How Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice Are Supporting Prince Andrew Amid Royal Lodge Drama

King Charles is currently trying to evict the disgraced royal.

In the midst of escalating conflict between King Charles and Prince Andrew over Andrew's residence at the Royal Lodge, two allies have reportedly emerged to stand by their father's side: Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice. The sisters, who each have two children of their own, are reportedly "taking turns" visiting Andrew on weekends, according to a new report from Hello!.

"The girls take the grandchildren to visit him most weekends," a source told the outlet. "They are spending far more time with him now than they have done in recent years. They are quite close to their father; they seem to be quite protective towards him." 

Despite being the younger brother to King Charles III, and thus being eight in line to the British throne, Andrew has not been a working royal since 2019, after a controversial interview on BBC over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Since then, Andrew has retreated from public life.

Recently, however, Andrew has been back in the spotlight, as news of King Charles's reported ultimatum for his younger brother surfaced in September. Soon after, Charles also cut him off financially—meaning he would no longer pay for his private security or his £1 million annual allowance. As it stands, Prince Andrew is now publicly refusing to leave the Royal Lodge.

"It does indeed look as though he's just holding the fort and refusing to do the repairs, refusing to go," royal expert Hugo Vickers told The Sun. "He would do himself a great favor if he found an honorable way of moving somewhere else."

Apart from their father's troubles, Beatrice and Eugenie have found themselves in the middle of another feud between their cousins, Prince William and Prince Harry. At one point, it was hoped the two women would play some kind of peace-making role between their cousins; however, it now seems their focus has turned to their father, whose BBC interview drama was most recently adapted into an Amazon series aptly titled A Very Royal Scandal.

"Beatrice always gets stuck in the middle of things, playing peacemaker on behalf of her dad," an insider told the Scottish Daily Express. "She doesn't want to be doing that anymore and she recognizes it's been a pattern all her life. No-one wants to be around him when he's dealing with so much right now. Beatrice is broken-hearted, of course."