You're probably right, but I'm taking the long term view. Eventually none of the current Royals will be around, and there would only be mild curiosity about their descendants, given that they would always have been private citizens with no royal duties or titles.

Well, given that Andrew's daughters are likely to marry untitled men, that means that their children (assuming they have any) will be untitled too and that will mean that they will be in the same situation as Zara and Peter Phillips's children. They are able to lead normal lives under very little public scrutiny.

I see the slimming down of the Royal Family as an inevitable but gradual transition as the older generation, who have known nothing different in their lives, all die off. William, Harry and all their cousins have led more normal lives, and have friends who are ordinary people, leading ordinary lives. With the exception of William who cannot change his destiny, they probably all want to just carry on leading normal lives as their contemporaries do and that is probably what will happen.

Very little is heard about most of the younger members of the extended Royal Family. They all just go about their everyday business and activities and it's only if one of the grubby tabloids chooses to print some piece of tittle-tattle that they are ever mentioned. None of them are doing any one any harm and they should really just be left to get on with their lives in peace.

That'll teach me to take notice of gossip.

Yes of course, it couldn't possibly be the Daily Mail lying again.........

Buckingham Palace statement yesterday.

http://static.ow.ly/docs/AY_5F3g.pdf


Duchess of York in plea to 'stop bullying Beatrice and Eugenie' during Teenage Cancer Trust visit

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/du...-a3416866.html

Which website was that on?

Edit: Doesn't matter. I found it on The Mirror's website.

It's linked in yesterday's Guardian article.

Prince Andrew denounces 'made up' newspaper stories about daughters
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...rk-urges-media

They could use that protocol for the spouses of Beatrice and Eugenie. No-one would want to be known as Prince Beatrice or Prince Eugenie, surely?

Margaret's husband was given the title Lord Snowdon. I think their son is still Viscount Linley and that Snowdon wasn't a hereditary title.

Earl Snowdon is still alive, which is why his son is still Viscount Linley.

He is heir apparent to the title though because it is hereditary and will inherit it upon the death of his father, at which time his own son will become heir apparent.

Bloody hell, another one of those people about whom, on hearing of their death, my first thought is "I had no idea he/she was still alive".

Beatrice and Eugenie at yet another royal wedding...

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C4jSWrJBuDU/maxresdefault.jpg

To add to this, the custom is that the eldest son of an Earl gets to use one of his father's lesser titles as a courtesy title while the father is still alive, which is why he's Viscount Linley even though Snowden is actually the holder of the title. Presumably that's why Snowden was given two titles.

I agree. I despise the whole bloody lot of them, including that old hatchet-faced baked bean. London has an abundance of historical sites to still pull in the tourists and Buck House could be converted into something useful for many to benefit from, rather than luxury for a privileged few. I think now's as good a time as any, seeing as us taxpayers will be footing the bill of millions of pounds for the recently-announced ten year refurb anyway.

while we are it, boot the politicians out of Westminster as well, send them to an industrial estate in the suburbs, the Palace of Westminster could host exhibitions and raves for the kids

Perhaps Andrew should undergo a DNA test before he makes any more assertions about his daughters "special position"

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Why is ageism and sexism still allowed when it comes to the royals?

And why are they not allowed to choose their own livelyhoods? Free the Royals from this bondage.
Serious point actually. It seems to me to be indefensible that a child should have its future ordained for it in this way.

I think so too.

I'm far from being a Royalist but that's a foul comment.
I see you're still running with the Mail's lies.

Prince Andrew is everything that is wrong with the Royal family , horrible self indulgent lazy snob with some very dodgy friends . it looks like his daughters are very much the same

On what basis so you say that? They both have jobs and I'm not aware of any major issues with any of their friends. Can you be more specific?

BP is state owned so like the PoW the refurb ( well update ) will be carried out, a refurb that means it will bring it into line with the modern day world in health and safety terms as some of it is dangerous

But whilst the media shout taxpayers money and the government is happy for that to be said as it took them off the front pages for a short while exactly what taxes that we have paid in ( PAYE, NI, VAT, CGT etc etc ) is being used ? none the money will come from Crown Estate profits

I hope they do. I would buy the Daily Mail special pull out.

I can remember it being said that Andrew was always the Queens favourite, so I expect he's grown up with an air of entitlement, but Charles being the heir to the throne wants to trim down the Royal family, to just the Queen, Prince Phillip, himself and his heirs. I think Andrew has hit a brick wall in this respect, and I quite agree with Charles's decision. After all Princess Anne didn't want, or have, titles for her children.

He is a total knob