{"id":323620,"date":"2026-03-11T05:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/323620\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T05:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:43:07","slug":"princesses-beatrice-and-eugenie-should-stay-away-from-royal-events-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/323620\/","title":{"rendered":"Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie should stay away from royal events: experts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Messages from June 2011 between the former prince and financier Jonathan Rowland, son of magnate David Rowland, show that Andrew was also reportedly due to receive a payment of \u00a3300,000 ($679,000).<\/p>\n

The Sun reported MPs are now demanding to know whether the payments were made.<\/p>\n

\"PrincessPrincess Beatrice, Sarah Ferguson and Princess Eugenie in 2007. Photo \/ Ferdaus Shamim, WireImage) <\/p>\n

A source close to the princesses told People the sisters wish to \u201chold on to their royal status\u201d, despite the scandals, saying the titles are \u201ctheir identity\u201d.<\/p>\n

Though not working royals – Beatrice works in IT while Eugenie manages an art gallery – their \u201ceconomic prospects depend on remaining within the royal family\u201d, royal biographer Andrew Lownie told People.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir jobs in client relations are based on being princesses\u201c, he said.<\/p>\n

This week Princess Eugenie resigned as patron of Anti-Slavery International <\/a>amid the controversy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that she continues to work to end slavery for good and deliver freedom for everyone,\u201d the organisation said in a statement to The Observer.<\/p>\n

People also reported concerns had been raised with the UK Charity Commission about Eugenie\u2019s own organisation, the Anti-Slavery Collective.<\/p>\n

The charity allegedly spent \u00a3191,537 ($435,000) on salaries last year, nearly double the \u00a397,206 ($220,700) it spent on charitable activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no denying that questions are now being asked about whether Beatrice and Eugenie ever queried where the family\u2019s money and lavish lifestyle came from,\u201d Bond said.<\/p>\n

Emails released by the United States Department of Justice revealed the princesses\u2019 mother, Sarah Ferguson, took them to visit Epstein<\/a> five days after he was released from prison following a conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo-one is suggesting they did anything wrong, but are they slightly tainted by the behaviour of their parents?\u201d Bond added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Messages from June 2011 between the former prince and financier Jonathan Rowland, son of magnate David Rowland, show…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[95,20133,4995,87264,3470,3072,156,110345,3685,5658,2109,71,3273,111,139,69,110344,9855,5659,3271,2069,157453,138922],"class_list":{"0":"post-323620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-and","9":"tag-attention","10":"tag-away","11":"tag-beatrice","12":"tag-clear","13":"tag-drawing","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-eugenie","16":"tag-events","17":"tag-experts","18":"tag-family","19":"tag-from","20":"tag-future","21":"tag-new-zealand","22":"tag-newzealand","23":"tag-nz","24":"tag-princesses","25":"tag-royal","26":"tag-say","27":"tag-should","28":"tag-stay","29":"tag-steer","30":"tag-unwanted"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}