PROFITING off the PALACE!

FOLLOWING IN THEIR PARENTS' FOOTSTEPS? PRINCESSES BEATRICE AND EUGENIE ARE UNDER FIRE OVER A NEW REPORT ABOUT THEIR FINANCES.

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THE vibe between William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales and his cousins Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie was as dreary as the weather at the June 6 wedding of fellow cousin Peter Phillips to Harriet Sperling.

According to reports, after William gave Beatrice a polite kiss on the cheek when they arrived at the All Saints’ Church in Gloucestershire, England, the future king and queen kept their distance from the two women, even going so far as to actively avoid them during the big event.

The snub came as no surprise to royal watchers: The day before, the UK’s National Audit Office released the findings of an investigation into royal residences. The probe, prompted by the luxe accommodations long held by their disgraced dad, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, at the Royal Lodge amid his ties to the convicted late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, revealed some shocking news about the former prince’s daughters: King Charles III pays the rent for Beatrice’s St. James Palace apartment and Eugenie’s Kensington Palace home, Ivy Cottage, a perk usually reserved for working royals.