{"id":479022,"date":"2026-05-11T10:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/479022\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:35:24","slug":"andrew-mountbatten-windsor-and-sarah-fergusons-attendance-at-family-event-to-be-heavily-scrutinised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/479022\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson’s attendance at family event to be heavily scrutinised"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Eugenie\u2019s latest baby joy is prompting questions over whether her parents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, could once again face intense scrutiny at a future royal christening.<\/p>\n

The princess, 36, confirmed on May 4 that she is expecting her third child, with Buckingham Palace announcing the baby is due in summer 2026. <\/p>\n

Eugenie also shared the news on social media, posting a family image featuring sons August and Ernest with a baby scan.<\/p>\n

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams believes the happy news could also bring renewed focus on the wider York family, especially when it comes to a future christening.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThink back to the last christening (of Athena Mapelli Mozzi in December 2025). It isn’t going to go away, because it can’t.\u201d<\/p>\n

The commentator’s remarks come just months after Mr Mountbatten-Windsor and Ms Ferguson kept a relatively low profile during the christening of their granddaughter, Athena, the daughter of Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. <\/p>\n

Athena was born prematurely in January 2025, with a family christening taking place in December.<\/p>\n

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Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank are expecting their third child<\/p>\n

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Celebrities like James Blunt and European royalty, including Princess Nina of Greece, were proudly in attendance.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor and Ms Ferguson were avoiding the media spotlight.<\/p>\n

The religious ceremony took place two months after Mr Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s definitive loss of his remaining military titles and patronages, sparked by renewed interest in his past.<\/p>\n

The pair arrived at the Chapel Royal in St James\u2019s Palace in separate cars with tinted windows.<\/p>\n

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\"JamesJames Blunt and Sofia Wellesley attended the Christening of Athena Mapelli Mozzi at St James’s Palace on December 12, 2025 | GETTY<\/p>\n

Crucially, they did not join the rest of the family for the subsequent celebration at a pub in Marylebone, returning instead to their private residences.<\/p>\n

When asked whether any future christening for Eugenie\u2019s third child would inevitably lead to fresh questions over whether Mr Mountbatten-Windsor and Ms Ferguson would attend, Mr Fitzwilliams replied: \u201cIt is the way of the world. It is the way it is.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne shouldn’t be talking about this at the time of a happy or forthcoming happy event in the summer.<\/p>\n

\"AugustBuckingham Palace included a picture of August and Ernest holding Princess Eugenie’s pregnancy scan in the official announcement | PRINCESS EUGENIE \/ BUCKINGHAM PALACE<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there is no other way of handling this, because that’s what’s going to happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe interest is going to be centred on that, on them.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cUnfortunately, there’s no way around this. Any conversation dealing with the Yorks comes back to this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Eugenie\u2019s latest baby joy is prompting questions over whether her parents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[90204,434,18,117,19,17,83876,50311,21827,15158],"class_list":["post-479022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-princess-beatrice","tag-princess-eugenie","tag-royal","tag-sarah-ferguson"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116555502663728882","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}