Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice could step in to fill Harry and Meghan’s shoes
Now that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have departed for a new life living partially in Canada, there are two vacant roles waiting to be filled in within the royal family.
Royal biographer Robert Lacey, who is the historical consultant for The Crown, thinks Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie will be asked to step in.
"It's quite clear that one of the consequences is that Beatrice and Eugenie will now be brought forward – if they're willing to be brought forward," Lacey told HELLO!.
![Britain's Princess Eugenie (L) and Princess Beatrice leave St George's Chapel in Windsor after the annual Order of the Garter service in Windsor, June 19, 2006. [Their father Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, were formally made Knights of the Garter. ]](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/5TUISquSxgrkOcDR7fPvFw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTgwOQ--/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/SQbSJw7_dyW3c5HWBv7KSA--~B/aD0xODUzO3c9MjIwMDthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/https://s.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/755/618/8/S7556188/slug/l/royals-1.jpg)
![Britain's Prince Andrew (C) and his daughters Princess Eugenie (R) and Princess Beatrice (2nd L) talk to members of the police force assisting with the queues of members of the public waiting to pay their respects at the coffin of the Queen Mother where it lies in state at Westminster Hall in central London, April 7, 2002. [Thousands of people have waited in line to pay their last respects to the Queen Mother who died March 30 aged 101. Her funeral will take place on April 9, after which she will be interred at St George's Chapel in Windsor next to her late husband, King George VI.]](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/YMe6ECU5N3w1ZbZE1iDbxg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY5NQ--/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/K2Qssw.Vfvbx3hqQaDC7fQ--~B/aD0xNDgyO3c9MjA0ODthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/https://s.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/755/619/3/S7556193/slug/l/royals-1.jpg)
![Princess Beatrice attending her first Service of Remembrance is supported by Sophie the Countess of Wessex (R) after fainting during the service at the Cenotaph in central London November 14. [Prince Charles led the national Remembrance service in stead of his mother, The Queen, who is currently on a state visit to Africa.]
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"If two go out, two have got to come in, and those two have got to be Beatrice and Eugenie. I'm sure they will step forward and be greatly welcomed. It's what the family needs as it's another 15 years before Prince George's generation steps up. It's ironic that Harry mentioned his cousins as models of how he wants to be."
