{"id":444986,"date":"2026-02-02T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/444986\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:31:12","slug":"beatrice-and-eugenie-have-different-positions-on-supporting-ex-prince-andrew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/444986\/","title":{"rendered":"Beatrice and Eugenie Have \u201cDifferent Positions\u201d on Supporting Ex-Prince Andrew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past few days, more damning photos and emails have come out regarding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson\u2019s association with Jeffrey Epstein.The continued fallout comes four months after Andrew\u2019s royal titles and privileges were stripped by his brother King Charles in October.His daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are taking two \u201cdifferent positions\u201d when it comes to supporting their father, a royal commentator said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Somehow, four months after <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/prince-andrew-stripped-royal-titles-king-charles-iii-mountbatten-windsor-11840663\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> was stripped of all of his royal titles and privileges in October\u2014the same month that both he and his ex-wife <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/sarah-ferguson-changes-social-media-handle-drops-title-11833951\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Ferguson<\/a> surrendered their Duke and Duchess of York titles\u2014damning information about the former Prince Andrew still continues to emerge, with no real end in sight. The photos of Andrew, the emails between Sarah and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein\u2014as the former couple depart their shared home at Royal Lodge and go on to separate lives, the news somehow continues to get worse about their behavior.\n<\/p>\n<p> Ex-Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson on September 16, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Last month, their elder daughter <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/princess-beatrice-edoardo-mapelli-mozzi-first-appearance-11847744\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Beatrice<\/a> made a show of support for her father by taking her 4-year-old daughter Sienna riding with Andrew at Windsor Castle; she also invited both of her parents to her younger daughter Athena\u2019s christening back in December. But Beatrice\u2019s younger sister <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/princess-beatrice-princess-eugenie-both-leave-uk-amid-prince-andrew-scandal-11839490\" link-destination-recommendation=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Eugenie<\/a> is, according to reports, taking a more distanced approach from Andrew amid the firestorm of scandal surrounding him.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/article\/princess-beatrice-princess-eugenie-different-responses-supporting-andrew-mountbatten-windsor\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tatler<\/a> reported that Eugenie \u201cis said to have cut contact with her father,\u201d and former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond told The Mirror, \u201cIt would seem that the two daughters are taking different positions on supporting their father.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cBeatrice must have known she would very probably be seen out riding with him, so we can take this as an open show of loyalty,\u201d Bond continued, adding, \u201cIt must be incredibly difficult to see your parents so humiliated, isolated, and depressed, and Beatrice, as the older daughter, probably feels a greater responsibility for their well-being.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Per The Mail on Sunday, Eugenie\u2019s distance from her father has reportedly \u201cdevastated\u201d Andrew. It\u2019s all made even more complicated by the fact that Eugenie is the founder of The Anti-Slavery Collective, an organization that works to end sex trafficking.\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Eugenie at Royal Ascot on June 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Andrew is moving to Marsh Farm on the Sandringham estate, and \u201che is resigned to the fact that it is his future,\u201d a source said, per The Mirror. \u201cHe\u2019s come to the conclusion that he has to get on with the rest of his life and accepts he has to make the best of it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> As Bond told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/beatrice-eugenies-loyalty-struggle-over-36638272\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Mirror<\/a>, \u201cBy all accounts, he lives a rather solitary life at Windsor, and an even quieter life beckons at Sandringham.\u201d Bond added of Marsh Farm that \u201cIt won\u2019t be so easy for Beatrice to visit him there\u2014she already has a busy life with her job and her children\u2014so it\u2019s understandable that she is taking the opportunity to see him while he\u2019s still at Royal Lodge. They must feel very conflicted in their loyalties. Trying times for the family.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> A source speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-15473609\/Princess-Eugenie-cut-contact-father-Epstein-scandal.html\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Mail<\/a> added of the sisters that \u201cBeatrice is trying to walk the fine line of not cutting her father off and yet remaining close with the royal family. They aren\u2019t exactly in regular and close contact at the moment, but Eugenie isn\u2019t trying to walk that line. She\u2019s not speaking to him.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Eugenie.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cBeatrice and Eugenie have to really make a tough decision here because they\u2019re so identified with the York unit, and the York unit is toxic,\u201d royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/10\/23\/whats-next-for-beatrice-and-eugenie\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Telegraph<\/a>. \u201cBut it might even go beyond decisions they\u2019re able to personally make now. There\u2019s an element where it\u2019s out of their hands.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie on September 14, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> He added that \u201cwhat they\u2019ve got to try to do is create a public image that differentiates them from their parents, [but] how they do it is far from clear.\u201d Fitzwilliams said that to avoid being \u201csubsumed in a tide of horror,\u201d Beatrice and Eugenie will have to \u201ctry to distance themselves as much as possible.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cIt\u2019s a difficult time for them,\u201d he continued of the sisters. \u201cIt\u2019s deeply distressing, and they must feel it desperately.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the past few days, more damning photos and emails have come out regarding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-444986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}