After all of that drama and hand-wringing over Princess Beatrice’s engagement party, it turns out that everything went down almost entirely the way she originally wanted. She and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi invited all of their famous friends to Chiltern Firehouse last night and a good time was had by all. Beatrice’s pervert father was invited, but Andrew ended up skipping the event, and The Sun did a gross story about Poor Andrew and his troubles.
Disgraced Prince Andrew decided to miss his own daughter’s engagement party in “fear of embarrassment or abuse” from celebrity attendees. The Sun can reveal The Duke of York was planning to stay away from the star-studded bash for Princess Beatrice, which was due to be held in London. It was a devastating blow for the embattled royal, who has been forced to step down from his royal duties because of allegations connected to his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
A source close to Andrew revealed: “This is a devastating blow for the Duke and a sign of just how bad things have got. The plan was always for him to attend Beatrice’s engagement party alongside Fergie. But things have just turned far more toxic. He agreed that he didn’t want to overshadow the event, especially seeing lots of celebrities and high profile people will be there and it could have put them in a difficult position. People close to him where also in fear of embarrassment or abuse which would have just been mortifying.”
The bash took place at showbiz hotspot Chiltern Firehouse to celebrate Beatrice’s engagement to property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, which was announced in September – just one month after Andrew’s peadophile pal Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his prison cell. Celeb friends such as James Blunt, Pippa Middleton and Dexter Fletcher all attended.
Royal courtiers have been discussing banning Andrew from attending church with the Queen at Sandringham on Christmas Day over fears his presence will attract sex abuse campaigners. However, it has since been indicated that he will still be present. He attended the Queen’s Christmas lunch on Wednesday with other senior members of the royal family, as well as a staff party at Buckingham Palace on Monday.
So, Andrew doesn’t get to attend a truly private event at the Chiltern Firehouse, but he still gets invited to all of the big royal events, like the staff Christmas party, the royal luncheon and the Sandringham Christmas church walk. Good to know that the Queen has less sense than Princess Beatrice. Anyway, I’m sure it was much less stressful for Bea with Andrew’s absence.
Also: Edo did not go to the Christmas luncheon at Buckingham Palace yesterday. Apparently, he wasn’t even invited. Fiances are not welcome, according to the Daily Express. Except… then-Meghan Markle was invited to the Christmas lunch in 2017. I wonder…
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I’m surprised more royals didn’t attend, like Mike and Sara, the Phillipses. Seems over the top to me, considering the situation with Andy. At least Fergie didn’t wear a dress that was 2 sizes too small.
Well Edo and Bea were not photographed arriving or leaving , it is possible to we don’t see all their guests, as I cant imagine Eugenie not being there if that was even her engagemrnt party
Even Edo doesn’t want to see Andrew more than is strictly necessary, maybe? Good call, anyway
It’s always been no fiancés. Edo has local family. I think Meg was an exception as she was all alone (ie: no family in England). And could be Harry said both of us or none.
Also, until the Midds, wasn’t Sophie’s dad the only exception to family/marrieds at Sandringham Christmas, as he’s a widower (and would otherwise be all alone for the holidays)? I thought I read that somewhere…?
Sophie’s father is a frequent long-stay guest at Sandringham and Balmoral. The Middletons are not invited to the royal Christmas celebration at Sandringham, although they did go to the church once.
The top picture looks like Bea lost her arms….
I love the T-strap sandals in the first picture. I think Kate wasn’t invited to christmas lucnch until she was married either? Am I right about that?
Kate first attended the BP lunch in 2010, before she and William were married. I think it’s Sandringham Christmas the fiances typically aren’t invited to, Meghan being the obvious exception to that since it was her first Christmas in the UK and she was unable to celebrate with Doria.
Poor Andrew. He is a pariah because he raped a child.
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adding ALL my upvotes to yours!
I don’t think he’s out of her league at all. I know a lot of people seem to think that he’s much better looking than she is. But it’s like… he SHOULD be super good looking in theory – but there’s just something a bit ‘off’ there. I’m not saying he’s an ugly man or anything, but personally I just don’t think he’s somehow slumming it with Bea.
I will always love that copper skirt outfit. She looks her age and modern in that – and it’s pretty flattering. I wish she’d dress like that more often.
Agreed. I don’t think he’s all that anyway. To imply that his feelings couldn’t possibly be genuine is so insulting especially when people don’t know anything about them whatsoever. I also think she looks great in that outfit.
Why does it always say he “stepped down due to his connection with Epstein”?! The scandal is not that he had a relationship with Epstein (lots of people did), but that he used Epstein to traffic and rape a teenage girl. Can we switch it to “he stepped down due to rape & human trafficking allegations against him”?!
(Comment not directed at this site, but media in general & especially the British tabloids)
Honestly, to the extent he ‘stepped down’ (it was rather more like was shoved out of some duties against his will), it was purely due to the backlash over the Newsnight interview.
Most every revelation about his relationship with Epstein and the accusations of Virginia Giuffre was already well in the public domain before that interview and Andrew was ticking along as usual. He made a massive mistake with that interview because instead of clearing his name it made everything worse and charities and businesses no longer wished to associate with him. But we can’t pretend the BRF is limiting Andrew’s role now out of some deep concern about Epstein’s crimes and victims.
Okay so whats interesting to me about that is that he didn’t attend due to the other people present. He was “afraid” of putting them in an awkward position or whatever – so it sounds like someone IS telling him that he’s not welcome, and that people who don’t have to be around him, don’t want to be around him, especially celebrities. Someone like Ed Sheeran does not want his picture with Andrew at this point (I use Ed bc I know he is friends with the York princesses.)
This narrative that Bea’s celebrity pals don’t want Andrew around and might rain abuse on him if he shows himself is quite interesting…how is her wedding going to work out then? Andrew will have to be there, and she will want her coterie of celeb pals there.
Now WTH was Robert DeNiro doing there.
Andrew wouldn’t be allowed at a junk-yard chicken fight the way things are right now. And rightly so. I hope more allegations come out about him in the new year – he needs to never show his ugly face in public again, same with his disgusting ex-wife.
I love it! It really shows how little the “expert” royal reporters know about any of the RF. For the last week or so we’ve heard “reports” that Bea wasn’t having her engagement party at the Chiltern Fire House but instead at a private residence because of Andrew’s presence but here she is at the Chiltern and Andrew is nowhere to been seen. How anyone can believe the dribble the RR’s put out is beyond me.
I know right, although in this instance a broken clock is right twice a day as they did got the first date right , but they could couldnt help themselves with the click bait articles
For all we know Andrew May have been there.
We dont know %100. Most likely her friends may have not wanted to asociate with him. She may have not invited him. She is also probably aware what the public thinks, she may be doing things cautiously, but at the end of the day that’s her father. She probably loves him or has complex feeling towards him. He may have been there, may not have been we dont know. Though I do think it would be difficult for him to dodge the press in this instance since they are no doubt chasing him every chance they get, hence why I believe he wasnt there.
I have to wonder how the staff at BP felt having Andrew at their Christmas party? I think the Queen put her staff in a very uncomfortable position having Andrew there, I mean they couldn’t very well ignore the son of their boss but I have to think that more than a few of them were not happy with his presence.
Gosh NONE of the guests looked happy or excited! Bea can you not see it??Suprised that royal relatives like Zara stayed away but as expected the Middletons wouldn’t miss a chance to be seen somewhere🤦♀️
P.S: I was suprised to see Robert De Niro there, is he a family friend or a random invite??
Well, when have ever seen a celeb happy to be photographed by paparazzi when attending private events of friends and family?
I’m guessing that he didn’t come because all the other guests said they wouldn’t if he did. People now know that even attended a large party with a scandalperson will haunt you forever. Even if the party is one which you have a reason to attend completely unrelated to scandal-person.
What intrigues me is that this is how it used to be. The wealthy weren’t necessarily constrained by the law, but “society” did maintain rules about what was and wasn’t permitted behavior. The New Gilded Age swept that away, but it seems to be coming back. Of course it won’t go far enough, but there does seem to be a sense of lines being drawn and that they will be retroactive.
I like the term scandalperson
Edo has plenty of future lunches/Christmas events to go to if he wants, once he is married to her and he may have been at work or had other comitments family wise. It may be some type of trade off this year he will do somemething else the next he will go, etc. Personally, I think it’s work as his buisssness is of course opened weekdays, he has choose which ones to go to as he is self employed. Or maybe he was getting things ready for the supppsed engagement party.
Edo may not go to some public holiday/family events due to his company or Wolfe, as he seems very private about his son, certainly a bit of unusual situation. It will be interesting how it plays out..
Andrew is disgusting ! I feel bad for Beatrice, She should be happy and excited about her upcoming wedding.
Glad she got her engagement party where she wanted it and when. The Fail got it wrong and backtracked like they had it right. I wonder if Bea knows Deniro from NY or if it’s Edo. While his attendance was a surprise, it’s the Middletons’ appearance at every royal event that continues to baffle me. They are William’s in laws, not the entire family’s.
What’s wrong with the Middletons being invited? They are all friends, they all run in the same social circles, and they have known each other for years. It’s like people on here aren’t friends with or close to their extended family relatives/cousins/in laws? Totally normal in my culture, so I don’t see anything odd with the Middletons being invited to personal events. I guess some white people on here are weird for not interacting with their wider families.
The Middletons aren’t invited to royal events, like the Christmas lunch or any celebrations at Sandringham. They did do the pap stroll to the church once, that was it.
I think most believe tthere there is bad gossip blood between The York Princesses and The Middletons, despite having no evidence of this other than what tabloids write. In this instance if she was in control of the guest list, I cant imagine her inviting someone she does not like. I think they are at least on friendly terms, despite whatever tabloid gossip says.