Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice suffer blow to popularity as royal status hangs in the balance

In 2022, Eugenie and Beatrice had a 31 and a 28 per cent approval rating respectively, according to a YouGov poll.

However, the royal sisters have dropped down to 30 and 25 per cent by the end of 2023.

This has put Eugenie in 10th place and Beatrice in 11th place for the most popular royals of 2023.

Royals ranked below the York Princesses include Prince Harry with a 24 percent approval rating, Meghan Markle with a 23 percent approval rating, and Prince Andrew with a nine percent approval rating.

King Charles has fewer working royals in his reign than his late mother Queen Elizabeth II had.

In 2019, the Duke of York stepped down from his duties, followed by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in January 2020.

This led some fans to believe that the King would enlist his nieces Beatrice and Eugenie as working royals to more evenly distribute the workload among his family.

However, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams previously told GB News that the possibility of the princesses becoming working royals was "unlikely".

He added: "Certainly for the moment, it's unlikely that they would be asked to do more.

"It's simply a matter of gauging public opinion.

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"The Palace is reviewing the patronages and we'll have to wait for that review before we know anything.

"It just seems unlikely there's going to be a change for the time being."

Princess Eugenie married Jack Brooksbank in 2018, followed by Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in 2020.

The Mapelli Mozzis welcomed their daughter Sienna in 2021, while the Brooksbanks have two children, August, two, and a seven-month-old baby Ernest.