Should Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie be funded as full time Royals?

Princess Anne could be Duchess of Edinburgh
Good idea Granny23, although do women become Duchesses in their own right - if not, why not? And if not, time it was changed!

phoenix should it be the designer of the hat or the wearer who should go to the Tower? Oh sorry, institution.

I thought about that hat recently, I think it was when they were making lace pancakes on the Bakeoff.

Should Sissy Spacek be made a Duchess?

Yes, I said GRANDdaughter, and I have no idea who she is...

I wasn't sure who the coalminer's granddaughter was until I googled, but reading it did remind me of this song. Who takes care of the caretaker's daughter while the caretaker's busy taking care?

Elegran That's a great idea. We could have Annie, Queen of Scots and not so Bonnie Prince Charlie could have the English Crown.

I thought I had said great-granddaughter, but perhaps not

'Sorry, we already have a Princess whose great-grandfather was a coalminer
Oh, so I did, not losing it after all

not so Bonnie Prince Charlie

but in the meantime, we have to put some names in a hat (or a crown)

English crown?

Wouldn't they fall through?

Who is it?

Being the daughter, granddaughter, great granddaughter and great,great, granddaughter of coalminers I have a better pedigree

As Princess Royal I don't think Anne needs to be duchess of anywhere. I'm not sure why Andrew thinks his children are so royal when their mother was a commoner. I think Anne had the right idea when she refused titles for her children

What's wrong with coal miners anyway?

Or commoners

Kate is a commoner.

I liked 'those hats' Phoenix they were riveting, I couldn't look at anything else!
It takes guts to wear a hat like that in public.

NO!!! we have enough parasites already tyvm

When her maj does pop her clogs I think support for the royals will plummet.

Agree with others here, Princess Anne set a good example in how she raised her children. Prince Charles seems in touch with the general concensus of public opinion for a slimmed down royal family. The perception of Andrew his ex wife and their daughters is not favourable, and Beatrice in particular appears to spend much of her time holidaying and not working very much, a lifestyle that might have been acceptable for a member of the royal family in a bygone era, but not anymore and certainly not paid for by the tax payer.

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I think Princess Ann (yes that is how you spell it MaizieD!!!) has been lucky that she knew from an early age that her life long passion was horses. Also lucky for her was that she had the means, as has daughter Zara to follow this passion without the financial worry that this occupation so often brings. It's given her a purpose in life that her younger siblings don't seem to have been able to find, and I'm sure has overridden any royal pretensions that they, particularly Prince Andrew seem to have.

It's Princess Anne, surely?

So true niggly, but Andrew could have brought his daughters up not to follow in his footsteps . I thought the younger daughter was getting married, doubt he is on the minimum wage

Didn't we have a thread some time ago about where they live and who pays for their London pad? Maybe that's why Andrew can spend 13mill on a ski lodge all his other housing costs are met and so are his children's.

You're right everyone spells Ann with an e, bit like Clare with an i, but those who know about these things and old newspaper cuttings insist/show it without.
Anyway, back to Beatrice and Eugenie, I couldn't care less how many holidays they have or how they lead their lives, so long as they fund it themselves.