Princess Beatrice set for ‘unofficial’ new royal role as Prince Andrew mystery heats up
Princess Beatrice has a history of balancing charitable work with state duties despite not being a working royal, including stepping in for events King Charles is unable to attend in her position as Counsellor of State.
While her father Prince Andrew has been increasingly ostracised from the royal fold after his reported friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, his eldest daughter Beatrice has taken on more responsibility in recent years – and looks set to claim a new role as ‘unofficial ambassador for the UK’ in the Middle East.
The princess, who is pregnant with her second child with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, has been mingling with the region’s power players during trips to Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia in recent months. The trips were linked to her position as vice president of tech firm Afinitii but also gave her a chance to talk up British business with the CEOs of some of the world’s biggest companies.
Rubbing shoulders with foreign officials was a key part of Prince Andrew’s brief before he was damningly linked to Epstein in the 2010s and it looks like his eldest daughter is poised to take up the mantle – evident as recently as November 4, when she attended the Adipec energy conference in Abu Dhabi and spoke with officials about the rise of artifical intelligence.
