By Molly Claire Goddard
1:02pm PST, Feb 12, 2026
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Princess Beatrice and
Princess Eugenie are standing by
Sarah Ferguson and
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor despite new evidence linking them to
Jeffrey Epstein.
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According to a source, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are standing by Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. "The Yorks are just about holding it together as a family, but this has put new strains on their relationships," an insider told
Daily Mail. "The last I heard, the daughters were still supporting both parents behind the scenes."
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Although Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are said to be "aghast" and "embarrassed" by the new information about Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's connection to Jeffrey Epstein, they won't abandon their mom and dad. "Beatrice and Eugenie are in a bind," the source said. "I think they should say something, but I doubt they will because of their need to stay loyal to their parents in private while separating themselves in public."
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Their parents' scandal has put their own careers at risk. "[Princess] Eugenie, for example, is co-founder of The Anti-Slavery Collective, a charity that campaigns to end modern slavery, which includes s** trafficking," the source said. "How can she do that without saying anything about [Jeffrey] Epstein, Virginia Giuffre [Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's late alleged victim], and this new case of a woman who claims she was trafficked to have s** with Andrew?"
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In the new batch of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, Sarah Ferguson was caught talking about Princess Eugenie's love life when the financier asked the former Duchess of York when she and her youngest child were visiting New York. "Not sure yet. Just waiting for Eugenie to come back from a shagging weekend!!" she wrote in a 2010 email, referring to the then-19-year-old spending time with her now-husband, Jack Brooksbank.
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In an email dated August 3, 2009, Sarah Ferguson wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, "I have never been more touched by a friend's kindness than your compliment to me in front of my girls [Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie]. Thank you, Jeffrey, for being the brother I have always wished for."
