Against the backdrop of the sex scandal involving Andrew, the royal family continues to be in turmoil.
It was previously reported that Prince William attempted to pressure his cousins, 35-year-old Eugenie and 37-year-old Beatrice, who allegedly faced serious threats that were later denied by Kensington Palace.
The essence of the conflict between Prince William and his cousins, according to British journalist Emily Maitlis, is quite simple. After Prince Andrew, embroiled in a sex scandal, was stripped of all his titles, his daughters allegedly had to convince their father to leave the Royal Lodge residence in Windsor Park (where he had lived for 20 years). If the princesses had rebelled against the crown, their titles could have been reconsidered. Whether this is true or not is unknown. But one thing is clear – a black cat has indeed run between once-close relatives.
Recently, Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi baptized their daughter Athena Elizabeth Rose. The ceremony took place at the Royal Chapel of St. James's Palace in London, where the future king and queen did not appear. The same goes for Charles III and his wife Camilla – the monarch had no scheduled engagements that day, but he still decided to skip the celebration of life.
However, the disgraced grandfather and grandmother of the little honoree - Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson - were present at the ceremony. However, the former spouses did not join Beatrice and Edoardo, who went to a pub after church. The happy parents of Athena were spotted in Marylebone (a prosperous area in the north of Westminster). The princess held a cake, looking excited and happy...
And, as it became known, a few days earlier, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice declined an invitation from Kate Middleton. The cousins were invited to the Christmas service with carols at Westminster Abbey, where they ultimately did not appear. Apparently, the wife of Prince William tried to reconcile with the offended relatives before Christmas, but this was not meant to happen.
