
After Prince Andrew was forced last week to give up using his royal titles over his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a royal expert has claimed that as many as five other royals could soon face the same fate.
While the Duke of York announced he would “no longer use” his HRH style, he technically remains both a duke and a prince — titles that can only be removed through an act of Parliament. However, according to ITV, Buckingham Palace is reluctant to use parliamentary time to pass such a measure, which would need to clear both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Royal expert Tom Sykes, speaking to The Daily Beast, suggested that Prince William would take a much firmer approach once he becomes king. Sources close to the Prince of Wales reportedly say that he intends to strip Andrew — along with all other non-working royals — of their HRH and princely titles in the early weeks of his reign.
“The dramatic change will be effected by an executive royal order known as letters patent, ratified by Parliament in the early weeks of the reign of King William V,” Sykes said.
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie

Among those likely to be affected are Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, Andrew’s daughters. While neither has been implicated in their father’s scandal, they are not working royals — and that alone could cost them their titles.
Beatrice, 37, works as a strategist for the technology company Afiniti, while her younger sister Eugenie, 35, serves as a director at the Mayfair art gallery Hauser & Wirth. Under William’s modernized monarchy, Sykes claims, both women could lose the right to be called princesses or to use the HRH style.