The thin thread that until now has united Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York with the British royal family after learning more details about their parents’ close relationship with the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein could be about to become invisible. If when the late Andrés Mountbatten-Windsor had already lost all his titles, and public support, the two sisters attended the royal Christmas at Sandringham last December, in which their parents were neither present nor expected, four months later the situation seems to have changed quite a bit. According to what the British press published this Monday, March 30, the daughters of former Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson will not attend the next family reunion: the traditional religious service held every Easter Sunday in St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, to which the kings have already confirmed attendance. Easter is traditionally one of the highlights of the royal calendar and offers the opportunity to see members of the extended family (the Princes of Wales are scheduled to attend this year).
Although both have regularly attended this event, recent events have led them to withdraw from the public eye, and this decision seems to align with this. His father was arrested on his 66th birthday at his new residence in Norfolk and held for 10 hours at the police station, and is now being investigated for a case of inappropriate conduct in public office. His mother has lost all her ties with boards and charities, and for months the press has been unaware of her whereabouts.
According to the British press, the nieces of Charles III have been gradually withdrawing from public life until reaching this moment, in which they have preferred, as explained by the Daily Mail“make alternative plans for this Holy Week.” According to the media, a decision that they have made with the agreement and understanding of the king. According to close sources collected by the Daily Mail“they will be seen” at future family celebrations, although the same media published at the end of last February that they will not be present at Royal Ascot either. A revelation that took place shortly before Eugenia of York, the youngest of the sisters, left her position as patron of an anti-slavery NGO.
The former prince and Sarah Ferguson did attend last year’s Easter Sunday service along with other members of the royal family, including King Charles and Queen Camilla. On this occasion, after the publication last January of new documents with more embarrassing photos and emails exchanged with the millionaire pedophile about a 26-year-old Russian girl, Andrés Mountbatten-Windsor will not make an appearance.
Until now, the sisters had managed to escape the long shadow of shame that haunts their parents thanks to the support of their uncle, with whom they paraded on December 25, along with other relatives, in the traditional Christmas procession to the chapel of Santa María Magdalena. On that occasion – the last time she met the royal family – Princess Beatrice was accompanied by her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, while Princess Eugenie was accompanied by her husband, Jack Brooksbank. But this was not just another photo, but rather a declaration of public distancing from his parents.
So far, neither she nor her sister have commented on the investigation that has affected them, but international media indicate that Eugenia’s departure from the Anti-Slavery International charity organization, the oldest in the world, could have been a movement related to the Epstein case. Despite him, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie continue to have second homes in King Charles’s palaces thanks to a “rental agreement” agreed upon by their father, although they are not considered active members of the royal family. While Beatriz has an apartment in St. James’s Palace, Eugenia owns Ivy Cottage, a three-bedroom property in Kensington Palace, which apparently serves as her refuge for the half of the year when she is not living in Portugal.
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