{"id":2307166,"date":"2026-03-01T23:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2307166"},"modified":"2026-03-01T23:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:06:16","slug":"princess-beatrice-and-princess-eugenie-banned-from-royal-ascot-amid-epstein-fallout-blindsided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/princess-beatrice-and-princess-eugenie-banned-from-royal-ascot-amid-epstein-fallout-blindsided\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie Banned From Royal Ascot Amid Epstein Fallout: \u2018Blindsided\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:1242px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Whatling \/ MEGA; Europa Press \/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Two familiar faces will be missing from the Royal Box at the high profile Royal Ascot horse race in June. <strong>Princess Beatrice<\/strong> and <strong>Princess Eugenie<\/strong> \u201chave been told they can\u2019t be there this year,\u201d a source revealed to the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-15602593\/Palace-bans-Beatrice-Eugenie-Ascot-royal-events.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Daily Mail;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The decision comes after their father, <strong>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor,<\/strong> was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office stemming from his friendship with registered sex offender<strong>\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>. And according to the\u00a0<em>Mail<\/em>, concerns remain about the sisters\u2019 own ties to Epstein, namely their financial ones.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:1242px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;News Licensing \/ MEGA&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"924\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/p0OHNwp9pyGSTFANu_G3bg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD05MjQ-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/national_enquirer_328\/1f6fb0566421e36532b06a54eca70205\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">News Licensing \/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In light of this, their cousin <strong>Prince William<\/strong> has reportedly advised other royal family members not to be seen with the girls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAscot would be out of the question because the royals have been told they can\u2019t have pictures with the girls for the rest of the year,\u201d said a source. Presumably, this will mean Eugenie, 35, and Beatrice, 37, will be barred from other royal events as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeatrice has taken it the hardest. She\u2019s been completely blindsided by all of this,\u201d a source told the\u00a0<em>Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:1242px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;WP#DSDP\/WP#JRAK\/ZOB\/ZDF\/WENN\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"876\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/3pAik_kHlxy_2ipjuzJrIQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04NzY-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/national_enquirer_328\/928d1f34896fa1b62ad171e5076cc868\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">WP#DSDP\/WP#JRAK\/ZOB\/ZDF\/WENN\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The paper reports that their other cousin <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> has reached out to show his support during their time of need. \u201cHarry has communicated with the girls, saying something along the lines of, \u2018He knows what it\u2019s like to be at the wrong end of the institution,\u2019\u201d said a source, who noted that he extended them an invite to the Montecito, California home he shares with <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s said there\u2019s an open invite, especially for Beatrice, if she ever wants one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This story <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\/princess-beatrice-and-princess-eugenie-banned-from-royal-ascot-amid-epstein-fallout-blindsided\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie Banned From Royal Ascot Amid Epstein Fallout: \u2018Blindsided\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie Banned From Royal Ascot Amid Epstein Fallout: \u2018Blindsided\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:National Enquirer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><i>National Enquirer<\/i><\/a>. Add <i>National Enquirer<\/i> as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=nationalenquirer.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Whatling \/ MEGA; Europa Press \/ MEGA Two familiar faces will be missing from the Royal Box at the high profile Royal Ascot horse race in June. Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie \u201chave been told they can\u2019t be there this year,\u201d a source revealed to the Daily Mail. The decision comes after their father, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2307167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[403835,349239,22942,362380,322006,22730,23068,26598,22770,438957,425618,446859],"class_list":["post-2307166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","tag-daily-mail","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-mega","tag-national-enquirer","tag-prince-harry","tag-prince-william","tag-princess-beatrice","tag-princess-eugenie","tag-registered-sex-offender","tag-royal-ascot","tag-royal-box"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Princess-Beatrice-and-Princess-Eugenie-Banned-From-Royal-Ascot-Amid.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2307168,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307166\/revisions\/2307168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2307167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}