{"id":614688,"date":"2025-12-05T22:27:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/614688\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T22:27:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:27:30","slug":"princesses-beatrice-and-eugenie-decline-invitation-to-kate-middletons-christmas-carol-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/614688\/","title":{"rendered":"Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie decline invitation to Kate Middleton&#8217;s Christmas carol service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie declined Kate Middleton\u2019s invitation to attend her annual Christmas carol service as the sisters continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/30\/royal-family\/princess-beatrice-and-princess-eugenie-quietly-leave-uk-as-father-prince-andrew-is-evicted-stripped-of-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keep a low profile<\/a> amid<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/17\/royal-family\/prince-andrew-sarah-ferguson-lose-royal-titles-amid-renewed-jeffrey-epstein-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> their father\u2019s scandal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eugenie, 35, revealed she and her sister, 37, won\u2019t be in attendance to Friday night\u2019s event via her Instagram Stories as she reshared the Prince and Princess of Wales\u2019 post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWish Bea and I could have been celebrating tonight with our family,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWishing @princeandprincessofwales such a special evening at her incredible carol service. What an amazing message of love and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice politely declined Princess Kate Middleton\u2019s invitation to her annual Christmas carol service on Friday.  Dave Benett\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Middleton reportedly sent the sisters personal invites in a deliberate move to show a united family front after their father was stripped of his royal titles.  Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Middleton, 43, reportedly extended personal invitations in a deliberate effort to present a united family front in light of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor\u2019s recent scandal, royal commentator Neil Sean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/kate-middleton-extends-olive-branch-andrews-daughters-amid-jeffrey-epstein-disaster-expert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Fox News<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n<p>Beatrice and Eugenie <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/31\/royal-family\/princess-beatrice-and-princess-eugenies-royal-status-revealed-after-dad-price-andrew-stripped-of-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maintained their royal titles<\/a> while their father was stripped of his \u201cprince\u201d title in October due to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/what-to-know-about-prince-andrews-epic-fall-from-grace-over-epstein-ties-two-new-books-drop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the announcement, the princesses quietly jetted out of the U.K. They were later seen <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/07\/royal-family\/princesses-eugenie-and-beatrice-embrace-in-first-joint-outing-since-andrews-title-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back in London<\/a> on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to King Charles confiscating his brother\u2019s title and honors, he also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/30\/royal-family\/prince-andrew-stripped-of-prince-title-forced-to-move-out-of-royal-home-following-epstein-scandals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evicted Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson<\/a> from their royal lodgings. <\/p>\n<p>King Charles officially removed his brother\u2019s \u201cprince\u201d title in October due to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.  UK Press via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Andrew\u2019s daughters were allowed to keep their royal titles, but have maintained a low profile in the months since. AP<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew,\u201d Buckingham Palace told Page Six in a statement Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence. Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The title removal went into effect immediately and also applies to Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh and \u201cHis Royal Highness.\u201d Ferguson was also ordered to relinquish her Duchess of York title. <\/p>\n<p>Mountbatten-Windsor and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, were also evicted from their royal lodgings.  WireImage<\/p>\n<p>A source revealed the pair have been given a move-out date of Jan. 31.  AP<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, a source revealed that Mountbatten-Windsor and Ferguson have <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/02\/royal-family\/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-and-sarah-fergusons-eviction-date-from-royal-lodge-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been given a move-out date<\/a> of Jan. 31.<\/p>\n<p>The insider added that the former Duchess of York is searching \u201cfor a place in Windsor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another insider previously informed Page Six that the former Prince would be relocating to a property on the private Sandringham estate. <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/01\/royal-family\/king-charles-humiliates-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-again-by-stripping-final-royal-title\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie declined Kate Middleton\u2019s invitation to attend her annual Christmas carol service as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[173775,4082,533,532,13082,13084,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-614688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","9":"tag-celebrity-news","10":"tag-kate-middleton","11":"tag-prince-william","12":"tag-princess-beatrice","13":"tag-princess-eugenie","14":"tag-royal","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115669319263120577","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}