Damn! This is brutal.
It’s not just Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah Ferguson who are being shunned from the royal family, now their kids are being cut out, too! According to DailyMail.com sources on Saturday, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are banned from attending upcoming royal events!
The sisters have reportedly already been told they cannot join their family at the Royal Ascot — a horse-racing event — in June or join senior royals in the Royal Procession over the summer. There’s are the only specific events we know they won’t be included in so far, but it sounds like this could extend to lots more family functions! The news is said to have “completely blindsided” them as they continue to process the arrest of their father on suspicion of misconduct in public office last month.
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It was a shocking arrest and just the start of an ongoing and overdue investigation as Andrew and Sarah continue to be scrutinized as more and more insight into their ties to Jeffrey Epstein emerge. An insider shared:
“Beatrice has taken it the hardest. She’s been completely blindsided by all of this.”
It comes as Prince William reportedly told the whole family not to appear in photos with the women “for the rest of the year” as he and Princess Catherine want to keep the girls at an “arm’s length” until details about any possible ties to Epstein are fully explored. Wow. It seems he has to do everything he can to protect his future monarchy.
Beatrice and Eugenie’s names appeared in the Epstein files several times in relation to their parents, who kept a close and very controversial friendship with the sex offender over the years. They were even among the first people to visit him with their mom after he was first released from prison in 2009!
While King Charles III and other family members have seemingly had a soft spot for them in recent years, especially as Andrew’s been increasingly pushed out of the family, it appears that may be over! However, they are getting support for similarly exiled family members Prince Harry and Meghan Markle! The outlet reported there are well-placed rumors claiming Harry offered Beatrice, who is taking this the hardest, permission to use his home as way to escape the crisis, a source pointed out:
“Harry has communicated with the girls, saying something along the lines of, ‘He knows what it’s like to be at the wrong end of the institution.’ He’s said there’s an open invite, especially for Beatrice, if she ever wants one.”
We’re not so sure that will help either of the girls get back into the royals’ good graces! But we’ll see what happens as this investigation continues…
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