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Princess Beatrice ‘distraught’ as Epstein files name her parents, fuel marriage rumors: expert
Princess Beatrice is said to be privately struggling as she attempts to navigate the ongoing scandals surrounding her parents.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, the former Duke and Duchess of York, appeared in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Jan. 30 release of files related to the investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Neither has been charged, and being named does not indicate wrongdoing.
“The reality is Princess Beatrice is under a lot of pressure at the moment,” royal expert Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital. “She’s trying to support her father without annoying the royal family, especially her cousin and heir to the throne, Prince William.”
“Secondly, it is rumored that her mother wishes to move to Portugal,” Turner noted.
British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard also told Fox News Digital that Beatrice is “deeply worried and distraught about her wider family life.”
“She can’t come to terms with negative revelations, which have certainly taken a toll,” Chard claimed.
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Turner and Chard’s statements came shortly after a source close to Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, told People magazine that any rumors about marital woes between them are “complete nonsense.”
On March 22, the Mail on Sunday reported that there was a “distance” between the couple amid the ongoing scandals surrounding Beatrice’s parents.
“The source close to Beatrice and Edoardo stating any marital difficulties between the couple are ‘complete nonsense’ is a traditional ‘never complain, never explain’ royal message to be communicated to the world,” said Turner.
“Hopefully Edoardo is supporting Beatrice at this time of great strain as rumors abound,” he said. “One fact to consider is who is spreading these rumors and who may want to attack Beatrice right now with gossip and innuendo. One theory is that some powerful person is … sending a warning sign that if she supports her family, more attacks on her marriage could follow.”
Beatrice, 37, and Mozzi, 42, married in 2020 and share two children. The Mail on Sunday reported that while Beatrice has been quietly supporting her parents, Mozzi has immersed himself in work as a property developer.
“Things haven’t been great for a while between them, but Beatrice has been determined to soldier on and forge a path through,” a source told the outlet.
“Beatrice is quite different from her sister, Princess Eugenie. She really wants to, almost naively, see the good in people and will turn a blind eye to uncomfortable truths — that is why she was blind to her father’s behavior, and the same is true of her belief in Edo.”
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“She wants to stay together, but he seems more and more distracted by work and travel,” the source said. “Just when she needs him most, he’s been pulling away.”
Days after the DOJ’s Epstein file release, Mozzi recapped his work trip to Miami and Palm Beach in an Instagram video.
“He’s really worried his in-laws will affect his business,” the source told the outlet, noting that his Banda Property “has been taking off lately, and he’s found some great investors among the wealthy Cotswolds set. But it’s taking up a lot of his time and energy. He’s all about himself at the moment. You have to feel for Beatrice.”
“There’s been distance between them with his much-increased work travel lately, which he has been posting out [on social media] heavily in a way he didn’t before,” added another source to the outlet.
Fox News Digital reached out to Kensington Palace for comment.
“My sources say Beatrice’s relationship with her husband, Edoardo, is frayed,” Chard said. “Others have said it is in tatters over the scandals. It is said he is keeping his distance from any further drama … He is worried his business will be negatively affected.”
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But not everyone agrees. Royal commentator Meredith Constant pointed out to Fox News Digital that as Andrew lies low, the British media has begun scrutinizing the York sisters.
“Andrew news has gone cold recently,” Constant said. “The focus has moved to his daughters. In an attempt to find something to talk about, outlets have moved on to their marriages. Edo has business in other countries. I don’t think his time in Florida would be reported on if outlets weren’t looking for signs that there’s trouble in paradise.”
“I also find it hard to believe that Edo is now concerned about how his father-in-law impacts his business,” said Constant.
“He married Beatrice in 2020; that was after the disastrous ‘Newsnight’ interview where he claimed he didn’t sweat and therefore couldn’t have danced with [Epstein accuser] Virginia [Giuffre], well past his time as U.K. Trade Envoy, which has always been shrouded in scandal.”
“The only thing that’s new here is the appearance of accountability and the rumors that William asked his cousins to submit to a financial audit,” Constant added.
A source told People that Andrew’s daughters have been prioritizing their families. Both women are mothers of young children.
“They’re like a locked ship right now,” a friend told the outlet.
“They are tarnished by this,” said royal author Ingrid Seward. “It has affected their lives a great deal.”
Beatrice and Mozzi were also spotted together at a birthday party on March 20 in London. The photographs were published by the Daily Mail.
Sources agreed that Mozzi has been prioritizing his future. The eldest son of Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi will one day inherit his family’s ancestral seat, the 18th-century Villa Mapelli Mozzi palazzo in northern Italy, People reported. He launched Banda, a property development and interior design company, in his early 20s.
The royals will also focus on following the late Queen Elizabeth II’s mantra — “keep calm and carry on.”
“We’re moving into a busy season for the royal family,” said Constant. “King Charles’ big U.S. visit is next month. Then we have events like the Royal Maundy Service at Easter, the RHS Garden Party, Trooping the Colour and more. They would not want the focus on Andrew or his immediate family. They will be doing everything to contain any potentially negative stories.”
British royals expert Hilary Fordwich previously claimed to Fox News Digital that the York sisters have been struggling with their disgraceful father’s explosive arrest, which took place on Feb. 19, his 66th birthday. The whereabouts of their mother are also currently unknown. Fox News Digital reached out to a spokesperson for Ferguson, 66, for comment.
“While both daughters were loyal to their parents, they now face the untenable choice of whether salvaging their own futures must prevail, given even their maiden York name is so toxic,” said Fordwich.
“They have been understandably distressed by the Epstein file contents regarding both their parents, but will no doubt create even more visible distance from their parents while perhaps still supporting them privately,” Fordwich said. “They now have tough decisions to make. All children faced with the despicable behavior of their parents have to make such a choice.”
There’s a lot out there that can really be disturbing. A friend calls with some scary medical news; I start wondering about my own health. I check the stock market and become obsessed about money — will we ever have enough for retirement? I read a news story and see only suffering in the world. My whole sense of well-being gets out of whack.
What I need to remind myself — what is right there in the celebration of Easter — “Give it some time. Give it three days.” Change is happening. Good things can come after complete horror. Give it three days.
Let me circle back to an old story, surely apocryphal, but sweet and helpful.
A woman goes to church on Easter Monday and as she leaves, she pauses to chat with a disheveled woman sitting on the steps selling corsages and boutonnieres — a meager means of making a living. And yet, despite her appearance, the old lady is full of smiles.
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“How is that even possible?” the woman coming out of the church wonders. She stops and talks with the lady.
No denying it. The flower seller has suffered. She reveals that. But Easter has just happened. What comfort there is in that. The pain and horror of Good Friday were turned into the power and mystery of the Resurrection. The magic of three days. “Whatever has happened to you,” she says, “just wait three days.”
As has often been pointed out, it’s the women in the Bible who witnessed the horror first-hand; Mary Magdalene, the other Mary, Mary the mother of Jesus, other women. It depends on which gospel account you’re reading. None of Jesus’s disciples are depicted as witnessing the crucifixion. It’s the women who stick it out, as awful as it must have been.
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But then, who are the first ones to witness the empty tomb, as they go there on the first day of the week, bringing spices to anoint the body, and find that the huge stone guarding it has been rolled away? It’s the women. An angel tells them that Jesus was raised from the dead. They were supposed to go tell the men. As the Gospel of Mark puts it, “They went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them…”
(In the Gospel of John’s account, Mary Magdalene, sitting there weeping, actually sees the risen Jesus, but doesn’t recognize him until he says her name, “Mary.” Wow, isn’t that powerful? We know who Jesus is when he calls us by name.)
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Every year our church does a three-hour service on Good Friday. Ugh. I go and hear the gospel story. Sometimes fellow parishioners act out the passion story. It is all so sad. Must we retell it, re-live it, year after year?
And yet, in all of this, there is a helpful lesson. Yes, we do go through pain. We do witness terrible suffering. It’s important not to run away from it and hide. Recognize it. Take it in. Deal with it. See if and what it might be teaching you. As the wonderful priest and teacher Richard Rohr puts it, we learn from two things: love and suffering.
Note to self: Be aware of your own suffering and the world’s suffering. For there is something profound on the other side. You will see truth in all its wonder and beauty. What do you have to do? Just wait. Go for a walk. Sit in quiet meditation. Put away the phone for a while. Talk to a caring friend. Pick up a book. Put it down. Whatever. Wait a few days.
Wait three days. No telling what you will see.
There is an old joke that scientists switched from lab rats to lawyers because you do not get as attached to lawyers. President Donald Trump has shown the same tendency to avoid becoming attached to either private or government counsel. Attorney General Pam Bondi is only the latest in a long line of lawyers let go by a president who was made famous with the tagline “You’re fired.”
There is no evidence of bad blood between President Trump and Bondi. The attorney general has been attacked over her loyalty to the president and has been by his side in some of the most precarious moments, from impeachment to criminal defense. As his “apprentices” learned, this is not personal. It’s business.
Jeff Sessions. Rex Tillerson. Bill Barr. Mark Esper. Kristi Noem. Trump’s Cabinet picks are known more for shelving than storage.
Indeed, being a cabinet member in a Trump administration is about as secure as being a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.
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Trump has always viewed terminations as a way to spur higher performance levels.
There is a reason why Trump may have wanted to move now in swapping out attorneys general. There are growing predictions that the Democrats will lose the House and could now lose the Senate.
Democrats are running on pledges to unleash a new spasm of investigations and impeachments, targeting not just President Trump but anyone who supports him.
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Figures like Susan Rice, top policy adviser to both Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, have promised “revenge” against all those who pushed Democrats out of power and warned that “it’s not going to end well for them.”
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., pledged that, as soon as they regain power, they will start throwing Trump people in jail when they retake Congress.
Democratic strategist James Carville previously threatened that “collaborators” may be treated in the same way as they were after World War II.
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Trump’s ability to secure confirmation of a successor will become far more challenging as he approaches the midterm elections.
Trump has to decide who will be the best hand on the wheel in those choppy waters ahead.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has the street cred that Trump values. An accomplished litigator and former prosecutor, Blanche is neither flashy nor gregarious. He is a lethal litigator who can gut you like a trout without breaking a sweat. He has been at the president’s side in and out of court. While he will be a lightning rod for Democrats who have attacked him for his role in the release of the Epstein files, his firmness in dealing with a hostile media likely appealed to the president.
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Blanche offers a seamless transition for the department. He literally only has to walk down the hallway to take the reins from Bondi.
Another name reportedly under consideration is EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who would likely be the easiest to confirm and the most popular with members of Congress. Zeldin transformed the EPA in short order, including clearing away barriers to increasing energy production. Almost elected governor of New York, Zeldin has cross-over appeal in Washington as someone who cut his teeth in this town.
Other candidates include state attorneys general, as well as wild cards like U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, a former judge with a tough-as-nails reputation in Washington, D.C. It is a deep bench.
There will be no shortage of applicants for the job. The office of the attorney general in the Trump administration has everything that one could want in Washington. Everything, that is, except job security.
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