Eugenie’s little boy will not receive a royal title

Princess Eugenie’s grandson will not have an official royal title or role.

Friends say the Queen’s granddaughter has decided to focus on motherhood and her career rather than taking on royal duties in the future, and wishes the same for her child.

Her son with husband Jack Brooksbank, born Tuesday and 11th to the throne, has yet to be named.

The Queen could bestow a title on her ninth great-grandchild if she wishes, but it will not be requested, sources say.

Last year there was speculation that Eugenie, 30, director of an art gallery in London, and her sister, Princess Beatrice, 32, who works for a tech start-up, would be invited to assume more functions after the departure of the duke. and the Duchess of Sussex from frontline royal life.

But sources said the two Princesses, while happy to support the Queen when needed at receptions or official services, have a very different outlook.

Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi last year and is the stepmother of her four-year-old son ‘Wolfie’.

A family friend said the two women were shaken by the negative media attention their father Prince Andrew received over the Epstein scandal and were keen to keep their own family out of public view.

The prince fought for a long time for them to be recognized as members of the royal family, but it seems his daughters dissuaded him.

“ Eugenie is adamant that she wants to keep her child out of the limelight as much as possible, ” the source said.

“ Yes, she will always work with charities close to her heart, like the Scoliosis Association, but she will not take over the bosses left behind by Harry and Meghan, and she will not replace them at public events. “.

The source added that the Yorks have also “ resigned ” themselves to being relegated to the fringes of official royal family life.

The source said: ‘This is a very difficult situation and the girls will continue to support the charities they care about and do an amazing job for them, but it will be the scale of the situation. ”

Neither Eugenie nor her older sister are supported by public funds or receive police protection, except during occasional public engagements.

They accompany the Queen and other members of the Royal Family to certain official functions, such as large receptions at Buckingham Palace or garden parties, but that will be the extent of their tenure in the future.

Another source compared the situation to that of the Queen’s cousin Prince Michael of Kent and his wife Marie Christine, who also receive no public funding.

They have no formal patronage associated with Buckingham Palace, but the couple, on occasion, ‘make up the numbers’ on request.

Another source described Eugenie and her sister as ‘pretty young women’ who could be an asset to the royal family, but agreed that the public hardly had an appetite for a ‘bloated’ monarchy.