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Beatrice and Eugenie banned from Ascot

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Viviennemary · 01/03/2026 08:44

Beatrice and Eugenie have been banned from the royal box at Ascot and from royal events in the foreseeable future. That's according to a headline in the Daily Mail. A little part of me feels a bit sorry for them as they're not their parents. I don't like them much but they do seem to symbolise all that's wrong with the royals. Money and immense wealth and priviledge for very little return.

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Laserwho · 01/03/2026 09:03

They are not working royals so shouldn't receive this privilege. They are also named in the epstein files and went with their mother to see him after he was refused from prison. They where adults by this time, old enough to know what he did and old enough to say no

Notsosweetcaroline · 01/03/2026 09:05

I think this is the right decision and likely more to come out on how their lifestyles pre marriage were funded, I also felt uncomfortable with the video clip of eugenie blanking Kate on her first royal engagement in the early days, by eugenie.

overall how involved they were, who funded them, needs to be answered, and if I was Charles I’d do the same rather than risk further embarrassment.

billysboy · 01/03/2026 09:08

pair of grifters which is learned behaviour from their parents / wider family

There needs to be a fair old shake up within the royal family

bestbefore · 01/03/2026 09:12

The whole ascot / royal season needs a massive head wobble imo. It just doesn’t sit well with the rest of the work the RF do, the top hats etc are just way OTT. I do get ceremonies etc but the races is a social event and it needs modernising etc. this comes from someone who is in favour of the RM but they need to modernise. And they can have that advise for free 😬

BillyBites · 01/03/2026 09:15

If that’s the way the Ascot event runs, then that’s the way they should dress. They’re not the only ones in top hat and tails.

MyThreeWords · 01/03/2026 09:21

Banned from Ascot or not invited to the royal box? I don't think the royal family would invite me to their fancy seating, but I'm sure I could still show up to ascot and have a flutter, and that B&E could also. Non-story.

Glitterbiscuits · 01/03/2026 09:22

Good! They don’t benefit Britain in any way. The fewer ‘royals’ we have the better
Its2026! We don’t need them

IkeaJesusChrist · 01/03/2026 09:23

Good, they're grifters.

JSMill · 01/03/2026 09:25

I would imagine that will be very upsetting and humiliating for them. It’s definitely the right thing to do. On the Times royals podcast they were saying that W pushed for Andrew to be dealt with much more thoroughly back in 2019 and was ignored. He is likely, I think, to be quite brutal in his treatment of the York family.

Pleasealexa · 01/03/2026 09:39

Unfortunately they are likely to be influenced by their parents and have apparently enjoyed hospitality in the ME so that has potential for further scandals.

They should drop their titles and live non Royal lives..no freebies or introductions in the ME

Dollymylove · 01/03/2026 09:48

bestbefore · 01/03/2026 09:12

The whole ascot / royal season needs a massive head wobble imo. It just doesn’t sit well with the rest of the work the RF do, the top hats etc are just way OTT. I do get ceremonies etc but the races is a social event and it needs modernising etc. this comes from someone who is in favour of the RM but they need to modernise. And they can have that advise for free 😬

Royal Ascot is huge annual event. People dress up and spend a Cart load of money.
Local people are hired to work there, and they earn money which goes back into the economy. Why should it be "modernised"?
Its fine just as it is

Rictasmorticia · 01/03/2026 09:52

I think they did this as it is likely they might get booed. Parading around in such a setting is a very bad look

MrsStarskie · 01/03/2026 09:54

It would be annoying not to go to a light hearted social event that cousins and Aunts and Uncles are attending especially if one always used to go. As it goes on for 5 days not to include them on one seems harsh.
Space is at a premium so perhaps Zara, Mike & others are being included.

Viviennemary · 01/03/2026 10:06

Their life as I see it has been one of luxury, partying , expensive clothes and holidays. All the trappings of wealth. Financed it would now seem by the ill-gotten gains of their parents.

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simpledeer · 01/03/2026 10:10

billysboy · 01/03/2026 09:08

pair of grifters which is learned behaviour from their parents / wider family

There needs to be a fair old shake up within the royal family

Agree with this.

MrsHaroldWilson · 01/03/2026 10:10

MyThreeWords · 01/03/2026 09:21

Banned from Ascot or not invited to the royal box? I don't think the royal family would invite me to their fancy seating, but I'm sure I could still show up to ascot and have a flutter, and that B&E could also. Non-story.

This, if they want to go they can get tickets in the normal way, surely?

MakeYourOwnSunshine · 01/03/2026 10:12

If I was them I would go anyway, and stand in front of the royal box swigging champagne from the bottle and flicking the Vs at my Uncle Charlie.

Clearinguptheclutter · 01/03/2026 10:14

Not seen the article but very much doubt they have been physically “banned”
been politely asked not to go, or at least not to go to the Royal Box, I would believe

Soontobe60 · 01/03/2026 10:14

Viviennemary · 01/03/2026 08:44

Beatrice and Eugenie have been banned from the royal box at Ascot and from royal events in the foreseeable future. That's according to a headline in the Daily Mail. A little part of me feels a bit sorry for them as they're not their parents. I don't like them much but they do seem to symbolise all that's wrong with the royals. Money and immense wealth and priviledge for very little return.

Yes, I completely agree. How dare these children of wrong uns even think they should be treated like their cousins. After all, they begged their parents to be born didn’t they?

johntorodesfatcheeks · 01/03/2026 10:14

they are not innocent children they are grown women. Insulting to the general public to try and have us believe they were as that
Fail suggests “reeling” from their father’s arrest. Those two have known for very long time they have scheming, greedy, corrupt parents and in fact they themselves participated in socialising and schmoozing with Epstein et al.

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Ukisgaslit · 01/03/2026 10:16

Banned from ascot ? So bloody what .
Performative nonsense

Charles was kissing Sarah Ferguson’s hand at last year’s Ascot .

The whole family - Sarah , their 30 something daughters ( they are not ‘girls’) Charles , William , should all be actively helping police enquiries if we are to take this mea culpa at all seriously .

I won’t hold my breath .

CoastalGrey · 01/03/2026 10:17

Why is it stupid? They strike me as being as lazy and entitled as their parents. I’m not a huge royalist and think the whole system needs a shake-up, removing some of the ridiculous privilege from these two seems a good start.

Tiddlywinks63 · 01/03/2026 10:19

Viviennemary · 01/03/2026 10:06

Their life as I see it has been one of luxury, partying , expensive clothes and holidays. All the trappings of wealth. Financed it would now seem by the ill-gotten gains of their parents.

Exactly. One of them had 17 holidays in , I think, 2025 while supposedly being a ‘busy working mother’ according to something I read on here.

Ukisgaslit · 01/03/2026 10:24

JSMill · 01/03/2026 09:25

I would imagine that will be very upsetting and humiliating for them. It’s definitely the right thing to do. On the Times royals podcast they were saying that W pushed for Andrew to be dealt with much more thoroughly back in 2019 and was ignored. He is likely, I think, to be quite brutal in his treatment of the York family.

I agree that William is likely a brutal person - we are constantly told how he’s in a violent rage.

But he did not do a thing about Andrew . He actively participated in the attempted rehabilitation of Andrew’s image -photographed driving him around - particularly to church - that cynical
old pr trick .
Leaks let it be known William and Kate would prefer Andrew as a neighbour to Harry . And it’s all ‘leaks’ isn’t it
Now the leaks are desperately trying to distance William from it all

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