Is the palace trying to ‘retire’ Princess Beatrice as well? It feels like it.

Royal Wedding Alert! Princess Beatrice is engaged to property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi **FILE PHOTOS**

Would you like another example of how Buckingham Palace is staffed by incompetent fools? Here it is: the changing narrative around the York princesses, and the almost-gleeful way Princess Beatrice is being thrown away alongside her father. I’m fine with Prince Andrew being thrown in the trash. He’s a dumpster fire and he deserves to never be heard from again. But last week we heard that the Queen was very particular about Andrew’s daughters, and her fondness for them, and how they needed to be protected/insulated. They were not the ones committing crimes with Jeffrey Epstein, and they weren’t the ones lying their asses off in that BBC interview. But new reporting – coming from sources within the palace – indicates that Beatrice was sitting in on negotiations with the BBC, and so now Bea is “tainted” by Andrew’s lies and stupidity too. The courtiers have just burned a perfectly boring princess for no reason. That being said, Beatrice isn’t helping her case at all – she was seen today in Windsor, leaving her dad’s house.

Prince Andrew’s daughter Princess Beatrice and her fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi visited her under-fire father today – their first visit to his home since he was sacked by the Queen. The Duke of York’s eldest child spent several hours at the Royal Lodge in the grounds of Windsor Castle as it emerged she and her mother played a central role in convincing her father to confront the Epstein scandal in his now career-ending BBC interview.

Beatrice will also have concerns she will be cut out of royal duties like her father as Prince Charles pushes through his plans for a slimmed-down royal family after demanding his mother retired Andrew at 59. There are also growing calls for Beatrice and Edoardo’s wedding to be pared back and any costs to the taxpayer kept to a minimum or stopped completely after Andrew’s extraordinary fall from grace.

Despite her father’s woes the princess was pictured smiling and laughing as she left the grace-and-favour home with Edo this afternoon – but privately a source close the Beatrice said she had been ‘in tears every day’.

It came as Prince Charles started his journey back to Britain to face his beleaguered brother after his nine-day royal tour 10,000 miles ended today where he is expected to ‘read him the riot act’. Furious Charles is also ready to inform him that he and Prince William want to ban him from royal duties for life because of the damage he has done to the monarchy.

[From The Daily Mail]

First of all, I can’t help but think all the time now about how dumb all of these people are. Andrew is clearly an absolute moron, as is Sarah Ferguson and probably Beatrice too. But the palace courtiers are profoundly stupid too – it’s like the blind leading the blind, and the shifting narratives around this entire catastrophe are not helping anyone involved. If Beatrice had an ounce of sense, she would avoid her father completely for as long as possible. She should also postpone the wedding – the date hasn’t been set and the invitations haven’t gone out, so it wouldn’t be that hard. Then I would suggest that each and every royal issue their own statement, in their own voice, wherein they completely disavow Andrew. And that’s just what should happen TODAY. Nevermind the longer-term plan.

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Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi arrive at Annabels in London

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  1. Rapunzel says:

    IDK if this the palace trying to retire her. It seems to me this could be her incompetent daddy and mummy throwing her under the bus. Which could be why she visited him.

    • Lori says:

      100% this.

    • Zapp Brannigan says:

      Yep, Mommy and Daddy have exposed both daughters to vile men, both girls holidayed at Epstein’s island, traveled on the Lolita express, partied in Cannes with them and Beatrice had both Epstein and Harvey Weinstein at her 18th birthday bash and then PA used his daughter as an alibi in Pizza Express, Woking to deny abusing a trafficked girl at Tramp nightclub.

      For some reason Andrew has decided the best defense is to push his daughter under the bus for all this, or to place her in the hotseat to plausibly deny that he abused anyone as what kind of father would abuse a young trafficking victim when he own daughter was right there with him, that is the next line of defense, and much like the sweat the Prince Andrew cannot perspire it stinks to high heaven.

    • Megan says:

      She isn’t a working royal so how can they retire her?

      • girl_ninja says:

        Both Beatrice and Eugenie work have been bestowed patronage’s by the queen. They both hold real positions at their respective places of business.

    • Chrome says:

      Beatrice is not a working royal, nor is Eugenie. That was decided years ago. They get no payment from the taxpayer. Occasionally they have helped out with garden parties and accompanied Andrew to a few things. They have their own charitable interests but they are private, just like millions of ordinary people who do charity work.

      • grumpy says:

        They are on boards and acting as patrons for certain organisations. There is no way they would get those jobs if they didn’t use ‘HRH Princess…’ before their name. Their day jobs are invented roles to schmooze people with their titles. They should just give it up, become private untitled citizens and lead better lives.

      • Lorelei says:

        Maybe they mean they don’t want any of the Yorks appearing at royal events anymore, especially on the balcony, etc.?

      • notasugarhere says:

        grumpy, it doesn’t matter if they are on those boards because of their relationship to the Queen. They aren’t acting officially for her, nor do they receive funding.

  2. notasugarhere says:

    ‘Beatrice will also have concerns she will be cut out of royal duties’

    Beatrice does no duties on behalf of the Queen, she is not a working royal, she is not paid out of the Sovereign Grant. She has never had ‘royal duties’ to be cut out of. Anything she or Eugenie do is volunteer.

    • jenner says:

      This ^^.

    • Erinn says:

      That’s what I was thinking… this has always been the case, and the streamlining of the monarchy is only going to pick up more steam once Charles is in charge.

      That said, if she REALLY truly wanted to be a working royal, now would be the time to suck up to Charles. Show that you’re useful. Show that you can take on work despite family drama. Being involved in the ‘okaying’ of the interview isn’t helping her situation.

      • Some chick says:

        Did she or did she not “ok” it? Who knows?!
        She is below him in the Royal Pecking Order. Bea hasn’t got much to lose. I SRSLY hope she’s speaking truth to them.

    • Lwt00 says:

      Exactly.

  3. Eliza says:

    This is 100% the press. They live to hate on the York Princesses. Bea had always been more in the line of fire than Eug due to not being more out and about. Her visit to Daddy this AM, with finance in tow, isn’t going to help the press not attack her more.

  4. Liz version 700 says:

    Typical for the palace. When the men are being jerks… find the nearest woman to blame. If she is American Or biracial bonus points. So much disgusting behavior from that lot. Why is a “non-working” royal advising on palace interviews. No one else can help?

    • Can’tbe says:

      That was what I was thinking blame the woman. I don’t blame Bea for the interview even if she insisted. I’m sure she thought he was innocent, and he should tell his side. It’s her Dad and from all we’ve heard he’s been a good father. I get why she thought that. She probably thought he might sound a bit out of touch privileged, but she probably didn’t think he would sound like he lied. That sometimes happens when you lie.

  5. Eeeeeeetrain says:

    How does she always look like either a one or a ten.

  6. Mumbles says:

    This site has had stories about Beatrice’s fiance and how shady he seems to be (for example the timeline of his previous breakup before saying Beatrice). It will be interesting if he sticks with her through this.

    • minx says:

      I would be very surprised if he stuck with her. I could see a scenario where the engagement is strung out for a time and then he just breaks it off.

      • girl_ninja says:

        If she’s luck. I don’t get a good feeling from him at all.

      • Snappyfish says:

        I have always gotten a Lord Snowden vibe from him. Difference is The Princess Margaret was never in a position to be “down graded” as she was the daughter of a King. Edo has grasping social climber written all over him. The idea of being a part of the British Royal Family was the lure. Not being married to a marginalized shut out princess with a Disgraced disavowed father.

        I see a broken engagement in 3, 2…

    • (TheOG)@Jan90067 says:

      IMO he’s there for contacts and connections, both of which are pretty much tanked now. I don’t see him with her more than another few months. By late spring we will hear of how “they decided to part ways, as best of friends, and ask that you respect their privacy during this difficult time”.

      Any British bookies taking bets yet?

      • Rusted says:

        Putting all my money on Edo’s departure.

      • Megan says:

        Yep, he was in it for the connections and now they are gone. I assume Beatrice will lose her “job” as well.

      • Seri says:

        Just curious, why do you think that he is there for contacts and connections?

      • duchesschicana says:

        I would happily bet against you all if I ccould 😛

      • Mignionette says:

        @Seri he is a property developer – luxury / high end apartments in London and Europe. He very much was using Bea to access not only the Aristo set (of which he is part of) but also the rock and roll set across Europe whom Bea and Eugenie are very well acquainted with.

        I seriously doubt he was madly in love. If I’m honest I don’t think she is either….

    • Charlie says:

      On the other hand, she may get her Italian wedding now.

    • Erinn says:

      I think some of the problem was the wording of the original article. It didn’t seem nearly as sketchy to me as it did to some others, but I think it was based on the wording used.

      Honestly, I think this kind of huge family event tends to either really cause a rift or solidify a relationship. I hope for their sake it’s the second option.

  7. Mel says:

    As reprehensible as Andrew is , he is her Father, she love him, she’s not going to avoid him and shouldn’t be expected to.

    • Tourmaline says:

      Yeah, there is no way she is going to avoid him. And I also don’t get why she needs to postpone her wedding over this. Postpone until when? Andrew will always be under a cloud for this. So maybe it won’t have all the pomp and carriage ride through Windsor of Eugenie’s wedding, but all we’ve heard is that she is desperate to marry this guy and start having babies. She has plenty of friends who will come to her wedding and support it, and if her parents claim they can’t pay for their own daughter’s wedding, maybe they can take out a mortgage on that multimillion dollar Swiss ski chalet. Although I’m sure it won’t come to that, and the Queen is not going to act anything less than supportive of her granddaughter’s wedding.

      • Megan says:

        If they actually get married, I think eloping is their best bet. Can you imagine her sending an invitation to Charles and Camilla? It’s just too messy.

  8. Valiantly Varnished says:

    It may be unfair BUT if she WAS involved in the horrible decision to do that interview…she kinda deserves it.

    • Jadedone says:

      I honestly cant imagine her internal conflict over this situation. I dont know what her relationship with her father was prior to this sh!t but man this must shake you to your core and really make you question your whole life with your father.

      • Tourmaline says:

        I really doubt that she has lost her faith in him, honestly, I think his ex-wife and daughters are completely incapable of imagining he did anything really wrong. They are always staunch and over the top in their praise of him. If anything what she is horrified about is that this Newsnight thing did not need to happen and she played a role in it.

        I’m a little surprised that Eugenie’s name has been kept out of the narrative about who in the Duke’s life advocated for him to do this interview. I wonder if it is because she wants to try to keep more distance from it for the viability of her Anti-Slavery Collective project. I really can’t see who would want Eugenie lecturing to them about human trafficking, other than of course her very posh friends, which I’m sure is the intended audience for the project.

      • A says:

        @Tourmaline, honestly, this is probably the only time I’ll actually defend these people on the grounds that family makes one blind to another’s sins…but that’s absolutely the truth here, isn’t it. I can’t speak for Fergie, she’s a grown woman who was grown when she met Andrew. And the Queen is a parent and my experience has always been that if you have good parents, they will absolutely become your most valuable critics and that’s necessary for a person’s growth.

        But a child has none of those points of view. Growing up, you truly do think of your parents as infallible. And as much as you can shed that idea in your adulthood, there’s always going to be a part of you that fundamentally thinks of them in that way. This doesn’t apply to everyone, obviously, but I do think it explains a great deal about society and people, especially why people try so hard to fight for the approval and love of parents who couldn’t give a sh-t about their children. You don’t want to think of that love your parents have for you as tainted by their follies as human beings. And in spite of everything, I do think from Beatrice’s perspective, Andrew was a good father to her. She is always going to operate off the impression she got as a child. That’s the thing about dealing with your parents as a grown up.

    • Stephanie Hawkins says:

      Stop blaming a woman Beatrice for a mans decision

    • Andrea says:

      If she WAS involved in the interview, she didn’t tell him to say those things! I can imagine coaching my father, but if he acted like an entitled, clueless, out of touch buffoon, that truly isn’t her problem.

    • SKF says:

      She almost certainly believes he is innocent. He’s her doting father. It’s very hard to see someone you love as a person who dies truly awful things. If she convinced him to do the interview, it’s likely because she believes in his innocence and wanted him to face up to the accusations and show the world what she thinks she sees: his innocence. She can hardly be blamed for him being unprepared and for showing his true colours. That’s not on her. Also, I think they did us all a favour by letting us see this. It may have backfired on them; but I’m certainly happy about it. It cut away his options. Good.

    • PrincessK says:

      The York family knew that more revelations were in the pipeline, and knew that they had to do something, and the interview was the only thing they could think of. They knew that there was a strong likelihood that he may have to speak to the FBI at some stage. I also believe that Ghislaine Maxwell is very much part of the overall strategy…lets see.

    • Lady D says:

      They have changed the story recently. It is now being printed that Fergie and Bea did everything they could to talk #pedointhepalace out of doing the interview, but he was adamant and did it over their objections. The article also mentioned a few times that the queen was also at Windsor today. I’m assuming they came up with this story today as a cya move for Beatrice.

  9. BayTampaBay says:

    ” But the palace courtiers are profoundly stupid too – it’s like the blind leading the blind, and the shifting narratives around this entire catastrophe are not helping anyone involved. ”

    I personally believe that anything appearing any British Tabloid (especially The Daily Fail) regarding the York Princesses is just made crap to sell newspapers and generate revenue producing click$.

    I cannot and do not believe that anyone is blaming Beatrice for the criminal activity of her father. If QEII cannot control Andrew, why would anyone believe that Beatrice could control Andrew.

    • duchesschicana says:

      I know right. The Queen. his mom and figurehead of a country cant even ‘control’ him (rwhat makes everyone think his daughter, Beatrice can influence him. Andrew should be blamed for his actions not anyone else

    • Becks1 says:

      So, the more I reread it, the more I think its more about blaming Fergie, not Beatrice. Fergie was out of the country so Beatrice stood in for her, but I think the press is trying to make it clear that this was Fergie’s doing. And honestly, I could see that coming from the palace, especially if Phillip still has any influence at all. Make Fergie take the fall for this disaster and finish her off as a royal adjacent for good.

      Of course, that’s ignoring the reason FOR the disastrous interview, which is everything else Andrew did with Epstein, but I honestly think many in the palace are overlooking THAT part of it.

    • frank says:

      Yes the whole premise of this ‘kick B out’ idea was based on the Daily Lie being true. When have the tabs ever spoken the truth? This is all made-up. Prince William input, Meghan disgust and Beatrice counsel to dad. All lies.

  10. JaneDoesWork says:

    This makes me sad. If Princess Beatrice facilitated in arranging this interview it means that she believed in her father. How disappointing for her to finally see the truth.

    She had already planned for a smaller scale wedding than her sisters but at this point, its going to be completely different than I’m sure she imagined.

    • PrincessK says:

      It is not a question of believing him or not she must have been working on damage limitation for the Yorks. The Royals are not bothered about truth, the main concern is self preservation and the continuity of the monarchy.

  11. Shoop says:

    H n M should just leap off the sinking ship.

  12. AprilMay says:

    Beatrice is not nor has she ever been a working royal. The charity work she does is voluntary done in her own time and expense. I’m sure she’s worried about a lot but not this

  13. Mirage says:

    I think she half lives in her parents residence, the Royal Lodge. It’s a splendid 30 room property in Windsor, that was previously the residence of the Queen Mother.
    The Yorks are very lucky to being able to use it .
    Frogmore Cottage in comparison is like a little cabin in the woods!!

    I read today on the DM that Andrew’s Royal Standard flag that was flying on the roof of the Royal Lodge has been removed. That’s….interesting!!

    • Ainsley7 says:

      He may have to move. Royal lodge is a crown estate and only working Royals get free houses from the crown estate. Eugenie and Beatrice both pay rent for their apartments. No way that Andrew could afford the rent on Royal Lodge. He was allegedly also paying some or all of the rent for the girls as well. If they want to live somewhere Royal for free then it’ll have to be on the grounds of Sandringham or Balmoral. They’re privately owned.

      • Moonstone says:

        But can they make him move? He has a 99 year or lifetime lease and I believe that his daughters have a right to it for a certain number of years after his death. His mother first gifted him with Sunninghill after his marriage-it was built for them on acreage, enormous home with pool, tables and tennis courts. I remember a magazine doing a spread on it after Fergie filled it with the most awful gaudy decor. After the divorce it fell into disrepair and then he ‘somehow’ sold it for 3 million over asking price to a very shady Kazahk businessman. Once he got into Royal Lodge, the beautiful estate, he added an indoor pool there. He’s like a swollen tick and I don’t see him ever letting go.

      • notasugarhere says:

        As Moonstone writes, they cannot remove him. He isn’t living there with rent paid by the Sovereign Grant. The lease was waived in exchange for 7.5 million in restoration work that he ‘paid privately’. He has a legal lease for a Crown Estate property, like some ambassador has the legal lease on Fort Belevedere (also CE property at Windsor). Beatrice and Eugenie inherit the lease legally.

  14. Maxie says:

    Most royal families have already entered an era of streamlining. The two princess have no future as working royals.

    I suspect that nobody will pick up Andrew’s 200 patronages or any other that is dropped by the aging royals like Princess Alexandra, Princess Anne and the likes.

    • (TheOG)@Jan90067 says:

      Who would there be TO pick them up? The ones that could are quickly ageing out, and with Charles’ “streamlined monarchy” only ones left are Wandering Willie and Katie Keen, who have already said THEY will be dropping a LOT of patronages, in favour of 3 or 4 “umbrella charities” (less work for them!), and Harry & Meg, whom they are bashing daily, and driving away.

      Wouldn’t surprise me is Wandering Willie is rather Machiavellian… hear me out: this *could* be his plan all along, to get the monarchy to crash either after Charles goes, or just after he is installed as king, This way, he has access to ALL the monies and private (non-crown) properties, and he can live like the county Lord/Duke w/out any of those pesky royal responsibilities.

      Just a thought 😊

      • Sam Louise says:

        Nope. William is far too lazy and dimwitted to have planned anything.

      • PrincessK says:

        No, nobody wants to be known as the monarch who dropped the ball. George III is forever remembered as the monarch who lost America.

      • notasugarhere says:

        I’ll put on the Steel Cut Tiara (my version of a tinfoil tiara) and agree on that. William doesn’t care if the monarchy ends with him. As long as there is still a monarchy when/if he becomes king, he inherits all the private wealth, Balmoral, and Sandringham tax-free. If the monarchy ends the day after that, he doesn’t care. He becomes an extremely wealthy private citizen and sues anyone who writes another word about him ever.

    • Sippingroyaltea says:

      I disagree, Andrew has some really big patronages and I think the big ones like Outward Bound, the RPO, and any military patronages he has are going to be picked up by other royals.

    • duchesschicana says:

      Actually Outward bound and TheEnglish National Ballet School (Charities her father was involved withh.)kept Beatrice as trustee and Patron, least for now.

  15. Tourmaline says:

    Retired from what? She’s not supposed to be a ‘working royal’ and hasn’t been. She works for the tech company Afiniti as a Vice President. Going to Trooping the Colour, a garden party here or there, doing some charity events on her own volition is not considered a working royal.

    What is interesting is the Sunday Times article yesterday that Andrew is pushing for Eugenie and Beatrice to take over all of his patronages. Under the theory that they should not be punished for anything he did, although, it’s not quite a punishment not to give someone something they never had. They quoted a charity expert saying that patronages are not something given as a dowry to the relatives of disgraced patrons.

    Andrew and Fergie will never rest or go quietly, but good luck to them trying to get Prince Charles to sign on to taking on Eugenie and Beatrice as funded royals for the next several decades. He’s got to know that their Mummy and Daddy will be constantly lurking in the background if he does.

    • duchesschicana says:

      Although, Beatrice was already involved with two of his patronages as trustee and co patron/
      The Duke of Edinburgh and others have handed patronages over to other royals not compleltely out of realm of Possability thoughtI dont think he would had over the patronages to his girls

      • Tourmaline says:

        I agree, if she is already a co-patron that might make more sense for those particular patronages.

        Richard Palmer saying that per Buckingham Palace, Andrew does not intend to give up all his patronages at all, the word they are using is that he will – mothball–the ones he still has, meaning put them on hold until his imaginary comeback, that is for the charities that don’t fire him as patron first

    • notasugarhere says:

      This is what I meant when I wrote Andrew wouldn’t go so quietly. I see him trying to strong arm Charles to put B&E on the Sovereign Grant, otherwise he keeps making trouble for years.

  16. Sarah says:

    Those people are so dumb it hurts. Like how?????

  17. Zut alors says:

    For those in the know, what exactly is a “grace-and-favor” home?

    • Tiffany says:

      Basically living somewhere rent free.

    • Cerys says:

      It’s accommodation given to employees by their employer. It’s usually rent-free or very low rent. The royals give out a lot of them as it helps justify the low wages they pay their staff

    • notasugarhere says:

      The Sovereign Grant pays for the housing and staff of working royals. Some of them have outside housing, others don’t (Duke of Kent). Until she was caught, the Queen used this grace-and-favour thing to give one of her cousins a free apartment at KP for years, and to let P&P Michael of Kent live in their space at KP for very low rent. Her cousin Margaret Rhodes had a cottage at Windsor too, and I doubt she paid much if any rent.

      • Tasha says:

        Ok, very stupid but honest question. Is KP a large walled in closed off “royal ” area…for lack of a better word. Or is it an open public area with a bunch of royal property?

      • notasugarhere says:

        You can see photos of it online, some labelled with who lives where. It is a rabbit warren of buildings. The general public has access to some areas, like certain park areas, the Historic Royal Palaces exhibit spaces, and The Orangery event centre (where Nicky Hilton married in 2015).

        The driveways, living quarters, and offices for royals and their staff cannot be accessed by the general public. Some of the spaces come with private yards the public (or other ‘renters’) cannot access. Apartments there are not all reserved for royals. Anyone with enough cash who passes security checks could apply to rent them when spaces come available.

  18. Tiffany says:

    I really think this is a textbook example of what happens when you have the expectation of your parents/family taking care of your life in all aspects well into adulthood.

    Growth and being off the teet should have happened years ago for this woman.

    • Tourmaline says:

      I agree I mean, she is 31 years old, not some young girl. Not a young girl like, say, Virginia Roberts!
      I always thought Eugenie seemed somewhat more mature, although she is technically younger.
      The York family is extremely enmeshed with each other though IMO. They like to keep up the narrative pushed by Fergie for years and years that they are THE happiest family in the world.

      • Moonstone says:

        Agree. Neither Beatrice nor Eugenie has done a fraction of what Meghan has done-and they have had many years there to make their marks, to be innovative, to make a difference. And did either of the sisters make a statement of support for Meghan during the attacks? It was very quiet as far as I could tell.

      • A says:

        I think Beatrice was placed in a similar position to William when they were growing up. They became their parents’ surrogates in a way, constantly being tasked with managing their emotions. Imagine growing up with Fergie and Prince Andrew for parents though. I think Eugenie got a better deal because she was a little more removed from all of that stuff, given her age and her birth order.

      • duchesschicana says:

        @Moonstone The sisters never make statement themselves, not even on their fahther’s ‘scandals’/cases, the media only speculates to sell clicks.

        The York gals have done much charity wise . Bea is Co founder of Big change and has been active with the charity 9 years and active with many other charities. Lets not put these women against each other when we know nothing of their relationship .

        Any chairity work is good, small or big still has affects . The thing is the media doesnt really like to talk about the York gals chairities doesnt fit thier nerrative of the girls .

  19. Lowrider says:

    Will they blame Eugenie next for her fathers perverted ways.

  20. Becks1 says:

    If Beatrice played a part in encouraging the interview, then she should be blamed in part for that particular move, but she has nothing to do with her father’s other actions and I think its shameful if Andrew’s behavior casts a shadow over her and Eugenie.

    bUt, like others have said, she was never going to be a working royal, so that’s no different.

  21. qtpi says:

    Any predictions about whether this gent will marry her in the end? Yikes.

  22. Mignionette says:

    I’m guessing that Bea knows too much and Andy/Fergie are trying to tie them to all that has went on so she doesn’t cut loose and save herself. Out of them all, she is the only one marrying real money which gives her options to live the life she is already accustomed to.

    The headlines about her backing Andy seem like Andy and Fergie’s PR going into overdrive. Maybe Edo is about to sing ?

    • PrincessK says:

      I don’t think Beatrice is marrying money at all. Edo is being marketed as a wealthy property developer but I actually wonder. I think his mother is quite wealthy but I don’t think Edo has the money to keep Beatrice in the style she is accustomed to.

  23. DS9 says:

    I don’t understand how you retire someone from royal duties they aren’t performing

  24. Minxx says:

    I really feel bad for Bea and furious they’re trying to shift the blame on her. She and Eugenie should not be punished for their father’s disgraceful behavior. I don’t think they should publicly distance themselves from Andrew now, it will seem disingenuous.

  25. Sof says:

    Is this some attempt to attack Charles by making him look like the bad guy?

  26. duchesschicana says:

    Here the media goes again trying to lowkey. shift the blame especially when they tried to tie her wiith the interview .

  27. Cerys says:

    Beatrice isn’t a working royal so she can’t be retired. However, if Charles was having any doubts about whether or not to include the York princesses in his streamlined royal family then I think recent events will convince him to stick with his original plan. If he keeps the girls close then he will never be rid of Andrew and Fergie.
    The real problem for Beatrice will be managing her upcoming wedding. The media will pounce on any expenditure or hint of grandeur. If it goes ahead, I hope she has a water-tight prenuptial agreement as Edo has fortune hunter written all over him. I can see him bolting in the new year once he realises the money is drying up.

  28. A says:

    The BP courtiers are absolutely morons. I linked to that Guardian article over the weekend, but my comment got deleted, but I urge people to read that to get a measure of the chumps who are working there at the moment. But rest assured, there is absolutely no leadership of any sort in BP right now, and the article explained that the RF has an incredibly difficult time dealing with anyone who’s actually “tough” in the way they need them to be tough because the RF simply does not wish to change how they operate. They are stuck in their ways, permanently, especially the Queen. Combine this with what Angela Kelly wrote in her book, and you get an understanding of just how stilted things must be in the RF right now.

    My take away from all this Beatrice stuff is that they need another person to throw under the bus for all this, and Beatrice is right there. It’s a shame. But it’s also really confusing to me that after all this talk about how “the York girls MUST be protected from the fall out and the actions of their parents,” here they are just straight up holding Beatrice responsible for her father’s sh-tty PR moves. As for that whole descriptor in the other article about how “Beatrice has an old head on young shoulders.” LOL. Okay then. I’m sure.

  29. JanetFerber says:

    And Edo will be gone in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 seconds to more fertile fields of grifting.

    • minx says:

      Yep, exactly.

    • A says:

      Edo has his own money and title. He’s only a grifter insofar as he wants proximity to the RF and this is as close as he’ll ever get.

      • PrincessK says:

        How much money do you really think Edo has? It is just speculation, we only know that his mother is quite wealthy and not him specifically.

      • A says:

        In those circles, family wealth is personal wealth. If your mother is rich, by extension, you’re rich, because not only are you going to inherit that wealth down the line, there’s also a chance that your parents are subsidizing your lifestyle in some way (see also; Eugenie’s rent getting paid by Prince Andrew).

  30. EM says:

    We should give Beatrice a ticker-tape parade for the interview. She should be a National Hero. She gave Andrew a chance to share his true self with the world. Not her fault his true self is irredeemably rotten!

  31. Margo Smith says:

    They just aren’t very bright people. They don’t have to be. You think any of their teachers in school would have the guts to fail any of them?! Hell no! It’s similar to actors in Hollywood. Not very bright, except I do think more of the behind the scenes people in Hollywood are smart. Compared to the behind the scenes royal family that is. It truly is the blind leading the blind.

  32. Flying Fish says:

    Bea’s boyfriend looks like a problem.

  33. Deedee says:

    Maybe she’s worried that Daddy is a deal-breaker for her wallet to be? Besides, I can’t imagine walking down the aisle with Andrew on my arm, even if he was my father.

  34. Nightsky says:

    Just a bitchy little aside….I’ve never noticed Randy Andy’s long, yellow-stained rat teeth before. Ew.

  35. Rogue says:

    Now the Fail reports that Fergie and Beatrice tried to talk Andrew out of the interview. Anyway I agree that the blame game talk is a distraction. Is nobody in the British media able to verify Andrew’s whereabouts during the alleged incidents?

    Looking forward to Virginia Guiffre’s upcoming BBC interview on 2 December.

  36. Soupie says:

    My first thought about that photo of PA: he closely resembles Boris Johnson (in that photo). Also, the vampire teeth. Yikes.

    And what is that Black Dahlia hat on top of Beatrice’s head?? Ayyy. Bea has 2 yrs left if Prince Charles forces QE to retire at 95. Maybe not even that long, if this post is correct.