LIFE IN ROYAL LIMBO

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are left out in the cold as their connections and finances come under intense scrutiny

‘SOME OF THE STUFF THEY’VE BEING DOING IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS NOT A GOOD LOOK’

Clutching a takeaway coffee in one hand and her car key fob in the other, Princess Beatrice seemed preoccupied as she emerged from Birley Bakery in London at the end of last month.

Her appearance in Chelsea, alongside her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and two friends, the art curator Carrie Scott and her partner, Nick Lazarus, was the first public sighting of the royal since her father’s arrest.

She and her younger sister, Eugenie, who was photographed going out for coffee in west London three days earlier, are facing a life in limbo as their place in royal circles comes under intense scrutiny.

Although neither Princess has any formal duties, they take part in carriage rides at Royal Ascot and attend garden parties at Buckingham Palace. Both also have grace-and-favour homes at royal palaces.