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Prince Andrew’s daughter Eugenie ‘is too embarrassed by her dad to celebrate birthday with him’, expert says
Reason why Princess Eugenie moved to Portugal revealed
PRINCE Andrew's daughter is too embarrassed to celebrate her birthday with him, a royal expert has claimed.
Eleventh in line to the throne Princess Eugenie turned 34 today.
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She will celebrate in an intimate gathering with just her husband and two boys away from the UK, it is understood.
The royal upped sticks and ditched Britain last year - relocating to Portugal - after her dad Andrew found himself embroiled in a sex scandal.
The Duke of York, 64, has long been linked to convicted paedo Jeffrey Epstein.
He was previously accused of having sex with Virginia Giuffre, then 17, on Epstein's "Paedo Island" as well as allegedly knowing about his pal's horrendous sex crimes.
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Back in 2022, Buckingham Palace announced that Andrew was stripped of his military titles and his royal patronages were returned to the late Queen.
But the royal has always denied any wrongdoing.
In an exclusive chat with The Sun, royal expert Angela Levin said Eugenie's move to Portugal was an attempt to escape the scandal, despite being close with her mum Sarah Ferguson and sister Beatrice.
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Angela said: "It seems whatever happens, despite how dreadful, with Andrew or their mother getting cancer, Eugenie and Beatrice are very positive.
“I don’t know if Eugenie would have sat down with her father and had a chat to maintain a relationship after the scandal.
“She’s moved to Portugal. I know she wanted to get away from London and maybe she feels she wants to get away from the scandal.
“The move could have been to get away from the problems with her dad, but her husband has a very well paid job out there and she’s extremely happy."
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Eugenie and Jack, who wed in 2018 at the same venue as Harry and Meghan, now reside at a £3.6m golf club where they are making no effort to leave this weekend.
The decision to have small birthday celebrations away from Eugenie's family comes despite her mum Fergie's latest health battles.
Andrew's ex-wife Fergie was diagnosed with breast cancer last summer before being given the terrifying news in February that she had a malignant melanoma.
Thankfully, her skin cancer spread was stopped after she underwent surgery.
Angela added: “I don’t think Eugenie will come back to London to celebrate her birthday with her family.
"She’ll probably celebrate in the sun with her husband and her two babies.”
And even though concerns over her mother's wellbeing are rife, Eugenie won't move back to the UK, says Angela.
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She added: "I don’t know if that’s because of Andrew but she loves it there.
“They have somewhere to stay in London. She can pop back and spend time with parents and her sister."
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank relationship
HERE is everything you need to know about Eugenie and Jack's relationship.
In January 2018, Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's engagement was announced by Buckingham Palace after the 28-year-old got engaged to the nightclub manager in Nicaragua.
The couple began dating in 2011 after they met while skiing in the Swiss resort of Verbier.
They married on October 12, 2018, at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, the same venue as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Eugenie gave birth to her first child, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, on February 9, 2021.
The choice of Philip as a middle name pays tribute to Eugenie’s grandfather Prince Philip.
Her second child, Ernest, was born in May 2023.
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