[angela]

What's happening with Beatrice, and I predict Eugenie too very soon, is what those who wanted to remove the girls' Princess titles all those years ago could forsee ie that they wouldn't really be involved in Royal life so the titles might instead become a stick to beat them and, by association, the Monarchy with. They are not doing anything wrong or scandalous but if you are an HRH you are supposed to be that little bit apart from the hoi polloi. That might seem old fashioned but if it is then the whole idea of a Monarchy is old fashioned. Lady Helen Taylor and Lady Gabriella Windsor also attended this event but they didn't appear out of place because people expect less of them than they do a Princess the same as people would expect less of Lady Beatrice Windsor and will also expect less of Lady Louise Windsor. The more one watches Beatrice the more Sophie and Edward seem very forward thinking in respect of there childrens titles. Perhaps Prince Andrew should have thought less about his daughters' drop in status and been more realistic about how their lives were actually going to be and whether them remaining HRH was really going to be to their benefit.