A royal expert speculated that “compassion” was on the menu at King Charles’ early Christmas lunch this week, and Princess Eugenie and Prince Beatrice were back in the family fold.
After skipping Kate Middleton’s annual carol service, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie were welcomed with open arms at the royal family ’s early Christmas party at Buckingham Palace. The sisters, aged 37 and 35, beamed as they arrived together at the gates of the Palace for what is one of the royal family’s long-standing festive traditions.
Their presence at the early Christmas lunch came after the young royals’ young parents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, were embroiled in the scandal surrounding their ties to the late sex offender and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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But former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond tells the Mirror she believes King Charles is following in his late mother’s footsteps when it comes to his relationship and his support for the young royals sisters.
Beatrice and Eugenie have not been accused of any wrongdoing, according to her statement. They have been subjected to humiliation and public criticism by their parents for many years, but they have remained close to the rest of the royal family.
Their late Queen, the King appears to be very protective of them, and their Grannie showed them great affection. At the Palace lunch, I believe everyone would have been welcoming very well. I was pleased to see their cheerful and cheerful faces.
The topic of Andrew, who was stripped of his royal titles and right to reside at Royal Lodge in October, has dominated much of the media conversation about the royal family in recent months following more revelations about Epstein and increasing pressure on US President Donald Trump to release the government files on the investigation into his crimes.
US lawmakers also harshly criticized The King’s younger brother for “sitting in response to a request to conduct a”transcribed interview about his years-long relationship with Epstein, as part of a probe into the government’s handling of the case. He refutes any accusations made against him.
But while it continues to make headlines around the world, Jennie suspects the topic of Andrew and Sarah would not have been up for discussion at the family lunch this week.
Any discussion about Andrew and Sarah, she said, would be the ” elephant” in the room. All parties involved would find that to be too awkward.
She also said Prince William, who attended the lunch with Kate, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, would have “particular sympathy” for what his cousins Beatrice and Eugenie are going through because of his experience with his own parents.
As a child, he was subjected to endless media attention from his parents. The breakdown of his parents’ marriage, of course, was the subject of the headlines then for entirely different reasons. But a young boy still experienced trauma from it. These young women must have feelings for them.
The festive party at the Palace on Tuesday is a long-standing tradition for The Firm, and usually takes place the week before Christmas Day with around 70 of the monarch’s relatives on the guest list. t is a chance for them to celebrate Christmas ahead of December 25, as not all of them join the main event at Sandringham for the morning church service and Christmas dinner.
The big question, in Jennie’s opinion, is where Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, along with their children, will celebrate the day itself. They are also married to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
Where do they go when they say, “Christmas is all about family”? Will their parents even be together on Christmas Day and do they show loyalty to their parents?
Source: Mirror
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