{"id":52957,"date":"2025-08-08T15:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/52957\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:27:07","slug":"prince-william-wont-make-princess-beatrice-senior-royal-for-two-reasons-former-butler-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/52957\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William won’t make Princess Beatrice senior royal for two reasons, former butler claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Beatrice may be a quietly influential royal, but she\u2019s unlikely to ever become a senior working royal under Prince William\u2019s reign \u2014 and a former royal butler says there are two key reasons why<\/p>\n

08:00, 08 Aug 2025Updated 13:44, 08 Aug 2025<\/p>\n

\"BeatricePrincess Beatrice(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

As Princess Beatrice marks her 37th birthday today, August 8, a former royal butler has revealed why, despite her popularity and growing presence within the royal family<\/a>, she is unlikely to be elevated to the status of a senior working royal under Prince William’s reign.<\/p>\n

Grant Harrold, who served King Charles<\/a> at Highgrove between 2004 and 2011, says the monarch is expected to make a heartfelt gesture for his niece\u2019s birthday \u2013 but her future within the monarchy is unlikely to change significantly.<\/p>\n

Speaking on behalf of Fruity King<\/a>, Harrold noted that Princess Beatrice is held in high regard by the entire royal family, particularly by King Charles and Queen Camilla<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The King will be keen to celebrate Princess Beatrice,” he shared.<\/p>\n

“King Charles and Queen Camilla remain close to both Beatrice and Eugenie. Beatrice is well-liked across the royal family and often steps in to support. While the celebrations may be a private affair, a celebration is expected, reflecting her quiet but valued presence within the Firm.”<\/p>\n

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Despite not being a full-time working royal, Beatrice has taken on more responsibilities over the years and continues to offer support when called upon \u2014 all while maintaining a separate career as a strategist at tech company Afiniti.<\/p>\n

Her ability to balance royal duties with her professional life has even led some commentators to describe her as a “secret weapon” for the Firm. Yet Harrold believes that Prince William<\/a> will refrain from granting her a more official royal role for two key reasons.<\/p>\n

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“Beatrice has her own career, so I don’t see William making her a senior member of the working royals,” he explained.<\/p>\n

“They pull ranks when they need the support, and she’s been known to step up. But she has a job and does her own thing. She’s still such a valued member of the family.”<\/p>\n

Harold also praised Beatrice for her diplomatic handling of royal tensions \u2014 particularly between Prince William and Prince Harry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“She gets on with William, as well as Harry,” Harrold added.<\/p>\n

\"PrincePrince William, Prince of Wales and Princess Beatrice of York(Image: WireImage)<\/p>\n

“I think she’s been very diplomatic with the brothers and their feud. She’ll have been careful to maintain a relationship with both.”<\/p>\n

As for her birthday, Harrold anticipates a modest yet meaningful celebration.<\/p>\n

“I don’t see any big celebrations, as it’s not a major birthday,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I think Beatrice will go for a quiet and private affair with best wishes from the whole family, and a nice gift from King Charles. He doesn’t tend to give money, so I imagine he would give Beatrice a piece of jewellery.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Beatrice may be a quietly influential royal, but she\u2019s unlikely to ever become a senior working royal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,983,120,20044,223,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-52957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-prince-harry","tag-prince-william","tag-princess-beatrice","tag-royal-family","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}