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Princess Eugenie has reportedly cut her father Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor off in the midst of the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
The disgraced former royal was stripped of his titles by his brother King Charles last year as his friendship with the paedophile financier attracted vast public scrutiny.
A source told Mailon Sunday Andrew’s younger daughter is no longer speaking to him as the 65-year-old has become further implicated in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring.
“There is no contact at all, nothing. It’s Brooklyn Beckham level – she has completely cut him off.”
The investigation into Epstein and his co-conspirators is ongoing, with the US Department of Justice continuing to release photos, emails and documents from what is colloquially known as the Epstein files.
The former Duke of York’s older child Princess Beatrice reportedly invited him to her daughter’s christening, but he did not attend the afterparty.
“Beatrice is trying to walk the fine line of not cutting her father off and yet remaining close with the Royal Family.
“They aren’t exactly in regular and close contact at the moment, but Eugenie isn’t trying to walk that line. She’s not speaking to him.”
Andrew and his daughter Princess Eugenie are reportedly no longer on speaking terms. Photo / Karwai Tang / WireImage
Spending Christmas alone, Andrew reportedly convinced his daughters to attend the annual family events at Sandringham in his absence, royal author Ingrid Seward told the Sun.
“I don’t think Beatrice and Eugenie had a choice. Andrew said to them ‘you have to go’.
“He wants to know what’s going on and what people are saying about him. They are Andrew’s only passport into the Royal Family now.”
He was photographed at Royal Lodge over the holidays – his last Christmas at his home of 22 years before he relocates to the Sandringham estate this year.
Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will move out of the Windsor mansion this month after being evicted by the King in October.
