Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie will not be attending the royal family's Christmas celebration this year, choosing instead to spend the holiday with their in-laws. This decision comes amidst continued controversy surrounding Prince Andrew's alleged ties to a Chinese operative.
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie will not attend the royal family's Christmas celebration this year. The sisters have made the unusual decision to skip the annual holiday gathering hosted by King Charles III at his Sandringham estate. According to People, Beatrice and Eugenie were invited to spend Christmas with their respective in-laws before news broke of this decision.
This is only the second time in the last decade that Beatrice and Eugenie have missed the royal family's Christmas gathering. The other instance was in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The former couple was at Sandringham on Christmas last year. They were expected to attend the gathering again this year, but that changed due to the controversy surrounding Andrew's ex-staffer. The outlet said Ferguson and Andrew's decision “is thought to have been made easier” by their daughters’ choice to spend Christmas with their in-laws. Businessman Yang Tenbo, also known as Chris Yang, has since been revealed to be the alleged Chinese operative after a judge lifted an anonymity order that had kept his identity under wraps. Yang has denied the accusations of espionage leveled against him, saying in a statement that he had “done nothing wrong or unlawful and the concerns raised by the Home Office against me are ill-founded.” The Chinese national allegedly visited the UK regularly and frequently attended events at royal residences — Andrew’s 60th birthday party at Royal Lodge key among them. Court documents have reportedly revealed that Yang had an “unusual degree of trust” with Andrew and was authorized to act on his behalf in business dealings with Chinese investors. The prince’s office has pushed back on accusations of impropriety, insisting that “nothing of a sensitive nature” was discussed with the Chinese businessman and that their meetings had occurred “through official channels”
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