{"id":207267,"date":"2025-12-28T05:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T05:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/207267\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T05:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T05:39:09","slug":"prince-edward-appears-protective-of-princess-eugenie-as-duke-steps-away-from-own-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/207267\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Edward appears \u2018protective\u2019 of Princess Eugenie as duke \u2018steps away from own family\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Edward appeared \u201cprotective\u201d of Princess Eugenie as he \u201cstepped away from his family\u201d to greet the princess, according to a body language expert.<\/p>\n

Both Eugenie and Beatrice made an appearance at the Royal Family\u2019s Christmas celebrations at Sandringham this week as their parents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, were not invited to the celebrations after their links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein were thrown into question once more. <\/p>\n

Sources had initially revealed that Beatrice had declined King Charles\u2019s invitation to \u201cavoid embarrassment,\u201d however, both were seen at the celebrations.<\/p>\n

According to body language expert Judi James, the York sisters wanted to send a message of \u201cresilience\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Princess Eugenie was greeted by Prince Edward when she arrived for Christmas celebrations in Sandringham <\/p>\n

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Ms James also suggested that \u201cThe Firm had colluded\u201d in the execution of Beatrice and Eugenie\u2019s public appearance, as the Duke of Edinburgh was spotted stepping away from his own family, to act as a \u201chuman ice-breaker\u201d.<\/p>\n

She also noted: \u201cEugenie arrived with the others, walking at the very heart of the royal group as though cocooned by them to show she was still embraced, protected, and even cherished despite her parents’ forced absence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beatrice did not walk alongside her sister but rather was one of the last to be seen, something that the body language expert did note. <\/p>\n

She said: \u201cDid Beatrice prefer to appear less committed?<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not walk in proudly with her sister? Eugenie has always inherited the late Queen’s capacity for a confident, sustained royal smile, but there were hints Beatrice might not have felt as assured.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Ms James, the body language of the pair suggested the sister wanted to \u201chold their heads up in public\u201d despite the controversy surrounding their parents. <\/p>\n

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Judi James claims the sisters wanted to show “resilience” with their appearance <\/p>\n

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Neither of the sisters stopped to greet members of the public as they walked to St Mary Magdalene church, and made \u201csubtle\u201d behavioural choices to \u201cavoid\u201d conversations about Andrew.<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cEugenie fiddled with the buttons of her coat in an auto-contact barrier ritual that suggested a desire to self-protect, hinting at some fear or worry about the fans’ responses during this more intimate part of the outing,\u201d she told the Mail.<\/p>\n

Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing in regard to his links to Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, but has had his royal titles removed by his brother, King Charles. <\/p>\n

The disgraced former royal has also been handed notice on his 30-room Grade II mansion, Royal Lodge.<\/p>\n

Despite the removal of their parents’ royal titles, the sisters have still retained theirs, and a source has said: \u201cHis Majesty is very fond of them.\u201d <\/p>\n

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King Charles is supportive of the sisters despite their parents, according to a palace source<\/p>\n

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Andrew was photographed at Royal Lodge by himself on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

He cut a solitary figure, driving himself out of the royal estate, wrapped in a scarf and a casual waterproof, in stark contrast to his smartly-dressed daughters and their husbands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Edward appeared \u201cprotective\u201d of Princess Eugenie as he \u201cstepped away from his family\u201d to greet the princess,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46,66957,27980,52388],"class_list":{"0":"post-207267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-prince-edward","13":"tag-princess-eugenie","14":"tag-royal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}