye.”
Sigh, no, you’re not dear – you are not “the first”. For early career royals, you can look at Princess Margaret’s daughter Sarah and those of her generation. Even Diana and Fergie had jobs if not careers. And exactly what career is she trying to build? She can do whatever she wants but it sounds like she is playing the victim here.
I personally think it’s kind of shitty of Charles to exclude Beatrice and Eugenie because he hates their parents (don’t blame him for that!). Maybe if he has his own house in order (you know those do as little as possible Cambridge’s), I’d be more sympathetic, but as it stands I think 1. He’s petty as f 2. He will need them to carry out duties as the old generation ages out, of his own kids stay lazy.
The monarchy’s relevance depends on being seen so….until the Cambridge kids are older, whose gonna do the showing up?
No it isn’t. The BRF is bloated. They aren’t needed.
He’s not excluding these two specifically, though. Andrew is just the one who is unhappy about it.
He’s streamlining for the future of his children and grandchildren. You don’t see Anne and Edward insisting their kids be “blood princes” and “blood princesses.” It’s just Andrew. There is nothing wrong with expecting Beatrice and Eugenie to work. They are very privileged young women and will never want for money. They don’t need to be on the public dole to keep a roof over their head or food on the table.
I don’t believe Zara is a blood princess. Anne is a girl so she’s icky, and her kids don’t qualify. But I agree about Edward.
Zara is a blood princess. The monarchy isn’t based on gender. It is just a bitchy way to differeniate them from the more popular Kate and Meghan. It is Andrew’s way to make them seem extra important. Basically, it is an out of date term being rehabbed from the Ancien Régime-pre Revolutionary France for Bea and Eugenie. The lived for all the different heirarchies and apparently so does Andy.
While Zara and Philip’s mother is a “blood princess”, they, by the fact their father turned down a title, are “common”. Titles pass only through the male line in the BRF. So, no, technically, unless TQ would issue new Letters of Patent, they are NOT considered royal.
Beatrice and Eugenie are royal but not peers. Harry was the same until he was given a dukedom. Same with William. George is also a commoner because he only has a courtesy title. He is not a peer but he is royal. In that regard Zara and Peter are the same as Beatrice and Eugenie. They are royal but not peers.
The term commoner relates to whether or not someone has a title and not whether or not they are descendants of royalty.
Zara and Peter are not princes/ses of any kind, “blood” or otherwise. They have no titles at all, as their father didn’t have a title. Louise and James have the right to be styled as princes/ses, because of who their father is, but their parents have chosen to have them styled as an earl and countess rather than princes/ses.
Also, you can be a commoner and have a title. You have to be a peer of the realm (i.e., have a title in your own right) to not be a commoner. Every baroness in the House of Lords is a peer of the realm, so is not a commoner. It has nothing to do with royalty or poshness, as Karren Brady off the Apprentice is a peer, and the Duchess of Devonshire is not.
One hand people complain about Harry and Meghan being parasite, at the same time complaining that B&E are not allowed full time working royals. Speaking about blood princesses then Zara is also 1/2 blood royal, exactly the same as B&E without the title.
Do you believe W&K will train their youngsters to be diligent when they are not so themselves?
Maybe nanny Maria will do the job for them.
George VI worked harder than George V by all accounts, and George V worked harder than Edward VII. So it’s not impossible.
…why tho?
I happen to think they are both quite pretty. And those dogs!
I hope they keep them away from the murderous royal dogs.
This is a great article. Lovely photos. And perfect timing after that incredibly bitter diatribe against Eugenie and her wedding from that awful woman from the Daily Mail. That was off the charts mean! So, good for them. I wish them both success.
AND – I truly believe that Charles will regret it if he doesn’t allow them full into the fold. Her Majesty had tons of cousins that help her now. What’s going to happen to all of those charities and their royal patronage? It could also hurt everyone if, during the navigation of this unique situation, the princesses do something “wrong.” They have to earn a living (well, not exactly due to trust funds and family/husband’s money, but that they have to appear to be doing something worthwhile). It may not be their fault and I think the whole situation is somewhat unfair to them. I am a Charles fan, but this is a bad decision and not a little mean-spirited. He and Camilla are reported to have good relationships with both princesses. Methinks this issue is due to Charles’ issues with his brother, Andrew and their unfortunate mother. Fergie is a cautionary tale on being royally adjacent but not in the fold and needing to earn a living.
On the other hand, there are plenty of princess and princesses out there who do earn their own living. But in different royal and princely houses. The Windsors are a whole different ballgame in some ways.
Plus the two of them are in a way on public display the other royals who are working for a living aren’t. That makes a difference for possible employers.
I am sad that they aren’t supposed to be working royals, alone for the fact, that at least Bea would like to do the job (not so sure about Eugenie though). She is the only royal of her generation who really wants to do the job. Let that sink in, the only one.
I secretly do wonder what happens to all the charities who end up patronless if Charles goes on with his streamlining. The whole system is based on the charities having patrons, what happens to them if they loose the important royal support? Not long ago, I read that even Charles own Trust Fund is feeling his absence (due to his upgraded schedule) from dinners and moneymaking ocations. So it is not entirely absurd to wonder if he is streamlining too quickly.
The only real role is that of the monarch and for constitutional reasons. Everything else is window dressing to keep money flowing into the Windsor family. The charity activities were an invention of George V to keep the family visible for fear that the public would see them as irrelevant and therefore disposable. Unfortunately, the entire family is on the gravy train either overtly or covertly, the latter through funds funneled by the Queen to her children. All but the monarch should have regular jobs and live on their own monies, earned or inherited. There is no reason for the public to fund any members to turn up to charity events. If they want to do that they can in their own time and on their own resources – pretty much like millions of others who volunteer and put in the hard yards of helping. Too often this family is infantilised, as if they are too special to work. They are not. They are just remnants of an outdated system and are capitalising on others’ subservient personalities.
I look back on their outfits at the 2011 wedding with fondness because they were interesting. They were horribly maligned for their fashion however there is something to be said for pushing the envelope and being memorable. Kate and William’s wedding was pretty dull so thanks Bea and Eug for giving us some excitement that day.
And they both – especially Bea – handled the criticism really really well. At least publicly. Putting the hat up for auction for charity was a good move. But the hat itself was unfortunate, because her actual dress/coat was pretty.
I’ve always disliked how Fergie handled it. She gave interviews saying the girls were hiring stylists and working on it. Instead of saying let them do their thing as individuals, she basically acknowledged they have a “problem” and were less than.
Yeah…..Fergie’s reaction was not great. And I didn’t love Eugenie’s overall look, but it wasn’t terrible and like I said, Bea’s actual outfit was nice. The hat was just awful. But a stylist isn’t going to help you if you looked at tha that and liked it, hahaha.
I can’t stop looking at that navy mesh dress. Pretty dress, but she needs to pull the nude lining down!! It’s all bunched up and her hoo-ha is almost showing.
Maybe I’m just turning into my mother—pull your slip down!! lol
oh god, now i can’t unsee it!
Glad I scrolled before posting, because that jumped out at me, too. Jesus. How can she not feel that riding up as she walks????
OMG just noticed that!
I’ve always thought they were cute girls. I don’t get the hate the media has for them.
I bet Eugenie is going to be a smashing bride, she is maturing into a very attractive young woman.
I read this in their voices from “The Windsors”, which makes it 1000x better.
oh gosh now I cant unhear it lol.
So did I and yes it does! Particularly the ‘and we’re also princesses’ and ‘we’re real’ bits! 😀
I so wish the Windsors were more like ‘The Windsors’. That would be a royal family I could 100% get behind. So much more entertaining than this dull, lumpen lot.
The Yorks girls, Fergie and Harry are hilarious in the Windsors! I like to pretend that it is an actual depiction of the royals because the reality is far too boring lol
I buy glass when possible but I simply can’t go plastic free 100% unfortunately. Although I am obsessed with recycling. I always have 10X the recycling in a week as I do garbage. Any single plastic item I recycle and I’m always looking for alternative products with glass or different packaging. I bring my own bags to the store, but if we get plastic bags they all get recycled! When we go to dinner I always get bummed at how much waste is produced. I realize big chains don’t have time to recycle straws and such but everyone can do better.
I would love to go plastic-free but it’s difficult where I live. It’s a major tourist area where us locals can barely afford to live and work catering to said tourists. Everything here is fast and disposable unless you go to a severely overpriced vegan café with a small attached store. When we lived in the PNW I lived for grocery stores with walls of bulk foods and a meat counter where they’d put my purchases in the containers I brought from home (with the tare written in Sharpie on the side). Here I get odd looks for my mesh and fabric produce bags and the deli refuses to use my containers “for health reasons.” If I purchase bulk items online then I’m just adding to my carbon footprint and the packaging isn’t always recyclable. It’s near impossible to truly be plastic free.
I think they are very well-adjusted and well-spoken women and they are lucky they’ve turned out the way they have considering who they have as parents. I once watched an interview awhile back with Beatrice when she redid her grandmother’s playhouse and it was quite a cute interview and she refers to the Queen as “Granny” (link here, it’s from 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lxhcSVWFoE).
They are in a weird position because Charles doesn’t want them to be working royals. But really, I can’t expect these two would ever work in an office job. They’re too well-known, it would just be a distraction to a workplace so they’re in this weird position where they have to make their own income but they can’t carry out functions on behalf of the Queen. I get wanting to streamline the monarchy but it really does put these two sisters in an awkward predicament.
Why would it be a distraction? Eugenie at least has a job of sorts but Beatrice doesn’t and I can think of only one reason for why that is, and it’s nothing to do with her being too well-known.
The longest job that Bea had was a year at Sony, and even there, she had a LOT of days off. Face it, she really doesn’t want to have a real job, where she’d actually have to show up and be judged on merit/ability.
They can work jobs. Plenty of royals from other royal houses do and children of famous people. There is nothing impeding them from having careers. In New York or Paris or somewhere like that no one would care that much. They are used to people with extraordinary lives of wealth and/or fame.
Agree, but they don’t need to move anywhere since no one in London would bat an eye at either one of them turning up for work. They’re just not that interesting. And this, I think, is what both of them are failing to acknowledge, that the majority of us are too busy with our own lives, jobs, families to give a crap about their ‘poor me princess’ angst’.
There’s not a thing stopping both of them from getting steady jobs and getting on with their lives except themselves and their entitled need to be seen, despite their protests to the contrary, first and foremost as princesses. They really are their parents’ daughters.
“There’s not a thing stopping both of them from getting steady jobs and getting on with their lives except themselves and their entitled need to be seen, despite their protests to the contrary, first and foremost as princesses.”
^^^^^THIS, in a nutshell, is it!
But I think when they say “work” it’s meant relative to their set. They don’t mean the cashier at Walmart, a nurse pulling two shifts, or even the standard office worker doing the standard 7.5 – 8 hours daily gig.
Their generation is the first generation of female blood princesses to be college educated. So that’s new and novel for them as a family. They are also the first to hold down desk jobs not directly associated with the family. So, that’s new too.
I don’t care about their vacation time. I don’t have expectations of them. I’m not in any real position to do so anyway. However, for them, I do think they are trying and I do think they are figuring out how to live a life that is a part of their aristocratic and blood heritage yet one that doesn’t encompasses that at all. Re: the latter, I think Charles’ push for a slimmer royalty (if only for budgeting if not PR purposes) will actually help them gain a broader sense of self outside of being a royal.
Eugenie has held the same job, in London, for a decent amount of time.
Sophie kept her PR job for a while along with doing royal engagements until she was expected to do royal work full time. In theory there is nothing stopping Kate or Meghan from having a real job if it didn’t conflict with their engagements. The Duchess of Kent has been a teacher for several years. Only the monarch has an official role to fulfill whereas the rest are just creating work for themselves. Charles has to run the Duchy or Cornwall and manages to keep himself busy with engagements but there is nothing stopping the rest of them from doing a part time job of sorts along with engagements.
Sophie stepped away from her job because of a bunch of public gaffes. The “she needs to do royal work full time” was face saving.
I agree with @Honey.
Eugenie rocks red lipstick very well. I think their makeup have improved.
World’s smallest violin is playing just for them. It’s not hard to have a full time job! The “really mean” article about Bea was probably about how she never works in any regard and takes an astonishing number of vacations. I really don’t have sympathy?
Separately: I really hope Eugenie’s Wedding dress is Erdem. Their clothing looks so great on her -it’s always the best looks and cuts in her.
If you don’t want media to talk about your 16 vacations per year, don’t take 16 vacations.
Or stop pretending to have a job. Just be a trust fund baby and embrace that Insta life. No one cares, it’s only a thing because she makes it a thing.
Exactly. She doesn’t have a “career.” She is a princess who got a job at a reputable place that gives her ample time off. Honestly, why is she complaining? The press is not courtiers and servants who agree with her and pretend that she has a career. The press says exactly what it’s all about. If the truth hurts her so much she can just stop reading the papers.
She didn’t take 16 vacation per year, it was said and explained multiple times times on here, that most of that were weekend getaways with her friends who also move around quite a bit. Is she supposed not to spend time with her friends because she is the one who will end up being writen about by media? She didn’t do several weeks and some sort of ecxessive holidaying.
And you seem to forget that in the wake of the Sony leaks even her salary got published. That doesn’t happen to the normal Jane Doe out there. Why should she have to become an Insta model if she doesn’t want to?
The media is spiteful when it comes to B&E and it’s only because of their parents. The media doesn’t need to talk about their vacations, they’re just carrying on the Ferige hate… which is sad. Why don’t we hear about the numerous vacations the other younger Royals in this family take? Lady Amelia was in the DM once, but I’m sure she takes multiple holidays, too. They are all pals with celebrities, so that shouldn’t matter either.
I know this is mean, but every time I see those two together, I think of the two evil stepsisters from Disney’s Cinderella (the animated one from 1950).
lmao… i was just thinking this!
eh, they would have a lot less negative attention and difficulty in their lives if they and their dad weren’t so focused on being “princesses” and “royal.” Just drop the title like Anne’s children and live a private life. There, fixed it for ya.
Anne’s children didn’t “drop their titles,” they never had any. I don’t think Beatrice and Eugenie should have to drop their titles, but I do think Andrew needs to put a cork in it, as he is only making things worse for his daughters. Eugenie, at least, seems to be adapting to a more regular life and actually trying to get on with making a life for herself outside the BRF.
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LOL, Andrew would NEVER EVER suggest his daughters be un-titled. His primary complaint is that they’re not treated sufficiently well for their status as blood princesses.
What I want to know about the whole slimming down the monarchy thing is how it plays out in the next generation? Will Harry and Meghan’s kids be expected to live private lives like Beatrice and Eugenie? Will and Kate have three to contribute to the Firm, it’s not like they’ll need whatever Sussex kids come into being.
Chances, are that’s exactly what will happen. Princess Margaret’s children live private lives, after all. That’s exactly how the Sussex kids will go, so I honestly don’t understand what all the complaints are about for the Yorks.
Change is difficult for most people, especially when you envisioned your life being one-way and you don’t understand why that needs or should change.
@Sherry I agree with you in that there’s nothing wrong with these ladies having to work – in fact I think the entire BRF needs to get an fing job and stop selling us this narrative that they spend their ‘own’ money (where did the Duchy come from? hmm?). I’m just saying – at the moment there are a number of the Queen’s cousins that turn up to event, alongside her 4 children and their spouses (two of whom, Charles and Anne) are very active, AND their kids. Once the older generation are gone/retire there will be a huge hole to fill – whose going to turn up to every opening and gala? Will and Kate have already shown it won’t be them (lazy AF). Charles will need ‘royals’ to turn up to shit – thats the only think that keeps them relevant and in ‘power’.
As a UK tax payer, I say slim the BRF down, slim it down to 0, but that’s not what Charles wants. He wants to horde the wealth and perks for himself and his immediate family – which I don’t think will fly in the long run. Shrug.
They’ll still show up. They just won’t be working royals.
Oh man, the comments on DM. I’m of two minds on this, no woman wants to read horrible things said about her. But, they lead a life of extreme privilege with the help of taxpayer money. Complaining is not wise, and it’s not protocol either.
“But, they lead a life of extreme privilege with the help of taxpayer money.”
No, they don’t. You can’t compare them to Kate and Meghan. They have multiple trusts from their family members, they probably receive freebies too.
Are Charles’s cousins working royals? I never hear much about Charles’s cousins, who are his generation’s equivalent to Beatrice and Eugenie .
Princess Margaret’s kids – David and Sarah – they do very few royal events. Paternal cousins are not in the UK, afaik.
The stuff about them trying to navigate their private/public lives is, I think, a set up to the sort of role they’ll have in the monarchy. They won’t get any portion of the gravy train and will be expected to either earn their own money or marry into wealth of some sort, but the interest in their public persona is probably going to be leveraged by the monarchy in some way.
Also, no offence, but I’m rolling my eyes at the plastic-free nonsense. Okay Eugenie. You do you, sweetheart.
I also think it’s very interesting, the way they talk about how they’re “twentysomething working women.” A bit too much of the whole, “Oh we’re just like you!” shtick, you know? I like that expectations for aristocratic and royal women have evolved even in the span of a single generation, but it’s still funny to see them talk about it like this.
Do we have an estimation of how rich Jack Brooksbank is? He comes from some wealth and title, no? He’s no Duke of Westminster, and he’s definitely not Terribly Moderately Rich James Matthews, but he’s not bad.
Lol, they don’t need to marry into wealth and they don’t need to earn their own money… they are already set for life. They don’t need to work either, but they choose too. They could become Instagram girls, basically doing nothing, and people would still complain. Jack comes from an established upper-middle-class family, he probably has a trust fund/family wealth alongside his job.
Did one of them really say “It’s hard being a working woman” – with a straight face?!
Sorry, but I am rolling my eyes. They have chosen to have public lives. They are out CONSTANTLY at parties, with celebs, on instagram. They WANT public attention, just not the downsides. Well, as people constantly say to their cousins, sorry but it comes with the territory. You take the good with the bad. The media is mean to them, absolutely. And sexist. But they do not get even a quarter of the shit thrown at them that Kate and now Meghan get. I am just shocked at people’s double standards. If Meghan and Kate said the things these two did or acted the way they did, they would be eviserated. On top of that, no one titters about these two being too “Hollywood” even though it could be argued their circle is more Hollywood than even Meghan’s.
They are papped and photographed way more than their much more famous cousins (Harry/William and their spouses) because they WANT to be.
And working women???? Eugenie, yes, has held down a job for years that she seems very into, but Bea? Laughable.
I think they are both very pretty with interesting fashion. I am also glad they have such a strong relationship, but this article was so OTT.
Lol thank you. The privilege jumped out regarding these two.
Someone posted recently that they went to university with Beatrice and that she would just park her fancy sports car where the faculty parked. I don’t think Andrew prepared them for real life at all and Beatrice in particular is going to have a hard time once Charles cuts off the money. I think Eugenie is a bit more grounded and her non royal fiancé future husband will help her navigate life after being a Royal much better.
It’s hard to feel too badly for them knowing their immense privilege. But at the same time, with Will and Kate not wanting to work for the BRF there is something that seems unfair about his cousin wanting to and not being allowed to. But the whole system in that family is based on the luck of where you were born in relation to your relatives- so archaic.
The comments about these women’s looks are disgusting and the women who comment on daily mail on other womens looks are truly sexist self haters. We need to not drive girls to plastic surgery just to appease men and in this case the stupid press
Aka mostly men
I don’t know what to think of them.
They’re harmless, and they’re real princesses, and perhaps they’re nice people, but they’re not really fascinating either.
I think the blood princess thing only has cache if you’re further up the line like Charlotte or Margaret was. Otherwise, I tend to think of a blood prince or princess as the equivalent of the guy who married Olivia Wilde — interesting for an anecdote, but not much else.
. It isn’t their job to be fascinating…. They’re just living their high society lives, hanging out with celebs, working when they want, going on vacation when they want, etc. Pretty normal things to do when you are from that set – many Princesses and Princes from around the world do the same as well. The only difference is, the majority don’t do interviews like this. Beatrice and Eugenie could build their careers without interference, but that wouldn’t stop the unprovoked, disgusting attacks against them. Why it anyone’s business how many vacations they take? They aren’t funded by the taxpayer and they aren’t working Royals.
I realize it’s not their job to be fascinating It
s not anybody’s job in the royal family to be fascinating.. But they’re being covered here. Hence, my comment/opinion.
People always say Kate and William and boring Basically, this comment is in the same vein. . If these two put themselves out there, I don’t see why they would be exempt from people sharing an opinion about them.
These girls are deluded. They can live a private life – many royals do believe it or not.
It is their choice to seek attention as to be frank no one is interested in them.
Their father Andrew knew when they were born the Charles had two heirs – he should have planned accordingly. It is Andrews and Sarah their mothers vanity that has ensured that these two grew up with an air of entitlement , that is quite frankly ludicrous.
Th only family that matters if the monarchy goes on is Williams. Harry maybe popular but he is irrelevant in the long term scheme of things.
William has three children all with equal rights and standing – that’s enough for the British people to support.
Beatrice and Eugenie are unfortunately living in a bubble and think that they deserve special consideration. They don’t.
Sarah chatto and David Linley live quietly and it’s nice to see them occasionally.
Zara and Peter work in the equestrian field and it’s nice to see them as at least they have a purpose when they are in the news.
These girls invite negative comments as they really lack self awareness and street smarts – why do Vogue – photo shoot and all – then complain about life as a princess!!!
The British taxpayer looks at them and just gets irritated.
Dropping titles won’t help. Dm is practically stalking a former presidents daughter. A person without a title from a nation with none and someone who is not a public figure. What in gods name is going to make you think they will leave the queens grand daughters alone. At least they have not sold baby or wedding pics to hello unlike the trashy Phillips clan
Wow, there are some extremely unfortunate genetics going on with these two sisters – bless their hearts. They look like Jay Leno’s nieces instead of Prince Charles’!
I find them both so beautiful, and they have the best smiles.