Princess Beatrice tipped to step up for Princess Kate in big royal shake-up

Princess Beatrice is being tipped to step up for Princess Kate in a big royal shake-up, royal sources have claimed.

Beatrice, 35, is expected to play a more prominent public role for the Royal Family this summer amid the Princess of Wales’s continued absence.

Buckingham Palace is still considering how best to deploy Beatrice, but she is expected to accompany the King to one key event, possibly the Japanese state visit next month.

Kate Middleton and Princess Beatrice

The mother-of-one is a non-working royal and, while the King does not want to change that, he needs help to deal with the current shortage of working royals.

The King has only just returned to light working duties as he continues his cancer treatment, while Kate is recovering at home after her cancer diagnosis.

The royal calendar is full this summer, with events including Trooping the Colour, a state banquet, Garter Day, the 80th D-Day anniversary and several Buckingham Palace garden parties.

But working members of the Royal Family are in short supply.

A source told the Mail the King wants the cast list for such events to include Beatrice as well as occasionally her sister, Princess Eugenie, also a non-working royal.

Princess Beatrice and King Charles

King Charles is thought to be very impressed with Princess Beatrice

Prince Andrew’s elder daughter is said to be looking forward to helping.

She enjoyed assisting her grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, in handing out coins for the 2012 Maundy Thursday service, and that event is the likely template for her participation this summer.

Beatrice attended “by invitation of the Queen”, meaning she was there in a royal capacity while remaining a non-working royal.

The King and Queen will host Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at Buckingham Palace next month.

A source close to the Yorks told the publication: “They’ve got a busy diary coming up and they need to widen the family at social events.

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