Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice will want things to change for their father, an expert says (Image: Getty)
and will be “desperate” for ‘s life to change, a royal expert has said.
Arthur Edwards said the princesses will still love their father because he has been “very kind” and “good” to them. The royal expert added there would be “no reason” why Beatrice and Eugenie wouldn’t love the Duke of York.
It comes as Andrew has faced intense public scrutiny over and , who is an alleged spy banned from entering the UK. Mr Tengbo denies the allegation.
Mr Edwards told ‘s Royal Exclusive Show: “[Beatrice and Eugenie] would probably be like Sarah Ferguson, his ex-wife – probably desperate for him to have a change in his life, but it’s not going to happen.”
He went on to praise as a “good” father, but advised the prince to avoid further scandals and pursue a “quiet life”.
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Prince Andrew has largely withdrawn from public life amid intense scrutiny (Image: Getty)
Beatrice and are understood to have been at pains to boost their father’s spirits, including by visiting the Duke at his Royal Lodge home with their children.
A source told magazine in November that the royal siblings felt “quite protective” towards Andrew and had been spending more time with him.
Andrew has been largely absent from public life after he was removed from official royal duties in the wake of the Epstein scandal and a civil lawsuit in the United States brought by Virginia Giuffre, who said she survived sex trafficking and abuse by Epstein and alleged Andrew sexually assaulted her when she was under 18.
The Duke has strenuously and repeatedly denied the allegations and maintains he never met Ms Giuffre, with whom . The deal was not an admission of liability on ‘s part.
appeared at the funerals of his mother and father, and Prince Philip, and .
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Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie have rallied to their father’s side, sources say (Image: Getty)
Mr Edwards told The Sun that Andrew’s interview with Maitlis, during which he denied knowledge of Ms Giuffre, was “an absolute disaster” for him and the Windsors. He added has had no choice but to cast his brother aside.
Andrew’s situation has sparked fevered speculation as to how he is able to sustain his royal lifestyle and continue to live at Royal Lodge.
A friend of , told Channel 5 .
Richard Kay told the broadcaster: “We kind of think that the Queen must have left Andrew something. I suspect it was done long before she died, knowing, as she neared the end of her life, that Andrew was going to be a problem going forward, but we simply don’t know.
“Andrew, you must remember, was, it’s always said, her favourite son.”