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Disgraced Andrew left ‘devastated’ as Princess Eugenie has ‘cut off all contact’ with him over Epstein scandal
PRINCESS Eugenie is said to have severed all contact with Andrew after ongoing controversy over his relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The former prince is said to be devastated over the estrangement from his youngest daughter.
It is understood Eugenie, 35, refuses to speak to her father and did not visit him with her own family at Christmas.
A source told the Mail on Sunday reported: “‘There is no contact at all, nothing. It’s Brooklyn Beckham level – she has completely cut him off.“
Stripped of his royal titles over his connection to the paedophile financier in October, the former Duke of York was snubbed at Christmas by daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie who joined the royals in Sandringham.
The source said: ‘Beatrice is trying to walk the fine line of not cutting her father off and yet remaining close with the Royal Family.
“They aren’t exactly in regular and close contact at the moment, but Eugenie isn’t trying to walk that line. She’s not speaking to him”
The Anti-Slavery Collective is a charity Eugenie founded to help counter sex trafficking.
So, understandably the princess is not happy about her father’s refusal to apologise to Epstein’s victims.
However, her older sister Beatrice, 37, is trying to retain a relationship with her father despite his sins.
But, it is proving difficult to do so while maintaining her reputation in the Royal Family.
Last month Beatrice invited Andrew to the christening of her 11-month-old daughter Athena in London, but he did not attend the celebrations held in a pub afterwards.
It is not known whether Beatrice spoke to her father at the christening of her niece.
It comes as Andrew was evicted from Royal Lodge on the Windsor Estate in October when he was stripped of his prince and duke titles.
Initially, he will stay in an even smaller property at Sandringham until Easter when the work on Marsh Farm is due to be completed, Palace insiders say.
A truck from the Windsor mansion was spotted at the lock-up near Bermondsey on Friday.
Andrew had to give up his tenancy agreement for Royal Lodge in October when he lost his Prince and Duke titles.
Andrew has always vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
