Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are reeling from a shocking development after leaked emails revealed they each received secret £50,000 payments—totaling around £100k—from a controversial billionaire with deep ties to their father, Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
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The transactions, uncovered by The Mail on Sunday, stem from a larger £300k arrangement involving financier David Rowland (aka "Spotty"), during Andrew's time as UK trade envoy when his finances were already under scrutiny.
The emails explicitly discuss splitting funds: £50k each to the princesses, with half earmarked for investment in Rowland's son Jonathan's firm, Jellybook, and the rest routed through private channels like Drummonds bank. Critics are demanding full transparency, questioning whether the payments were legitimate gifts, loans, or something more opaque linked to Andrew's jet-set dealings—especially given Rowland's own history of regulatory controversies.
For Beatrice and Eugenie, long caught in their parents' scandal orbit, the revelation piles fresh pressure atop the Epstein fallout. Royal author Tom Bower has urged them to "come clean" publicly, warning that silence risks permanent damage to their reputations and any slim hopes of working-royal roles. Palace insiders say King Charles views the episode as further justification for sidelining the Yorks entirely.
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