“He was in a whole series of things which were really about lining his own pockets rather than actually supporting British trade efforts- including in places like Afghanistan, where, of course, British troops had died only very recently.”
Scrutiny of Beatrice’s Lavish Lifestyle
The renewed attention has also prompted discussion of Princess Beatrice’s lifestyle during her twenties. Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams pointed to her reported seventeen holidays in 2015, including trips to Verbier, St Tropez and Ibiza.
According to the Daily Mail, fifteen luxury trips abroad that year were estimated to have cost £300,000 (A$575,000). At the time, Beatrice’s reported salary at Sony was £19,500 (A$37,000).
“Her salary at Sony at the time was £19,500 (A$$37,000), which would not go far, while her lifestyle was obviously ridiculously excessive,” Fitzwilliams said.
“It now seems clear that their father’s dodgy business deals when Special Trade Envoy and their mother’s alleged financial dependence on Jeffrey Epstein, could have been pivotal to her life of luxury.”
He added: “Beatrice was able to live it up but now we wonder at whose expense?”