Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's daughters join King Charles and Anne at royal wedding
Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice were in attendance as royals gathered for the wedding of Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips
By inviting Princess Beatrice and Eugenie to the wedding of Peter Phillips, the royal family's has sent a strong message to critics claiming Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's daughters would be abandoned by the Windsors over their parents links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, the daughters of Charles' disgraced younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, were also in attendance as King Charles and senior British royals gathered at a village in south-west England on Saturday to celebrate the wedding of Princess Anne's businessman son to nurse Harriet Sperling.
The daughters of Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson were seen arriving at the wedding with their husbands.
Princess Beatrice is married to British property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and Princess Eugenie is married to marketing executive and businessman Jack Brooksbank
Anne was joined by her husband, Timothy Laurence, at the private ceremony at All Saints Church in Kemble, near Cirencester, by her brother Charles and Queen Camilla, as well as other senior royals including Charles’ son and heir, Prince William, and his wife Kate.
Phillips, the late Queen Elizabeth II's eldest grandson, is 19th in the line of succession to the British throne. He works as a sports management executive and does not undertake official royal duties. Sperling is a paediatric nurse.
Phillips' first marriage - to Autumn Kelly - ended in divorce in 2021.
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