PRINCE ANDREW has released an official statement through Buckingham Palace clarifying recent rumours that he and his older brother, Prince Charles, are at odds over the careers of Princesses Beatrice and Eugene.He also dismissed tabloid musings that he wants to improve his daughters' status by securing Earldom titles for their future husbands.

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"Over the past few weeks a number of stories have been run in various newspapers that have no basis of fact and the most recent, relating to my daughters, requires correction to terminate further speculation and innuendo," began the Prince's statement, which went on to outline that he has not requested titles for his daughters' future husbands and there has been no disagreement between him and his brother about how involved they are with the royal family.

"As a father, my wish for my daughters is for them to be modern working young women, who happen to be Members of the Royal Family, and I am delighted to see them building their careers," Prince Andrew's statement continued, concluding:"Whilst I appreciate, as granddaughters of the Queen, there is considerable interest in my daughters, I cannot continue to stand by and have the media speculate on their futures based on my purported interventions, which are completely made up and an invention."

Princess Beatrice and Eugene

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It is the second time in the last month that the Royal Family has made the unusual decision of addressing tabloid speculation and coverage.In November, Prince Harry released a strongly worded statement through Kensington Palace concerning the "wave of abuse and harassment" that his new girlfriend, Meghan Markle, was being subjected to at the time.

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"He knows that it is unusual to issue a statement like this," read Prince Harry's statement, "but hopes that fair-minded people will understand why he has felt it necessary to speak publicly."

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