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 Justices 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. “Shes 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 cant come to terms with negative revelations, which have certainly taken a toll,” Chard claimed.
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Turner and Chards 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 .
“Things havent 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 â that is why she was blind to her fathers behavior, and the same is true of her belief in Edo.”
“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, hes been pulling away.”
Days after the DOJs Epstein file release, Mozzi recapped his and Palm Beach in an Instagram video.
“Hes 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 hes found some great investors among the wealthy Cotswolds set. But its taking up a lot of his time and energy. Hes all about himself at the moment. You have to feel for Beatrice.”
“Theres been distance between them with his much-increased work travel lately, which he has been posting out [on social media] heavily in a
