Queen Camillais reportedly at the centre of a push inside Buckingham Palace to sideline the York branch of the Royal Family, with one report claiming she is 'leading the anti-York faction' alongside Prince William and pressing forPrincess Beatrice and Princess Eugenieto stop using their titles.
Tensions around the Yorks have lingered for years, driven largely byPrince Andrew's fall from gracefollowing his association with Jeffrey Epstein. While Beatrice and Eugenie have not been accused of wrongdoing, their closeness to their father has continued to create difficulties for the Palace. The latest claims suggest senior royals are now weighing not just Andrew's future, but the wider place of his daughters within public royal life.
According to theMailon Sunday, Queen Camilla has become 'instrumental' in urging King Charles to take firmer action against his younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, over the Epstein scandal. The report, which cited an unnamed source, claimed the Queen initially 'took a back seat on the scandal for quite a while out of deference to the King's familial loyalties and to his health'.
The same source said her approach changed as the King's health improved. 'But as the King's health has improved, she was instrumental in pushing him to act,' the insider said.
In that version of events, Camilla is presented not simply as a supportive spouse but as an active force behind a tougher Palace line. The report claims she now believes the entire York branch should be pushed further from the centre of royal life and that Beatrice and Eugenie should give up using their titles voluntarily.
None of this has been confirmed by Buckingham Palace. There has been no official statement about changing the line of succession or altering how the York sisters are styled, and the claims rely entirely on anonymous briefings. For now, they remain unverified.
Even so, the suggestion that Camilla is 'leading the anti-York faction' has gained traction because some recent public moments have been interpreted as fitting that narrative.
One of those moments is the Palace handling ofPrincess Eugenie's third pregnancy announcement. When Buckingham Palace shared the news, the statement said the King was 'delighted' but made no mention of Queen Camilla's reaction.
On its own, that omission may mean very little. Palace statements are often brief and formulaic. But against the backdrop of claims that Camilla wants greater distance from the Yorks, some observers have read it as a subtle sign of frostiness.
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Source: International Business Times UK
