William Fumes as King Charles Puts the York Sisters Back in the Spotlight

King Charles has personally approved Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s return to royal duties — and Prince William is said to be furious. #ShuterScoop reports the Prince of Wales warned it was “too soon” and that “the Yorks are poison with the public,” but Charles insists “the family needs to heal in public.” Royal Insider Deep Crown tells Palace Intrigue the tension isn’t about the sisters themselves but the King’s “tone-deaf timing.” Meanwhile, Express columnist Chris Riches argues Beatrice and Eugenie should lose their HRH titles altogether, unable to escape “the festering link” to Andrew and Fergie’s scandals.

The episode also revisits Sarah Ferguson’s long-forgotten plagiarism accusation and Andrew’s total fall from grace — from pitch decks to pariah status — while GB News notes Beatrice’s quiet rebrand as “Beatrice York” might be the smartest move the family’s made all year.

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Episode Transcript

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Callarogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallas Entry Game.
Your host Mark ranceis. Prince William is reportedly furious that
King Charles has allowed Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie to
return to royal duties. According to Shooter Scoop, Charles personally

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approved Beatrice's new patronage with the Outward Bound Trust and
her recent hospital engagement moves. The reportedly blind sided Pallace aides.
Sources say the Prince of Wales is strongly opposed, believing
the Yorks are poisoned with the public and that it's
too soon after their father, Andrew's scandals and a viction
from Royal Lodge Inside to say William wanted the sisters

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to remain out of sight until after the King's next
health review, but Charles insisted that the family needs to
heal in public. Despite speculation that women threatened to strip
their titles, Pallace insiders deny it, insisting he remains fond
of his cousins even if he disagrees with his father's decision.
Royal Inside a deep Crown tells Pallas Intrigue the late

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Queen understood something her son appears to have forgotten. Timing
in royal affairs is everything. Make no mistake, this isn't
about the girls themselves. Both are perfectly pleasant and have
conducted themselves with considerably more dignity than their father. But
William's fury, which I can confirm is quite real, despite
the Pallace's attempt to downplay, it stems from something far

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more fundamental. The Prince of Wales sees the monarchy as
an institution that must be protected, while his father increasingly
views it as a family that must be mended. Royal
commentator Chris Richards has argued that Beatrice and Eugenie should
lose their royal titles, saying that their connection to Prince
Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's scandals has made it impossible for

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them to separate themselves from the families lingering controversy. Writing
for The Express, Riches acknowledged that both sisters lead largely
private professional lives, Beatrice as a strategic advisor for the
software firm Affinity and founder of her own consultancy, and
Eugenie as a director at Hauser and Worth Art Gallery,

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but insisted there her royal highness titles now carry unwanted baggage,
Riches writes, Luckily, for the self made siblings, Hard Graft
has clearly skipped a generation. Rich has noted that both
systems have built independent careers and married successfully outside the
royal fold, Beatrice to property developer Eduardo Mapellimozzi and Eugenie

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to businessman Jack Brooks Bank, yet remained linked in the
public imagination to their parents' troubles. Given this backdrop, Riches
questioned whether the princesses could ever truly disentangle themselves from
that sordid mess to remain princesses, He concluded, just being
pictured with mum and dad as hr H's continues a
royal link to Andrew and Fergi's epstein shame that never evaporates,

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It festers, it lingers. As princesses and public figures, they
will always be one precarious step from their parents' pressomness
of ignoonomy. Who wants to see that? Before her current troubles.
Sarah Ferguson weather to scandal a very different sort, one
that left Bucking and Palace fuming and her reputation wabbling.
Long before toastsucking headlines and financial woes. The then Duchess

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of York, was accused of plagiarism over her first children's book,
Budgie the Little Helicopter, published in nineteen eighty nine. The
book was inspired by Ferguson's flight lessons and came with
an eighty five thousand pound publishing deal. The story about
a plucky little helicopter and his friends sold more than
one hundred thousand copies amid a wave of publicity, but

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soon after its release, similarities were spotted between Budgie and
another title, Hector the Helicopter, prompting plagiarism rumors and a
legal threat from the rival publisher Random House. According to
Andrew Lowney's biography and title The Rise and Fall of
the House of York, Simon and Schuster's Children's division chief
John Sargent was forced to issue a denial, insisting any

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likeness was one hundred percent coincidence. Still, the row caused
chaos behind pallace walls. Queen Elizabeth's press secretary Robin Janvren
was so alarmed by the fallout that he banned Ferguson
from promoting the book in the United States, and in
the tense meeting with Sergeant described her as the single
greatest threat to the monarchy in the current era. Sergeant

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later recalled that meeting, saying Janfren apologized for being difficult,
but explained the situation bluntly. Think of it this way, John,
The Royal family is like a fortune five hundred company,
but in this case all of the management are relatives
and many of them are in laws. Despite the ban,
a compromise was reached, allowing Fergie a brief trip to
New York, which went as poorly as the Palace feared.

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She turned up late for it Today show interviewed because
she was having trouble deciding which shoes to wear, and
her hotel bill reportedly ballooned to four times the cost
of her room after she hosted friends for champagne in
her suite. To make matters worse, Ferguson had told the
public that all proceeds from Budgy would go to charity,
but only ten percent did. The episode embarrassed the monarchy
so badly that Prince Andrew's private secretary reportedly asked to

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be reassigned, Unable to stomach a member of the royal
family cashing in on their position for personal gain. In
the spectator Andrew Laman writes, Andrew's downfall is nearly complete.
Amidst all the ceremony and gravity of the Remembrance Day
service on Sunday, one salient fact could not be ignored.
The King has long talked of his desire for a

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stripped down monarchy, and now he has his wish. The
only male figures from the firm who were out on
show alongside him were the Prince of Wales and Prince Edward,
who together had the effect of making the royals look
a rather paltry selection compared to the grander gatherings of
the past. We all know about Harry, but although some
would like to see him too stripped of his royal title,

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Montecito's second most famous resident continues to be able to
refer to himself as a prince. This is not a
luxury that his disgraced uncle enjoys any longer. During his heyday,
Andrew liked to present himself as a swash buckling, entrepreneurial figure,
thanks to his pictured Palace initiative, which invited would be
moneymakers to come to Buckingham Palace and get their businesses

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off the ground. Unsurprisingly, given his shame, this is no
longer a going concern. Admittedly, after Andrew's disastrous twenty nineteen
News Night interview, it is doubtful that even the most
desperate would be businessmen would have seen the soon to
be banned old Duke of York as the answer to
their prayers. But the knowledge that his beliegued endeavor is

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no more shows how total and terminal his disgrace is
more palace. In just a moment for GBWS, Dorothy Redden writes,
Princess Beatrice's decision to present herself as Beatrice York in
a professional setting, such as on her company website by

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equ and her LinkedIn profile, appears deliberate. The choice of
York nods to her heritage subtly without invoking her full
royal title. By e Q, which works with stakeholders to
deliver purpose focused initiatives, firmly portrays Beatrice York as a
successful businesswoman in her own right. This position gives her

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freedom to move in corporate, philanthropic and technology circles without
the baggage of royal formality or the scrutiny that comes
with being a working princess in those contexts its advantageous.
Her royal identity likely enhances the profile of the initiatives
she supports. However, the contrast becomes more nuanced when Beatrice

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travels abroad, particularly to the Middle East, when royal status
undoubtedly carries significant prestige and opens doors in diplomatic, business,
and philanthropic spaces. There, she's often styled as Princess Beatrice
of York, reflecting how local media and hosts naturally emphasize hierarchy.
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