The King’s decision to exile his brother over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal will place a new level of strain on princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and lead to further scrutiny of the women’s own privilege – but it may also present them with a new opportunity in the royal fold, experts believe.

Since they were children, the pair have seen their parents mired in one controversy after another, according to royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams. “It’s been a tsunami of troubles.”

The sisters are used to attention. Being stripped of their state-funded security after the cost of guarding Eugenie during gap-year trips to India, Thailand, the US and South Africa reportedly hit £100,000, is believed to have stoked family tensions back in 2011. New Feature

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