Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been told they can’t be part of the Royal Family at Royal Ascot this 12 months amid issues concerning the unfolding scandal involving the House of York and their ties with Jeffrey Epstein, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Sources say the sisters, whose names seem a number of instances within the Epstein recordsdata, is not going to take their seats within the Royal Box on the prestigious horse-racing occasion in June, nor can they be part of senior royals for the Royal Procession.
The transfer is alleged to have ‘fully blindsided’ Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, 35, who’re already reeling from the arrest of their father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, final month on suspicion of misconduct in public workplace.
But the MoS understands that the transfer is a part of a wider resolution to exclude the Princesses from all public-facing events for the foreseeable future.
It follows high-level Palace conferences concerning the function the pair ought to play on condition that critical questions stay concerning the extent of their relationship with the paedophile financier, together with monetary hyperlinks.
The information comes amid studies of a gulf between the sisters and the Prince and Princess of Wales, who’re mentioned to be significantly eager to maintain them at ‘arm’s size’ till particulars of any hyperlinks are clearer.
A well-placed supply told the MoS: ‘I’ve spoken to my good friend who works at Ascot and they mentioned the ladies have been told they can’t be there this 12 months.
‘Beatrice has taken it the toughest. She’s been fully blindsided by all of this.’
Princess Beatrice (L) and Princess Eugene (R) pictured at Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse in 2024
Prince William can also be mentioned to have suggested different Royals to not seem in images alongside the pair ‘for the remainder of the 12 months’.
The transfer signifies that the Palace accepts that any suggestion Beatrice and Eugenie superior their very own pursuits by turning a blind eye to the supply of the Yorks’ fortune poses a critical danger to the broader household.
Another supply added: ‘Ascot can be out of the query as a result of the royals have been told they can’t have footage with the ladies for the remainder of the 12 months.’
Being excluded from Royal Ascot will come as a selected blow to the Princesses.
It was a favorite occasion of the late Queen Elizabeth, and the Procession – which sees senior royals introduced into the Royal Enclosure in carriages – has been a ceremonial custom since 1825.
However, the supply added that it could be unattainable for the pair to attend as a result of, historically, those that are a part of the carriage procession keep at Windsor Castle the evening earlier than and have dinner with the household.
‘That’s another excuse why it is out of the query that the ladies will be capable to go, until they are simply there as members of the Royal Enclosure,’ they mentioned.
Notably, William and Kate have been cautious to keep away from being photographed strolling alongside the Princesses on the royals’ Christmas Day church service at Sandringham.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, previously often called Prince Andrew, pictured leaving Aylsham Police Station after questioning on February 19, 2026
But one other supply mentioned there was nonetheless ‘numerous sympathy for the ladies’ among the many public, who weren’t ‘harbouring any unhealthy emotions’.
And additional assist has come from an unlikely place – the Sussexes in Montecito.
Well-placed rumours recommend that Prince Harry has invited Beatrice to make use of his £11 million dwelling as a bolthole.
Although he and Meghan have been nearer to Eugenie and her husband, who remained involved with the couple when they stepped again as working royals in 2020, Beatrice is alleged to have taken her father’s fall from grace hardest.
A supply defined: ‘Harry has communicated with the ladies, saying one thing alongside the strains of, “He knows what it’s like to be at the wrong end of the institution”.
‘He’s mentioned there’s an open invite, particularly for Beatrice, if she ever needs one.’
Concerns concerning the Princesses’ potential monetary ties to Epstein have mounted in latest months.
They are recognized to have visited the disgraced billionaire in Florida days after he was launched from jail in 2009 for prostituting minors.
As this newspaper revealed in November, Prince William is alleged to have been pissed off that his cousins refused his suggestion to topic their private investments to an ‘ethics test’.
Princess Beatrice, pictured cheering on the racing whereas attending Royal Ascot final 12 months, is alleged to have been supplied Prince Harry’s £11 million dwelling as a bolthole
The Palace is conscious that Andrew and his enterprise mates acted as Beatrice and Eugenie’s monetary advisers and ‘nobody is kind of certain what won’t be totally above board’, a supply has mentioned.
The Charity Commission has additionally confirmed it’s ‘assessing issues’ about Eugenie’s charity, The Anti-Slavery Collective.
Figures reveal an revenue final 12 months of £92,311, together with greater than £48,000 in donations, however complete expenditure of £301,024. The most important sum was spent on salaries, in keeping with The Times.
A Charity Commission spokesman mentioned: ‘We are assessing issues raised within the media about charitable spending at The Anti-Slavery Collective to find out what function there may be, if any, for the Commission.’
Royal commentators have additionally been asking concerning the provenance of Beatrice’s money and connections.
In 2015, we revealed she went on 15 holidays in a 12 months – together with to Verbier, St Tropez and Ibiza – regardless of incomes simply £19,000 as a junior worker at Sony music.
The Epstein recordsdata additionally revealed Beatrice supplied her mom recommendation on getting again into Epstein’s good graces and inspired her father to offer his disastrous Newsnight interview in 2019.
Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and Royal Ascot all declined to remark.
The MoS contacted Beatrice and Eugenie for remark.
