Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have sought to distance themselves from Andrew and Sarah Ferguson in recent months as the former Duke and Duchess’ Epstein correspondance emerges
The vast tranche of new Epstein files included photos of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie seemingly sent to the notorious paedophile by their father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The disgraced former Prince’s two daughters were pictured in intimate family snaps sent to the convicted child sex trafficker when they were in their early 20s. Eugenie was 21 and 22, and her sister 23 and 24 when the snaps were sent in festive emails between 2011 and 2012, the documents show, after the financier’s conviction for procuring a child for prostitution in 2008.
And they appear to have been sent up to two years after Andrew claimed in his now infamous BBC interview that he had cut contact with Epstein.
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The first photo, showing the two sisters posing together in the snow – with Eugenie wrapped in fur and a brown scarf and Beatrice wearing earmuffs and a silver Christmas cracker hat – was sent on December 21, 2011 via an email from Andrew’s “HRH The Duke of York” account as part of a greeting card. More snaps were included in a second greeting card sent in 2012, with Beatrice and Eugenie featuring as two of four inserts on a card, with the remaining two showing Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
Beatrice is pictured climbing Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, and Eugenie can be seen participating in a charity bike ride in her “Night Rider” photo taken in London. All of the events took place the year the card was sent, with Andrew’s picture showing him abseiling the Shard, while Ms Ferguson’s captures her trip to the frozen over Great Slave Lake in Canada.
The card comes with a Christmas message seemingly signed by Andrew, which states: “Wishing you much joy and happiness at this time and for the year ahead.”
Being included in Epstein file documents is not an indication of wrongdoing, and Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has always strongly denied any wrongdoing. Beatrice and Eugenie have sought to distance themselves from their parents as they’re swept up in the roiling scandal.
The two were mentioned in another email to the financier inviting him to Andrew’s 50th birthday a couple of years before the photos were sent. The email, sent in 2010, appears to show the then-Duchess of York Ms Ferguson inviting Epstein to the party at St James’s Palace that February.
The email reads: “Beatrice, Eugenie and I would love to invite you to celebrate the 50 years of Papa/Andrew. “It will be on February 26, 2010, from 7.30pm for Drinks and for 8.30pm for Dinner, at St. James’s Palace, London. It will be suits and cocktail dresses, and you know me, mysterious mischief.
“So bring your presents. Your presence and your humour!” Epstein, who was chased by Andrew’s representatives about whether or not he could attend, replied with a curt two-word response saying: “Not able.”
