The Duchess of Scandal... who is now plain old Sarah: Fergie's humiliating downfall as King makes moves to 'protect' her daughters.
King Charles has vowed to protect Beatrice and Eugenie as their mother Sarah Ferguson faces life without her Duchess of York title.
Sarah agreed not to use it after ex-husband Prince Andrew last night relinquished his Duke title in the ongoing fall out of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Now amid the controversy, His Majesty, is said to be very keen to 'protect' nieces Princess Beatrice, 37, and Princess Eugenie, 35, who remain Her Royal Highnesses as granddaughters of Queen Elizabeth.
'He wouldn't have wanted to sign off on anything that would impact them,' a source told the Daily Mail.
If their father's titles had been removed instead of being 'in abeyance', theirs too would have been affected, and Charles was keen to avoid this as he holds them 'in high regard and affection'.
Indeed, fears have previously been expressed for the two princesses amid their parents' scandals. They are said to have been 'utterly mortified' reading lurid headlines. Just this week Eugenie failed to post a happy birthday message for her mother Sarah who turned 66 on Wednesday.
Both York girls have remained steadfastly silent for most of the past decade, ever since allegations were first made about Andrew's links to Epstein in 2015.
They have also been left in a 'difficult' position this Christmas after their parents were told they were not welcome to join the King and Queen and other royals at Sandringham.
Beatrice lives with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, stepson Wolfie, eight, and their daughters, Sienna, three, and Athena, nine months.
While Eugenie lives in Portugal with husband Jack Brooksbank and their two children, August, four, and Ernest, two.
Meanwhile, Sarah and Andrew, 65, will both remain resident at Windsor's Royal Lodge. The King has acknowledged that he cannot legally force Andrew out and he will continue to remain there so long as he can afford the rent.
In Andrew's announcement last night, he confirmed he would no longer be known as the Duke of York and was stepping down from his position as Knight Grand Cross and his membership of the Order of the Garter.
It is understood there was a sense of relief at Buckingham Palace that the King's brother had finally 'fallen on his sword' after years of pressure to keep a low profile
His Majesty is said to feel 'glad' at the outcome. However, for Andrew it could not be more embarrassing.
The York title was perhaps late Queen Elizabeth II's most significant gift to Prince Andrew and Sarah.
It was once a name tied to the Queen's beloved grandfather, George V, as well as her parents, George VI and Queen Elizabeth before they ascended the throne, and at the time of her birth she was even known as Princess Elizabeth of York.
But, over four decades later, the title has been marred by controversy after Andrew's 'close' relationship with paedophile financier Epstein was brought to light.
Andrew continues to deny allegations of sexual assault made against him by the late Virginia Giuffre, who he met through through the sex offender, in a statement issued by the palace.
But he hasn't been the only York steeped in controversy, with a bombshell email recently obtained by the Mail On Sunday revealing how his ex-wife Fergie cynically lied when she publicly disowned the vile billionaire.
It was just weeks after her public statement that she wrote him a gushing private message, describing disgraced Epstein as a 'steadfast, generous and supreme friend' – confessing she only distanced herself from him to save her own reputation.
Now, the former Duchess of York will be known as plain Sarah Ferguson as her ex-husband, with whom she will continue to live at the 30-bedroom Royal Lodge at Windsor, will remain a prince due to being the son of the late Queen.
Just weeks ago, Sarah was dropped by seven charities after 'humbly apologising' to paedophile Epstein after disavowing him amid his conviction for child sexual abuse offences.
The bombshell leaked email shows Sarah wrote to the convicted sex offender to 'humbly apologise' in 2011 just weeks after telling the press she had cut all ties with him.
In an earlier interview that year, she described her involvement with Epstein, who had served time for soliciting prostitution from a minor, as a 'gigantic error of judgment'.
The organisations who have since cut ties with the Duchess includethe Teenage Cancer Trust, which she had backed since 1990, the British Heart Foundation, children's hospice charity Julia's House and Prevent Breast Cancer.
A spokesperson for Sarah said the email was sent to counter an aggressive threat Epstein had made to sue her for defamation.
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