Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice are reportedly set to hold “crisis talks” after their father Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest on Thursday. Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, 35, are said to be “utterly horrified” and “very distressed” after their father’s arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Royal author Ingrid Seward has told the Daily Mail that Beatrice and Eugenie will likely be “doubting everything” in relation to their father over the years.
She told the publication: “All the doubts will have come crashing in – those holidays they had as children, the funds their father put in their bank account, all the lovely things they enjoyed.
“Somewhere in their minds, they’ll be wondering where that money really came from.
“Sadly, they’re going to start doubting everything their father ever told them.”
While it was reported that this was to the extent that Beatrice and Eugenie were no longer talking to Andrew, this is now not believed to be the case.
A friend of the family told HELLO! “The sisters are not abandoning their father. They aren’t turning their backs on him.
“But everything is obviously very strained and hard.”