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(NewsNation) — Prince William is gearing up to become King — sooner, rather than later, I’m told — and his vision for the monarchy is going to look very different from his father, King Charles’ reign.

“He will move towards a more European style of monarchy,” royal biographer and historian Andrew Lownie told me. Lownie is the author of “Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.”

Lownie is referring to the monarchies of Spain and Denmark.

In 2023, Queen Margrethe of Denmark removed the prince and princess titles from the children of her youngest son, Joachim.

At the time she said she wanted the children to shape their own lives without the “special considerations of duties” of the royal family.

This followed Felipe, King of Spain, who in 2015, removed the title of princess from his sister Cristina, ahead of a trial in which she stood accused of tax fraud. While Cristina was cleared (her husband was not), her title was never reinstated. 

“William is a lot more family focused,” Lownie said. “
He doesn’t work before 10 in the morning and stops work by 4 in the evening and takes very few trips abroad. Everyone needs to come to terms with the fact that, you know, (the royal family) is not going to be able to open every supermarket available. 

The fewer the titles also means there is less of a chance for a degenerate like Prince Andrew (now called Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor) to slip through.

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will lose their titles

Which means, as I previously reported, Harry and Meghan will lose their titles… as well as Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

It has been widely reported that Andrew agreed to have his titles removed and to leave Royal Lodge in exchange for his daughters retaining their titles… but that deal was done with King Charles.

“William is very concerned about (Beatrice and Eugenie) and their connections with the various people in the Middle East,” Lownie said. Beatrice, who has a career in business, spent this fall traversing the area attending events in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Eugenie joined her in Doha and Abu Dhabi. 

According to OK Magazine, Andrew “opened plenty of doors for his daughters in the Middle East,” introducing them to influential figures, some of whom caused concern behind the scenes.” While sources insist the sisters have “good intentions,” the associations have been difficult to shake — especially as older financial controversies continue to resurface, including the $1 million payment tied to Beatrice’s wedding in 2020 and large transfers allegedly linked to Eugenie and Sarah Ferguson. 

The girls have also reportedly refused accounting help from the Palace in its efforts to show greater transparency.

But while King Charles feels responsible for his nieces, according to GB News, he is cracking down on non-working royals using royal residences as “subsidized accommodation” and has made it clear that properties will be let at commercial rates going forward. 

Beatrice has a residence in St James’s Palace, while Eugenie uses a cottage in Kensington Palace as her UK base.

Royal residences were ‘being run like a hotel’

The king expressed frustration to confidants that royal residences were “being run like a hotel, and not a very good one.”

And while that news was welcomed by William, the Prince was aghast at Charles’ decision to name Beatrice as a patron of Outward Bound just days after her father gave up his title.

”They need to go away,” Lownie told me. “There are some more scandals to come (regarding the York family). William wants to nip it all in the bud. With Charles, it’s all too little, and a little too late.”

Will William follow example set by Spain’s King Felipe?

William will likely follow the example set by Spain’s King Felipe, who, at the start of his reign, was Europe’s youngest king and pledged a “renewed monarchy” and greater transparency. Felip reduced the members of the royal family to six: his parents, himself, his wife and their two daughters. His sisters, brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews were left out. In 2015, he removed the title of Duchess of Palma from his sister Cristina.

According to the London Times, “Months before (Felipe’s father) Juan Carlos went into exile, Felipe disinherited himself from his father and cut his €200,000 annual stipend in an apparent attempt to distance the crown from tax evasion and bribery allegations made against him.”

“Felipe also, for the first time, published the royal household’s accounts. The total amount that he received last year from the state for the maintenance of the institution and his family was €8,431,150, a paltry sum compared with their British counterparts. The king’s salary was €277,361.76 in 2024, while Queen Letizia received €152,539.92.”