'I'm a royal author- King Charles is repeating major mistake with Beatrice and Eugenie'

'I'm a royal author- King Charles is repeating major mistake with Beatrice and Eugenie'Royal biographer Andrew Lownie says the York sisters are being sent 'mixed signals' as they are excluded from Easter service at Windsor but invited to other royal eventsCommentsNewsMichael Moran11:40, 05 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesBeatrice and Eugenie are being largely excluded from royal events(Image: Chris Jackson via Getty Images)King Charles's decision to exclude Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie from this weekend's Easter service at St George's Chapel in Windsor suggests that "the Royal Family seem to be repeating their mistakes with Andrew when it comes to Beatrice and Eugenie," according to royal biographer Andrew Lownie. Over recent weeks, Lownie claims, King Charles appears to have been sending "mixed signals" regarding the York sisters.‌While Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie's names feature hundreds of times in the latest batch of documents released by the US Department of Justice, there has never been any suggestion that they were involved in wrongdoing.‌However, Lownie highlights on his Lownie Report Substack that the sisters are being excluded from certain royal engagements, but not others: "They're banned from Royal Ascot, they're banned from Easter, then suddenly they are now coming to Ascot."‌He further suggests that the contradictory signals emerging from the palace could be the consequence of a behind-the-scenes power struggle. He explains: "Tom Sykes has pointed out that the Easter ban shows the waning power of the King in the face of an increasingly dominant William. This may well be the case, but if it is, then isn't he repeating the mistakes of his father and grandmother?"In stark contrast to Beatrice and Eugenie's "half in, half out" status, their father Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains entirely ostracised. He is anticipated to spend a solitary...