Beatrice and Eugenie of York, ninth and twelfth respectively in the line of succession to the British throne, were the major absentees at Commonwealth Day celebrations. In what was the largest gathering of royals since the detention of their father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the King of England and the Prince of Wales led the ceremonies that once again highlighted that the royal family intends to distance itself as much as possible from both princesses.
Both are mentioned in multiple instances in Jeffrey Epstein’s documents, together with their mother, Sarah Ferguson. Eugenie and Beatrice not only visited him along with the Duchess of York at his Florida mansion a few days after his release from jail for sexual abuse of a minor. According to an email, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor pressed for his daughters to receive 100,000 pounds in secret payments from a billionaire he was assisting while he served as the United Kingdom’s trade envoy.
Progressively sidelined by Charles III and the heir to the throne, the Prince William, it is taken for granted that Beatrice and Eugenie will not sit in their seats in the royal box at Ascot. The two princesses and their respective husbands will also not be able to join the royal family in the traditional carriage procession during the glamorous horse racing event held every June.
All of this while the United Kingdom government works on the possibility of introducing a law to remove Andrew from the line of succession. According to The Times, no decision has yet been made about whether Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will also be removed. For the moment, according to the Daily Mail, the instructions are to “keep them at a distance.” And Prince William would have even advised the rest of the royals not to appear in photographs with them “for the rest of the year.”
Eugenie of York loses her post as patron of an NGO
Her family’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein have more consequences for the daughters of Andrew and Sarah. An anti-slavery NGO has removed the name of Princess Eugenie from its website. The daughter of the couple is no longer a patron of Anti-Slavery International, the oldest human rights organization in the world.
Sarah Ferguson with her daughters Beatrice and Eugenie.
The NGO, founded in 1839, had previously praised Eugenie’s work “in all areas together with the leaders in the fight against modern slavery.” But now, after seven years of collaboration, her figure has been removed entirely, and the organization has confirmed that “the patronage of Her Royal Highness the Princess Eugenie of York has ended.”
This has been Eugenie’s personal decision, who has not commented on Epstein’s files nor on the accusations against her father. But British media have linked her abrupt departure from the NGO to the Virginia Giuffre case, who accused Charles III’s brother of sexually assaulting her on three occasions.
Sarah Ferguson, Humiliated in the United States
Still at large, Sarah Ferguson, also brought down by her relation with the late pedophile, is once again making headlines for an editorial snub. The former wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has seen all the American publishers she contacted to publish her memoirs reject her. The consensus is that no one wants to allow her “to cash in on the Epstein scandal”, according to the Mail on Sunday.
Fergie had planned to write a “revealing autobiography” for which she hoped to secure a contract of 1.7 million euros. But she has faced unanimous rejection of her project. The Duchess of York is increasingly linked to Jeffrey Epstein. The emails appear to show that he supported her financially for fifteen years and that she even asked him to “marry” her. Her decline in popularity in the United States contrasts with her recent work on NBC’s Today show or when she appeared as a guest on the series Friends.
