Overview
- Mail on Sunday and Daily Mail reports say the sisters were told they would not have Royal Box access or join the carriage procession at this June's meeting.
- Buckingham Palace and Royal Ascot have not commented, while a separate insider told Us Weekly the pair had not planned to attend anyway.
- Several outlets describe a wider effort to keep the York sisters off prominent engagements for now, including guidance not to be photographed with them this year attributed to Prince William.
- Friends quoted in British tabloids say Beatrice and Eugenie feel blindsided and deeply disappointed by the reported decision.
- The scrutiny follows newly surfaced Epstein-related emails and Prince Andrew’s brief February detention on suspicion of misconduct in public office, with no allegations of wrongdoing against the sisters.