Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie appear to be divided on how to handle the relationship with their father as more damning images emerge from the Epstein files.
Eugenie has cut all contact from the disgraced ex-Prince Andrew, while Beatrice is still visiting him for father-daughter horse rides together.
But another relationship the Princesses should now be worried about is their relationship with Prince William, our future king.
Editor-at-large Charlotte Griffiths reveals what’s been brewing between Eugenie and William behind the scenes in this week’s Palace Confidential newsletter.
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Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are said to be standing by their mother despite the catastrophic damage her emails to Jeffrey Epstein have caused them.
The sisters have not given up on their father either and are staying ‘loyal to their parents in private while separating themselves in public’, a royal source has said.
‘The Yorks are just about holding it together as a family but this has put new strains on their relationships’, the insider added.
‘The last I heard the daughters were still supporting both parents behind the scenes’.
The sisters are said to be ‘aghast’ and ’embarrassed’ by what the Epstein Files have revealed about their parents’ relationship with such an ‘appalling’ man.
But the Daily Mail’s royal insider said they love their parents, leaving them in a terrible ‘bind’ because Andrew and Fergie have dragged them into Epstein’s world and ‘contaminated’ their own brands.
‘Eugenie, for example, is co-founder of The Anti-Slavery Collective, a charity that campaigns to end modern slavery, which includes sex trafficking. How can she do that without saying anything about Epstein, Virginia Giuffre, and this new case of a woman who claims she was trafficked to have sex with Andrew?’, the source said.
Sarah Ferguson told Jeffrey Epstein she wanted to marry him and took her children to meet him in the US just days after his release from jail for soliciting children for sex, documents published in the US revealed this week.
Fergie, who also discussed her daughters’ love and sex lives with her ‘pillar’ of strength Epstein over email, has not been seen in public since the scandal broke.
As removal trucks still roll into Royal Lodge, the insider said they they had heard that Fergie was still there as recently as a week ago. On Tuesday Andrew was told to leave his 30-bedroom mansion earlier than expected after he was spotted goofing in public.
‘The King wasn’t happy about his brother being photographed laughing and waving at the public in Windsor while there were news stories emerging every few hours about Epstein sending women to Andrew and Fergie fawning on a paedophile’, the insider said.
Andrew is already in Sandringham, while Fergie has gone into hiding and is rumoured to be jetting abroad.
