Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s a sad and cruel blow for the sisters, who until now have considered the horse racing event in June \u2013 a favourite of their grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth II \u2013 a basic normality of their existence. This was the place where the \u201cblood princesses\u201d could not only show their support for the wider family, but also show off some wild and wacky headgear too.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s over. No longer will they join senior royals in the royal procession in fancy carriages or take their seats in the royal box. In a situation described succinctly by friends of the princesses as a \u201cnever-ending sh** show\u201d regarding their parents, this latest move has \u201cblindsided\u201d them, according to the Mail on Sunday<\/em>. And it doesn\u2019t stop at a day at the races either. They are not invited to any other royal events for the \u201cforeseeable future\u201d. How much worse can it get?<\/p>\nWith millions of Epstein files still awaiting release, the answer to that question suggests, probably a lot worse. And the sisters will be left to pick up the pieces of the shattered lives left in their wake.<\/p>\n
Whatever their father may deserve, it can\u2019t have been much fun watching him being dragged by the police on suspicion of misconduct in public office. While the rest of the world may have revelled in the humiliation of the former prince as he was held at Aylsham Police Investigation Centre in Norfolk for 11 hours, the girls will have been left trying to explain it to his grandchildren. <\/p>\n
And now, thanks to their father\u2019s public disgrace, Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, 35, have been cast out in the cold even further than they could ever have imagined possible. Prince William reportedly already warned royals not to be photographed anywhere near them for the \u201crest of the year\u201d.<\/p>\n
The only royal left in a possibly worse position is Prince Harry, who, of course, understands exactly how it feels to be persona non grata, and is rumoured to have offered his cousins a listening ear and a safe refuge at his Montecito home with his wife, Meghan, in California. This is the most intense family cooling-off session imaginable \u2013 and it must be blowing their minds.<\/p>\n
The sisters have their own, no doubt complicated, relationship with both their father and mother. They will need to make sense of any remaining sinew of loyalty to their disgraced parents, while disentangling themselves from the increasing horror of the situation.<\/p>\n
My heart goes out to them \u2013 and yes, I feel huge sympathy for their plight. I never thought I\u2019d say that, or care so much, but the fact that Beatrice and Eugenie, like me, have young children and are mums makes the shame and rumours swirling around family dysfunction and wrongdoing far worse.<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>The York brand is tarnished \u2013 and there is no escape for Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie (PA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nHow will they broach the ins and outs of their family madness with Beatrice\u2019s daughters, Sienna, four, and Athena, one, as well as her nine-year-old stepson Edoardo, and Eugenie\u2019s sons, August, five, and Ernest, two? How do you explain that they won\u2019t see parts of their wider family in public anymore \u2013 unless it\u2019s under the cover of darkness? It\u2019s one thing to reconcile their own egos and vanity with not being part of the royal \u201cshow\u201d anymore, but how do you explain this new \u201ckeep out of the way\u201d lifestyle to their children?<\/p>\n
While they are living this public reality, I know how painful it can be to feel like an outcast in an extended family. I became estranged from mine after a spat over my late dad\u2019s will \u2013 and the toxic fallout had started years earlier when I was his sole carer. I also have to explain a milder version of this to my children every Christmas and at birthdays \u2013 and the sadness I feel about it is crushing.<\/p>\n
They will feel like they are dragging their own families into a drama that is not of their making. Known to be polite and thoughtful, the York sisters have had to cope with the chaos their parents have brought since they were small.<\/p>\n
On the surface, it might all look like pretty dresses and tea parties at the palace, but the girls have endured a life marked by divorce, lewd public headlines, and a father known for his arrogant demeanour, alongside a grift-prone mother all their lives. <\/p>\n
Despite Sarah calling herself and Andrew the \u201chappiest divorced couple in the world\u201d after separating and divorcing in 1996, it was clearly never the full picture. A childhood with a desperate, needy mother must have taken its toll on Beatrice and Eugenie. While Fergie would happily refer to herself and her girls as \u201cThe Tripod\u201d, it hints that her daughters were propping her up instead of being parented properly.<\/p>\n
This might explain their own bad judgements. It has been reported that Beatrice helped advise her mother on how to get back into Epstein\u2019s good books, and that she also encouraged her father to take part in the catastrophic Newsnight<\/em> interview in 2019. There are fears that the princesses may have had indirect financial links to Epstein. Anything feels possible with Sarah and Andrew at the helm.<\/p>\nYou only have to look at the family photo of the Yorks at Beatrice\u2019s 18th birthday party at Royal Lodge in Windsor in 2006 \u2013 which Jeffrey Epstein attended \u2013 to realise how surreal their world was. Sarah, Beatrice and Eugenie, dressed in period costumes resembling something from Frozen<\/em>, with Andrew in military attire, looked more like characters on the set of Bridgerton<\/em> than members of a modern royal family.<\/p>\n\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Princess Beatrice excitedly watches the King George V Stakes during Royal Ascot in 2025 (PA Wire)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nNot only have they long been a laughing stock, now they are having to face the reality of seeing their father kneeling on all fours over a female lying on the floor and read how their mum once told Epstein that she was waiting for Eugenie to return from a \u201cshagging weekend\u201d. It just adds to the dysfunction that they have had to endure all their lives. <\/p>\n
The Epstein files revealed their mother told the disgraced financier, \u201cjust marry me\u201d, referred to him as the \u201cbrother I always wished for\u201d, and asked him, \u201cwhen are you going to employ me\u201d. We now know they were reportedly taken to lunch with Epstein in 2009 at his Palm Beach home less than a week after he was released from prison for soliciting a child for prostitution. We also know Andrew sent photos of Beatrice climbing Mount Blanc and Eugenie in a charity bike ride to Epstein in 2010 and 2011.<\/p>\n
Of course, what the girls are going through is nothing compared to the trauma of Epstein\u2019s victims, who recall years of being used and abused and trafficked to some of the most powerful men in the world. But the shame of knowing your father was cosying up with a paedophile and having his sex life sliced and diced by millions is bound to cause deep shame and pain. <\/p>\n
So where do they go from here?<\/p>\n
At one point, Beatrice was rumoured to be preparing to move Sarah into a modest granny annexe at her Cotswolds home after she was reportedly forced out of Royal Lodge. Luckily for Beatrice, that never materialised. Instead, Sarah is believed to have travelled to the French Alps to stay with friends before later taking refuge at the world-renowned \u00a313,000-a-day Paracelsus Recovery Clinic in Zurich, Switzerland, over a month ago.<\/p>\n
How does any child come to terms with such parental betrayal and shame by association? I hope they both have access to strong emotional support and that, in time, they can build happy and stable lives far removed from the current nightmare.<\/p>\n
I truly believe the best thing Beatrice and Eugenie could do is step away from royal life, relinquish the public burden of their titles, and focus fully on raising their families in a calm and stable environment \u2013 something they themselves were rarely afforded. They should devote their lives to meaningful work and ensure there is never even a whisper of hypocrisy in the paths they choose.<\/p>\n
The sisters have survived a childhood defined by chaos, scandal, and parental misjudgements. Now, as mothers themselves, they face the cruel irony of protecting their own families from a world their parents helped to make so incredibly messy. Walking away from the glare of public life may not erase the past, but it will gift them something more precious: the chance to raise their children in calm, stability, and dignity \u2013 and finally live a life that belongs to them alone<\/p>\n
Good luck to them. They\u2019ll need it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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