Princess Beatrice
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It will be a test of their relationship that most of us can't imagine. Even if Beatrice had been an unknown, anonymous woman, an investigation of sex trafficking by her father would be disruptive to her life and embarrassing. That sort of story becomes front page news even for "nobodies." Being famous and royal multiplies that embarrassment.
Even if both parties have the best intentions, it’s risky to make big decisions when you’re still in the early “honeymoon stage” of a relationship. While they have known each other forever (Fergie is his half brother’s godmother), they only started dating around the time of Eunice’s wedding. They’d been dating for 11 months when they got engaged & he was living with his ex-fiancee when they started dating. Even if they were split at the time, he’s been engaged to 2 different women within 1.5 years & has a 2 year old child.
This isn’t to slam his personal choices, but rather to suggest a longer engagement would be prudent, since Beatrice has famously been unlucky in love, and may be vulnerable to the euphoria of just being with someone nice her family likes. Edo has always been very public about adoring her, while her prior BF (of 10 yrs) not only never proposed, but he quickly propsed to his next GF after he split with Bea. With so many recent royal weddings and Beatrice now 31, it’s understandable that her family would be happy for her, especially since they know this guy & he’s certainly more acceptable than her previous BFs (one couldn’t enter the UK for legal problems related to assault).
But I can see where she may be in a rush to start her family & also have a distraction from her father’s issues, which may even threaten her own position with children’s charities.
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To a large point I see what you're saying, another way of looking at it is that she isn't guilty of her father's doings. I think, in light of this chap's past, baby and all, he's rather smug over having snagged a granddaughter of (arguably) the most renowned matriarch of our times. He could well be rubbing his hands together and slapping himself on the forehead, saying "Damn, I got lucky, this is great for business" due to the elevated circles he now has access to that he hadn't before. Am I cynical? Sure!! The optimistic side of me says I want a happy life for them. The non-optimistic side says they're just checking off their respective boxes for what they're aiming. He wants business, she wants marriage to a hot, eye candy guy because she's 31 with a painful boyfriend history, her peers are married, she's a royal, her wacko mother approves, he checks off her boxes. God knows she checks off his.
I hope their marrying isn't so mercenary on their parts. People get married for all sorts of reasons and love isn't always the most important factor, but let's hope there is love between them.
She might love him, but I'm not so sure about him. He looks like an opportunist to me.
I feel like her wedding will be very small and most likely private/unknown date because if they put it out there they’ll be hounded by the press. I can only imagine how many plans she must have already canceled because of her father.
I can only imagine the lives that were ruined because of Epstein and her father
Not her fault but you would have to be very insensitive to go ahead w a full public wedding after all of this
I’m going back to a thought I had when the engagement was announced which was that they would get married in Italy.
Both her father and Epstein are POS’s and everyone in the family knows that he’s a POS. They’ve actively ignored his behavior for decades, this isn’t news.
My comment about her wedding plans is merely that her wedding is less than a year away, while every detail may not have been finalized for the most part it was pretty well planned at this point. Imagine the number of businesses that were impacted by this scandal? The preparations for a wedding of this size are substantial. How freaking awkward it must be to have to cancel all the preparations that you already made. Granted I know that she’s not making the calls herself but it doesn’t make it any less awkward. Then having the pressure to plan a new smaller/private wedding in a short time span.
My comment about her wedding plans is merely that her wedding is less than a year away, while every detail may not have been finalized for the most part it was pretty well planned at this point. Imagine the number of businesses that were impacted by this scandal? The preparations for a wedding of this size are substantial. How freaking awkward it must be to have to cancel all the preparations that you already made. Granted I know that she’s not making the calls herself but it doesn’t make it any less awkward. Then having the pressure to plan a new smaller/private wedding in a short time span.
Maybe better secretely in Italy, then openly in London.