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Sarah Ferguson has been told she has “no choice” but to take a back seat in her daughters’ lives after Princess Eugenie’s pregnancy announcement<\/a>. Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank will welcome their third child this summer, with King Charles<\/a> “delighted” at the news, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The new arrival will be the fifth grandchild of the former Duke and Duchess of York, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> and Sarah Ferguson, after the birth of Princess Beatrice<\/a>‘s daughter Athena Mapelli Mozzi last January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n While the former couple were last seen together at Athena’s christening in December, their involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal<\/a> will likely force them to keep an even lower profile amid heightened attention on their youngest daughter, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams said. He told the Express<\/a>: “This is very happy news and has been welcomed by the King who is known to be extremely fond of his nieces. Sarah Ferguson<\/a> will undoubtedly be delighted. However, as we saw with Andrew when Athena was christened last December, she will have to keep a low profile. He was not included in the Christening photographs and nor was she.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Mr Fitzwilliams added: “There may be possibilities for interviews if she decides to go down that path, but there are no comeback possibilities after recent events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “Taking a backseat isn’t in her nature, but for Eugenie’s sake, she has no choice.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Eugenie announced the news by sharing a photo of her two sons August, five, and Ernest, two, holding a picture of a baby scan on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n