Princess Eugenie Reportedly Has One Royal ‘She Can Confide In’ While Trying to ‘Protect Her Children’

It seems Princess Eugenie is doing what’s best for her kids, and her mental health. Not only are there reports that Eugenie isn’t speaking to her dad, Andrew, and that she and her sister, Princess Beatrice, are banned from the Royal Ascot, but she is relying on her cousin, Prince Harry, amid it all.

“It’s no secret she’s still very close with Harry and Meghan,” an inside source told Star Magazine. “Everyone knows they’ve been trying to get her to work with them for ages. She’s always hesitated because she didn’t want to risk her position with the royals.”

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The sources added that Harry is “one of the few people” that she “feels she can confide in… Naturally, she’s leaning on [him] in a big way through all this. [Harry is] proof that there is life beyond the institution, which she really needs at this moment.”

For those who don’t know, Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank married in 2018 after dating for seven years. They have since welcomed two children named August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, born in Feb 2021, and Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, born in May 2023.

Now, not only is she leaning on Harry amid the changes, but she’s also making so many changes to “protect her children.”

Star previously reported: “Eugenie is in crisis mode. All she wants to do right now is protect her children from this hideous situation which does have her looking at her options.”

And this isn’t the first time Eugenie and Harry have leaned on each other. They’ve reportedly been closer over the years, even after he and Meghan Markle left the royal family, so this isn’t too shocking to hear for longtime royal fans.

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