Eugenie & Beatrice WHAT DID THEY KNOW?

THE SISTERS ARE CAUGHT UP IN THEIR PARENTS' DOWNFALL

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Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie's lives have long resembled a fairytale – until now. Their idyllic world has crumbled, with their father Prince Andrew finally relinquishing his royal titles – including the Duke of York – due to his association with late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

"They can hardly believe what has happened," one palace insider tells New Idea. "They are mortified and had no idea about the more lurid details of the scandal that has enveloped their parents. They have no idea how to move forward from this."

Andrew, 65, forfeiting his dukedom came as new allegations against him emerged in the late Virginia Giuffre's posthumous new memoir, Nobody's Girl. She outlined Andrew's alleged abuse of her as a 17-year-old, enabled by Epstein. Andrew vehemently denied her allegations and settled the matter out of court in 2022, without accepting liability.

Their mother Sarah Ferguson, now no longer the Duchess of York, also maintained a friendship with Epstein. He once claimed Fergie took Bea and Eugenie, then aged 20 and 19, to visit him in the US when he was released from jail in 2009. While the royals have denied such a visit occurred, the murky allegation only compounded the York family scandal.