{"id":648016,"date":"2025-12-22T09:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/648016\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T09:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:34:22","slug":"princess-beatrice-set-to-leave-the-uk-with-edoardo-in-bid-to-avoid-andrews-last-christmas-at-royal-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/648016\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Beatrice ‘set to leave the UK with Edoardo in bid to avoid Andrew’s last Christmas at Royal Lodge’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Beatrice has decided to spend Christmas on a skiing holiday abroad with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and friends, turning down invitations from both sides of her family.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old princess declined an offer to join her parents, Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, at Royal Lodge for what would be their final festive season at the Windsor property.<\/p>\n

She also passed on the opportunity to celebrate with King Charles and other senior royals at Sandringham.<\/p>\n

Her younger sister, Princess Eugenie, 35, faces a similar predicament, although she is expected to spend the holiday with her husband, Jack Brooksbank.<\/p>\n

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Princess Beatrice has decided to spend Christmas on a skiing holiday abroad with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and friends, turning down invitations from both sides of her family.<\/p>\n

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Beatrice confided to friends that she felt torn between the competing invitations to join the royals at Sandringham or her exiled parents at their Windsor residence.<\/p>\n

A friend explained: “Beatrice doesn’t want to cause any embarrassment and was torn between loyalty to the King and her parents.”<\/p>\n

The source added: “She appreciates the way that the King and William have looked after her during everything that has been happening with Andrew and Sarah.”<\/p>\n

Rather than appearing to snub either party, the princess determined it was simpler to travel abroad with friends, according to The Sun.<\/p>\n

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Beatrice confided to friends that she felt torn between the competing invitations to join the royals at Sandringham or her exiled parents at their Windsor residence.<\/p>\n

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Both sisters did attend the pre-Christmas family lunch at Buckingham Palace, demonstrating their continued connection to the wider Royal Family despite the difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Royal Lodge presents a notably sombre picture this festive season. For the first time in two decades since Andrew took up residence, no decorations have appeared outside the property.<\/p>\n

The twin wreaths that hung on the gates last year remain absent, and the Christmas tree traditionally displayed on the roof has not been installed.<\/p>\n

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Andrew has been granted twelve months to vacate the property, though the practicalities of relocating may extend the process by several additional months.<\/p>\n

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An insider described the atmosphere surrounding Andrew as grim, saying: “With everything that’s gone on, he’s very much like the Grinch. It’s clear this year that festive cheer is in short supply.”<\/p>\n

This Christmas marks Andrew’s last at Royal Lodge following his decision to surrender the lease in October, when the King removed his royal titles amid the escalating Epstein crisis.<\/p>\n

Andrew has been granted twelve months to vacate the property, though the practicalities of relocating may extend the process by several additional months.<\/p>\n

Despite the family rift, the monarch will continue to provide financial support for his brother’s future, including accommodation on the Sandringham estate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Beatrice has decided to spend Christmas on a skiing holiday abroad with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[13081,2205,13082,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-648016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-edoardo-mapelli-mozzi","9":"tag-prince-andrew","10":"tag-princess-beatrice","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-royal-families","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648016","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=648016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}