Princess Eugenie avoids any contact with her father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, following the recent scandal linking him to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, which led to the removal of his royal titles, as reported by the British tabloid Daily Mail on Sunday.
Eugenie, who still holds the title of princess as the granddaughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II, refuses to speak to her father and did not visit him during Christmas. "There is no contact whatsoever. It's level Brooklyn Beckham. She has completely cut him off," a source cited in the English tabloid said, drawing a comparison with the disagreements within the Beckham family.
Andrew, brother of King Charles III, is said to be "devastated" by the estrangement from his youngest daughter, according to the mentioned source. The situation is said to have resulted from new information that came to light about the close relationship between Mountbatten-Windsor and Epstein through emails last October.
Similarly, Andrew's downfall and the stripping of his royal titles and honors (from prince to Duke of York, among others) occurred after the posthumous memoirs of Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's alleged victims, were released, accusing Queen Elizabeth II's son of sexually abusing her when she was a minor.
Andrew, up to now, continues to deny all accusations against him. Eugenie, who founded the Anti-Slavery Collective to help combat sex trafficking, would view her father's refusal to apologize to Epstein's victims unfavorably.
On the other hand, Andrew's elder daughter, Princess Beatrice, "is trying to strike a balance between not isolating her father and at the same time remaining close to the royal family," as indicated by sources cited by Daily Mail.
Both of Andrew's daughters spent Christmas with the rest of the royal family at Sandringham (eastern England), invited by King Charles III, while their father was urged to stay in London during the festive season.
The breakdown in relations between Andrew and Princess Eugenie marks another blow for the fallen-from-grace former prince as he prepares to leave Royal Lodge, the estate near Windsor Castle where he has lived for two decades, to move to a new property in Sandringham, reports Efe.