I'm just curious, but does anyone know how all these young people get to and from these countries? I mean some of them don't work, like Beatrice. Some like her boyfriend do work. So I wonder if he pays for her travel or if her father giver her and her sister an allowance of sorts?
I know the vast majority of these people are rich or their parents are rich and have these things at the tip of their fingers and can travel at a whim and stay with friends, but I really wonder how Beatrice does it???
Beatrice and Eugenie do have a trust fund [set up for them by the Queen, initially at the time of the divorce of Sarah and Andrew.] I assume they also get an allowance from their father.
I am now going to speculate, but I would imagine they got to the Monaco Grand Prix by private plane - most Formula 1 team principals travel by their own private jet, and I daresay Richard Branson took a party by private plane out to Nice [Monaco has no airport - it is far too small] and most likely Beatrice then flew to the Principality via helicopter. [I know Monaco quite well] - it does have a heliport.
I did notice that Beatrice had a 'VIP Pass' [which are like gold dust they are so rare!!] round her neck during the Grand Prix. I again speculate that this came via Richard Branson, who would have access to them because of Virgin; however, Sarah has previously been sighted at Moncao wearing just such a VIP pass, which I believe came to her via old flame Paddy McNally, who is very well connected in Formula 1 circles and is a very close friend of Formula 1's 'Ringmaster' Bernie Ecclestone.
I am now going to say something which I am afraid will upset people here, and so could I point out that I don't mean to cause offence. Anyway, it is this: although it now seems that Beatrice [and Eugenie] are not going to become 'fully fledged Royals', and are therefore entirely free to live the life of their own choosing, nevertheless, I feel rather uncomfortable that Beatrice is going down the 'Formula 1 Jet Set route'. It is a rather unpleasant world to be in -it is something of an amoral medium, full of 'Shady' people with varying degrees of warped values and an unrealistic 'take' on life. There is enormous wealth and a lot of people 'trading' on their louche connections ....or trying to ingratiate themselves with 'Royal contacts' etc. Sarah Ferguson was exposed to the vacuous values of Formula 1 though Paddy McNally, and the huge spending, jet set partying and everything
could [I fear] set both Princesses off on a less-than-desirable course.....
I am pleased that Beatrice got to the Chelsea Flower Show, but slightly concerned that she did so during her exams...... University Finals were quite tough in my day and although I am the first to concede that taking a break is a VERY good idea, sometimes one has to be careful not to lose one's focus.
Only my opinions.
Alex