Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie could face yet more public fallout as they continue to reel from the scandal surrounding their parents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson. The princesses have kept a low profile since news broke of Andrew’s arrest late last month, following the release of humiliating correspondence between both their parents and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein by the US Department of Justice. Beatrice and Eugenie are “very highly strung and emotional, like their mother”, an insider has told the Daily Mail, and things could still “get a lot worse” for the sisters, including being ostracised by their royal relatives.
While Andrew has denied any wrongdoing in his relationship with Epstein, and it was previously understood that Beatrice and Eugenie’s royal standing would not be impacted by their parents’ controversies, the princesses appear to be retreating from public life, whether on their own terms or someone else’s. Eugenie stepped down from her seven-year role as patron of the Anti-Slavery International charity this month, and both she and Beatrice were notably absent from Cheltenham Festival this week, amid reports they are also not planning to attend the Chelsea Flower Show, Wimbledon Championships or Royal Ascot.
A source told the Mail: “Both girls are very highly strung and emotional, like their mother. Beatrice is trying to come to terms with it matter-of-factly, although can’t help bursting into tears regularly, not for her father but for the implosion of her whole world and, especially, the [royal] family’s cold shoulder.
“Her royal status means more to her than Eugenie.”
They added that growing calls for public scrutiny of the York family’s wealth could heap pressure on King Charles to initiate a “block expulsion” and remove the princesses’ HRH titles, as he did to Andrew and Sarah in the autumn.
Royal biographer Ingrid Seward also said the sisters have been left in a “no win” position. There is no suggestion they were implicated in any of Epstein’s wrongdoing.
“Speaking out [about the scandal] could make things worse for them,” she said. “I’ve now doubt they’ve been advised to lie low and keep out of the way.
“The King was always very fond of his nieces, but at the moment it won’t look good for the monarchy to be supporting them in public.”
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