King Charles’ move to fund Beatrice, Eugenie comes under fire: ‘Is it even yours?’

Reports against King Charles’ nieces, and the reliance they’ve developed on their uncle who is said to be paying their leases on St James Palace and Eugenie’s cottage on the Kensington grounds has sparked some massive backlash.

So much so that the man often dubbed the unofficial biographer of Andrew, royal author and historian Andrew Lownie has come forward.

He spoke to The Mirror about the current anger that this move is sparking, not only because some wonder if the money is truly King Charles’ to use as he wishes, but also because the sisters are non-working royals, yet are seemingly enjoying privileges often awarded to those that are.

He started by saying, “it is extraordinary. The King will say, 'well, I can house my family as I wish'.”

But “I think he just has to be aware of the optics of using this money, which there's a big debate about whether this money belongs to the exchequer or to the family itself,” he added.

But more than anything it also begs a question that many clearly wonder about. That is that “when they're not doing anything, why do they have these perks? Other non-working royals don't have them,” which the author shared as part of his concluding remarks.

For those unversed with the financial details, and what the source of the money was that King Charles used to fund his nieces for these last few years, it is from the Duchy of Lancaster, which he holds “in right of the crown”.