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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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JSMill · 02/03/2026 19:48

tara66 · 02/03/2026 19:10

Why did Beatrice and Eugene wear those dreadful hats to William and Kate's wedding? Was it attention seeking? Pictures of them plus hats come up all the time!

To be fair to Beatrice, she auctioned her hat off to charity.

Hhhwgroadk · 02/03/2026 19:51

B & E are employed by companies using their own talents. The Royal Family can have/invite whoever they want to their Royal Ascot box, as can the other box holders. They may or may not ride in the carriages down the course, that is etiquette within the Royal household.

None of this is up to the Daily Mail who have their own axe to grind and want to fill and sell newspapers.

simpsonthecat · 02/03/2026 20:09

I would put them at averagely wealthy. There are people who have far wealthier lifestyles paid for by their parents who have a far dodgier past than Andrew and Sarah

What does this mean? who are we talking about here?
If you have read all about Andrew and Sarah they are exceedingly dodgy so I have no idea who you are talking about. Other Royals do you mean? How do you know how wealthy B&E are?

TheAutumnCrow · 02/03/2026 20:09

JSMill · 02/03/2026 19:48

To be fair to Beatrice, she auctioned her hat off to charity.

I hope the two named charities got the full c. £40k each that was implied from the press coverage.

I wonder if Andrew Lownie has checked?

Wildviolet · 02/03/2026 20:19

diddl · 02/03/2026 09:31

Eugenie is still very friendly with Harry. I think this fits with the anti Kate stuff.

But wasn't Kate "the sister he'd never had"?

Meghan is anti Kate and thus man child Harry is now anti Kate.

Eugenie is still friendly with them both when other members of the family are not and have drawn a line after H&M’s conduct which includes calling Kate a racist and portraying her as mean and nasty.

I think this fits with Eugenie being rude to Kate in the past ie she is happy to see Kate mocked and smeared.

Harry was indeed very close to Kate pre Meghan but has happily turned his back on her much like he has dine to his brother and his father in order to pander to MM.

Thebigarsedbitch · 02/03/2026 20:23

To be fair there are very few working royals now - Charles and Camilla, Wills and Kate, Anne, Edward and Sophie. I think the Gloucesters, Princess Alexandra and the Duke of Kent turn out occasionally, but they are all in their 80s. However, there probably needs to be a curtailing of the Grace and Favour properties and equitable tax arrangements.

JudgeJ · 02/03/2026 20:24

MrsHaroldWilson · 01/03/2026 10:10

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

I think they're banned from the carriage parade, they can still go into the Royal Enclosure but I doubt we'll see photos of them chatting with the rest of the Firm.

Holycowhowmuch · 02/03/2026 20:27

Multiple pictures show they mingled with Eptein, even visiting him days after release from prison. They were fully grown women who chose that association. The saying you are judged by the company you keep....we all tend to have things in common with friends. They tainted themselves.

ChineseKeravan · 02/03/2026 20:38

Ukisgaslit · 01/03/2026 10:24

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

They all behave as to where the wind blows from.

Awkwardsilences · 02/03/2026 20:39

I'm also banned from the Royal Box at Ascot. But unlike Beatrice and Eugenie I also don't have a free luxury central London home and virtually unlimited money. So I don't feel sorry for them in the least even if it's not really reasonable for them to be punished cos of allegations against their dad.

Changedname9999 · 02/03/2026 20:52

They are all corrupt. What on earth might come out about Charles with all his friendships with paedophiles. Maybe it can’t come out as he is our ‘king’.

Fluffy40 · 02/03/2026 20:57

Isnt one of them married to a billionaire?

Im sure she’ll still receive pocket money.

Changedname9999 · 02/03/2026 20:58

Hhhwgroadk · 02/03/2026 19:51

B & E are employed by companies using their own talents. The Royal Family can have/invite whoever they want to their Royal Ascot box, as can the other box holders. They may or may not ride in the carriages down the course, that is etiquette within the Royal household.

None of this is up to the Daily Mail who have their own axe to grind and want to fill and sell newspapers.

So Beatrice got a directorship at a data warehousing company for her talents?

BigWillyLittleTodger · 02/03/2026 21:03

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

@Ukisgaslit Who is constantly telling us William is in a violent rage and where have you read such a claim?

LoyalMember · 02/03/2026 21:22

Probably in case somebody tries to put a saddle on them..

MyTrivia · 02/03/2026 21:26

I’ve also heard several sources that suggest William has a temper.

To the royal brown nosers who can’t cope with this - the monarchy won’t survive all this stuff with Andrew which shows them to be overseers of a cesspit (at best).

They will be gone after William, to be no doubt replaced by some other parasites.

ErinBell01 · 02/03/2026 21:27

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

I think the problem is more that they used to accompany Andrew to many countries such as UAE and the Stans when he was trade envoy - and the tax payer funded them of course. One of the girls had 17 holidays in her first year at work - where did the money come from? Eugenie been in Dubai recently and apparently the RF aren't happy.

LoyalMember · 02/03/2026 21:29

MyTrivia · 02/03/2026 21:26

I’ve also heard several sources that suggest William has a temper.

To the royal brown nosers who can’t cope with this - the monarchy won’t survive all this stuff with Andrew which shows them to be overseers of a cesspit (at best).

They will be gone after William, to be no doubt replaced by some other parasites.

I haven't heard that particularly, but I did read an article years ago that said William was quite an ill humoured curmudgeon like his father. That's always been in the back of my mind whenever I see him on the news.

Donsyb · 02/03/2026 21:34

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 😬

Well the thousands of people who go every year would disagree with you. We go precisely because of the the dressing up, as it’s the only time we get to do it, and love it!

PeopleLikeColdplayYouCantTrustPeopleJez · 02/03/2026 21:43

They’re not allowed in the royal box at Ascot? Cry me a river.

Seriously though, I felt a bit sorry for them in the early days as it’s not their fault their parents are a couple of greedy, sleazy out of touch arseholes. It still isn’t their fault but there’s already been a bit of digging about them, their lifestyles and who is or has previously been paying for it all. And it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. They didn’t have to follow in the footsteps of their parents, they chose to. They’re adults and they could have made different, better choices and avoided doing the same/similar as Andrew and Fergie.

That said, I can’t be arsed with the rest of the royal family either, even before all this. Trying to pretend that they had no idea at all what Andrew was up to, none at all. I don’t believe that. His disgusting attitude alone towards staff or anyone he perceived as such, seems to have just been accepted by the rest of them as one of those things. Makes you wonder how the rest of them treat their own staff. Due to ironclad NDAs we’ll probably never know for sure. The “sources” who outed Harry and Meghan probably weren’t ex staff.

So yeah, throw the lot of them in the tower imo.

SyntheticFluff · 02/03/2026 21:49

MyTrivia · 02/03/2026 02:50

Yes, I remember reading something about 15 years ago which said that Beatrice and Eugenie were total mean girls to Catherine and they invited her to a party, wrongly telling her it would be fancy dress in order to humiliate her when she arrived.

I’ll bet the two of them are not nice people.

Apparently that party/fancy dress thing was the other way round - it was Kate's party.

I'm glad that this is still all rumbling along and not conveniently being overshadowed by events in the ME.

BigWillyLittleTodger · 02/03/2026 21:55

MyTrivia · 02/03/2026 21:26

I’ve also heard several sources that suggest William has a temper.

To the royal brown nosers who can’t cope with this - the monarchy won’t survive all this stuff with Andrew which shows them to be overseers of a cesspit (at best).

They will be gone after William, to be no doubt replaced by some other parasites.

Having a temper is very different to having constant violent rages , hyperbole on here as ever.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 02/03/2026 21:58

TheAutumnCrow · 02/03/2026 20:09

I hope the two named charities got the full c. £40k each that was implied from the press coverage.

I wonder if Andrew Lownie has checked?

😯. Someone actually paid £40k for this? I wouldn't have given them a fiver for it. What on earth would you even do with it?

Beatrice and Eugenie banned from Ascot
TheAutumnCrow · 02/03/2026 22:05

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 02/03/2026 21:58

😯. Someone actually paid £40k for this? I wouldn't have given them a fiver for it. What on earth would you even do with it?

Over £81k was paid on eBay apparently, split between UNICEF and Children in Crisis.

Bertiebiscuit · 02/03/2026 22:09

These apples really haven't fallen far from the tree have they

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