Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie have reportedly been left 'upset' they've not been asked to carry out royal duties in the wake of the monarchy's cancer news.
King Charles has currently stepped back from public-facing duties as he receives treatment for cancer while the Princess of Wales is also undergoing preventative chemotherapy after her own cancer diagnosis. This also means that Prince William has scaled back his diary in order to care for his wife and three children. The monarchy had already been slimmed down in recent years with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle quitting royal duties to move to America and Prince Andrew being forced to step away from public life.
Beatrice and Eugenie with their father Prince Andrew (Getty Images)The Duke of York's daughters do not carry out royal duties and have jobs of their own but many fans have suggested they could step up for their uncle the King to help share the royal workload - especially with Charles and Kate receiving cancer treatment. And a friend of the pair told the Daily Beast the two sisters have "a lot to offer" but have not been asked to step up. They explained: "It seems mean that the girls aren’t being used at all when they have made it clear they want to be of service, especially when Prince Andrew has been accepted back into the fold.
"They have done nothing wrong and they shouldn't be visited with the sins of their father. They are very upset to have been ignored by the king as they feel they have a lot to offer, but ultimately not surprised. They are sanguine about it."
Meanwhile, another family friend told the publication: "Charles is very fond of the York girls, but everyone, including them, accepts there is no place for them to be full-time working royals. And as the late Queen Elizabeth made clear, being a part-time working royal isn't an option."
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King Charles greets wellwishers as he leaves St George's Chapel on Easter Sunday (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Both Beatrice and Eugenie as well as their husbands Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Jack Brooksbank missed the royals' annual Easter Sunday church service at the weekend. The service marked Charles' first major public appearance since his cancer news - and he was joined by only a select number of family members.
As well as Queen Camilla, also there was Beatrice and Eugenie's parents Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson as well as Princess Anne and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Edward and Sophie. Kate, the Prince of Wales and their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, were absent from the Easter service as the family is spending the holiday together as they adjust to her diagnosis.
At the end of the service, the King greeted a long line of well-wishers after re-emerging from the church, shaking hands and receiving get-well cards. And the managing editor of Majesty magazine, Joe Little, said: "There’s been lots of reports that (the royal family ) has been going through a crisis, a period of instability, which I always thought was overdoing it, but I think it will be a form of reassurance to people today that all is well.
"Clearly, there is still some progress to be made but the fact that what happened today actually happened at all is hugely encouraging. I’m sure it meant a great deal to the King as well.
"It's the first time that he’s been able to meet the public in such a way for several months, the first opportunity to do a walkabout this year, so it’s a very welcome milestone on the road to recovery. The King having been diagnosed with cancer always puts a big question mark as to what he can do and when he can do it, so the feeling is now that we will see more of him in the coming months in a public role."
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