Beatrice and Eugenie’s big Princess Kate mistake – and now they’re paying the…

Beatrice and Eugenie’s big Princess Kate mistake – and now they’re paying the price

The Princess of Wales has reportedly been “wary” of Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie ever since they “snubbed” her beloved sister, Pippa, at a fashion show back in 2008. The incident, which is thought to have occurred three years before Catherine married into the Royal Family, allegedly ensured the trio would never have a warm relationship, on top of the fact that Catherine couldn’t be more different from the York sisters.

And now with the sisters appearing to be becoming royal outcasts thanks to their parents’ links to Jeffrey Epstein, it seems this rocky past will not be helping matters.

Discussing how the two sisters have always been closer to Prince Harry, rather than William and Catherine, royal author Alexander Larman exclusively told the Daily Express: “On a personal level, they’ve always got on with Harry and have continued to maintain contact with him in his Montecito exile. However, the Duke of Sussex is persona non grata not just with his father but with his elder brother, and so the vision of the ‘slimmed-down monarchy’ that King Charles and William both have does not include Harry or his friends.”

Then, referring to Catherine, Mr Larman suggests that part of the reason why they may not see eye to eye is that Beatrice and Eugenie are too similar to their “vulgar” mother, Sarah Ferguson.

Catherine is a reserved, poised, quite formal, although not po-faced character,” the author explains. “The princesses, especially Beatrice, are more like their mother – loud, forceful and like to be the centre of attention in social situations.

“They’re very different characters and, like Sarah, operate as bulls in china shops a lot of the time.

Discussing the pair’s decision to snub Pippa at the fashion show in 2008, where they refused to move up and let her join them on the front row, Mr Larman said: “Snubbing Pippa was a silly, thoughtless move, but the family have done plenty of that in their time.” He suggestes both Beatrice and Eugenie have inherited their father’s famous rudeness and sense of entitlement.

The pair have laid low following their father’s arrest and release under investigation. While they are yet to speak out on their parents’ previous connections to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, their father Andrew has continuously denied all wrongdoing.

Questions about Princess Catherine’s feelings toward Prince William’s cousins have often been asked, with it previously claimed that she has always been “cautious” around the pair.

As reported in the Daily Mail, a source said: “William and Kate don’t appear to be close to either of the sisters. They haven’t got that much in common.

The source further added: “William has made a point of inviting Beatrice and Eugenie, and other cousins, to help him host a Buckingham Palace garden party once a year. But there’s no sign of him ever wanting his cousins to be taxpayer-funded working royals. That’s been made pretty clear.

“Eugenie, particularly, seems to be closer to Harry than she is to William.”