Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie face a crucial challenge as their family dynamic continues to deteriorate in light of the heartbreaking revelations made in the Epstein files.
The onslaught of shared details has taken a toll on the York sisters, who are trying to maintain some semblance of normalcy in their lives, especially while having young children.
Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s two daughters may have difficulty accepting that their parents could be involved in such acts. Royal author Robert Jobson, who knows the York family closely, suggests the girls must be “distraught and appalled by this”.
A friend of Béatrice and Eugénie told Hello! magazine that the girls are “very sympathetic” to their mother, who is worried about her own mental health. However, this all begins to unravel in their relationship and they will likely never be seen with their mother in public again.
It was a different story for Andrew, Beatrice was seen with her father last month in Windsor despite the allegations. The friend insists that the sisters are “not abandoning their father.”
But “everything is obviously very tense and hard”.
There seems to be a marked difference in the approach of the two sisters and towards their parents. Eugenie, who is a patron of an anti-slavery charity, has not been seen with either of her parents. Beatrice seems to have made an exception for the disgraced Andrew.
It’s possible that the girls are upset that they were introduced to Jeffrey Epstein when they were young, knowing full well that he was a convicted pedophile.
Fergie was heavily criticized for dragging her daughters, who she called her ticket to royal life, to meet a criminal on the day she was released from prison. She might feel guilty, but the girls are clearly hurt.
