Royal sources say Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie have been informed they cannot attend Royal Ascot this year. ' Traditionally, the princesses would have attended the event and sat in the Royal Box with other senior royals. In the past, they have been regulars at Royal Ascot and have been pictured with their royal cousins.
The reason for their exclusion, according to royal sources, is their parents' links to Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein was a convicted sex offender and financier who committed suicide in a New York jail in 2019. Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie's parents, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, have been linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
The York girls have been informed they can't be there this year.
The princesses have been named extensively in emails written by Jeffrey Epstein. The official reason from the royal family or Ascot officials for excluding them has not been disclosed. Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie feel they are being made to pay for their father's sins and are being forced to lie low, royal sources report.
A source close to the York family said, 'They're deeply disappointed. ' Excluding them from Royal Ascot is part of a broader effort to keep them away from public royal events for the foreseeable future, according to royal sources. Another royal source noted, 'Ascot is out of the question.
Ascot is out of the question. The royals have been told they can't be photographed with the girls for the rest of the year.
' How long they will be kept away from public royal events remains unclear.