Princess Beatrice of York Current Events 3: August 2005-July 2006

[Skydragon]

Fergie, you've been forgiven

Her party promises to be the most spectacular Royal bash since Prince William's 21st birthday celebrations three years ago.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=390119&in_page_id=1773&ito=1490

 

[Bella]

I'm really surprised she doesn't have a boyfriend. I know she was supposedly dating that US guy who had the problem w having killed someone, but was that really a true boyfriend (I find it hard to believe as he's like 25). I just think she's incredibly pretty and seems to have a good head/sense about her. You'd think they'd be someone appropriate for her to become romantically involved with.

 

[machievelli]

Thanks for the article. The Queen has gone all out for Beatrice's 18th birthday celebrations. Sounds like it is going to be a blast. I hope there will be loads of pictures. Beatrice will find a proper boyfriend no doubt in the future.

 

[iceflower]

Thanks for the article. The Queen has gone all out for Beatrice's 18th birthday celebrations. Sounds like it is going to be a blast. I hope there will be loads of pictures. Beatrice will find a proper boyfriend no doubt in the future.

I can't imagine that we'll see that many pics of the event, but I nevertheless I hope so as well
Some more pics of Bea in Monaco that have not been posted yet:

(brunopress)

 

[Bella]

Thanks for the new pics, Iceflower. I hadn't seen these anywhere. Sorry, but Sarah looks terrible in that last picture.

 

[Missyjojo88]

I like Sarah and all and think she is great looking, but yeah she look like she was transforming into a creature or something. So yeah that last pic of hers is scary.

 

[HighGoalHighDreams]

The Queen's Polo Cup:

http://isifa.com/index.php?bool_search_send=true&page=search&search_ID=&lnp=&ed=on&ilustr=on&rf=on&foto=on&st=on&searchstr=princess+beatrice

 

[HighGoalHighDreams]

Sarah, Beatrice, and Eugenie are on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal this month. It seems to me that it's the typical article where very little on the girls is given and the magazine tries to bill it as, as LHJ says this time, their 'first, "Here we are world" thing when its not. But, it is there with some new information.

Some quotes: http://lhj.com/lhj/story.jhtml;jsessionid=0SZ3FJIB0ABHTQFIBQSCCAQ?storyid=/templatedata/lhj/story/data/1149781431161.xml

 

[Incas]

I wonder if the article has some tie-ins with Weight Watcher. I just find that throw-in comment on her being spokes person for 10 years interesting, albeit a tad too specific.

 

[Skydragon]

Fergie takes Beatrice for nerve-racking driving lesson

Teaching a child to drive is, to put it mildly, something of a nerve-wracking experience.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=391507&in_page_id=1770

 

[iceflower]

Thanks for the new pics, Iceflower. I hadn't seen these anywhere. Sorry, but Sarah looks terrible in that last picture.

You are welcome, Bella Normally I love the way Sarah looks, but in this case I would also say she looks more like a little rabbit

HighGoalHighDreams, thanks for telling us about the Ladies' Home Journal, I wonder if anyone could share the pics with us??? I like the one that is included on that page, but unfortunately I'm not able to buy the mag here.

 

[HighGoalHighDreams]

There's only two more- I believe scanning them and posting them, though, would be a violation of copyright laws.

 

[Jo of Palatine]

The telegraph had an article about Sarah and her daughters yesterday, which I found thought-provoking:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/06/22/ftprincess22.xml

I wholeheartedly agree with these comments, it's ridiculous how Sarah dresses and behaves with her daughters. In my experience, mothers often want to be their daughter's best friends but only once I encountered a daughter who was proud to call her mother a friend. IMHO girls need a mother who helps them grow up by setting the rules and giving guidance but allows for their own development into a woman.

I understand that it's probably hard for Sarah to know that her daughters can decide whenever they want to embark on a Royal lifestyle and on to a circle of friends where their mother can't follow. But this kind of mothering is not going to prevent it. When I read about the DVD-watching weekends I had the impression that Sarah tries to chain the girls to her company instead of showing them the world. Sarah said in an interview that the time is coming when the girls will be introduced to society. Which gives me the idea of former times when the girls were closely supervised by their mother or another chaperone while on outings in society. Reminds me a bit of the duchess of Kent and her daughter Victoria of long past - the moment Victoria came of age (in this case: became queen) she moved out and omitted contact to her mother as much as she could... Not a happy comparison.

BTW: How did the queen manage that with princess Anne?

Overall speaking, the girls always appear to be sulking in public, they appear as if they are pupils of a very exclusive and old-fashioned school allowed on an outing together with their governess Sarah. OTOH one learns about quite unsuitable friends who are encouraged by Sarah in private.

Hm, I'm not convinced Sarah does it right - especially not on ridiculing her daughters with clothes much to old and frumpy.

 

[kelly9480]

Unfortunately for the Telegraph, Sarah has said that her daughters choose their own clothes. She stopped dressing them once they stopped dressing in identical clothes. Beatrice and Eugenie's fashion disasters aren't because Sarah can't dress herself, but because they think those outfits look attractive and flattering. She may need to get them a stylist, but she doesn't force them into those clothes.

Anne has always been a Daddy's Girl, so, as much as she admires her mother, I don't know that EIIR ever had to deal with that same issue.

 

[iceflower]

There's only two more- I believe scanning them and posting them, though, would be a violation of copyright laws.

I understand that, on the other hand we all post pics from mags and it's always unpaid advertising for all those mags You could put the name of the mag as a watermark on the pics for example.

 

[Warren]

Scanning and copyright

There's only two more- I believe scanning them and posting them, though, would be a violation of copyright laws.

Under current interpretation of copyright law we can post scanned pics as long as we provide (or give credit to) the magazine/book/publication from which they were taken.
Details can be found in the Forum's Posting Rules and Guidelines.

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[Bella]

it's ridiculous how Sarah dresses and behaves with her daughters.

I totally agree. Sarah needs to find friends her own age and cut the chord. It's fine to get along with your daughters/mother, but to consider your daughters/mother your "best friend" is a little weird. And for Sarah to try and dress in the style of Bea and Eugenie is crazy. Those girls need to step from their mother's shadow. The whole "tripod" thing is too close for comfort for me.

 

[Incas]

The girls are still teenagers, they are too young to "step from their mother's shadow". Perhaps in another two years for Beatrice. In the mean time, I think it's sensible of Sarah to go to events with her daughters, not only she doesn't have to deal with the question of who would be her escort and spawn another batch of rumors, she can supervise the girls. If she and Andrew had let them go to film premieres or celebrity parties on their own, there would be headlines screaming what a bad mother Sarah is.

BTW, how come Andrew never gets blamed for "letting" the girls dress what they like, or let Sarah taken them to these parties? He is after all their father, and in all reports, on great terms with Sarah so he wouldn't have a problem talking to any of them.

 

[Zonk]

BTW, how come Andrew never gets blamed for "letting" the girls dress what they like, or let Sarah taken them to these parties? He is after all their father, and in all reports, on great terms with Sarah so he wouldn't have a problem talking to any of them.

Incas great question...unfortunately...Sarah has been tarred and feathered and that's the way its going to be! Don't get me wrong....sometimes she brings it upon herself but other times its just guilt based on previous events in her life.

I do agree that the girls have ghastly fashion choices. Hopefully, they will get a stylist or their cousins will say something?! Zara...Gabriella...we need you! Heck...even Davina and Rose dress better than them. But they still are fairly young...there is college in the future (and hopefully they will meet some nice Sloane Rangers or something).

 

[Bella]

The girls are still teenagers, they are too young to "step from their mother's shadow".

Incas, I have to disagree with you on this. Mid to late teens are certainly old enough to go to parties and other events w/out the protection of their mother. I'm not saying they should be hanging out at bars and wild parties, but they are of age where going out someplace with a group of friends (even a boyfriend) would be acceptable, even expected. The question maybe is, should Sarah be taking them along to HER adult parties? I'd rather see the girls out with friends their own age than always tagging along with mum to more adult-themed events. As for why Sarah is usually called to task for their wardrobe, she's the mother - the woman. How many dads really get involved with their teenage daughters' fashion? Also, Andrew is far less a fame hound. Seems Sarah can't get enough publicity and/or give enough interviews. Maybe I phrased it wrong. Perhaps it is she who needs to step from the shadows of her royal daughters and take a lesson from her ex husband on showing a little discretion in her access to the media.

 

[selrahc4]

Perhaps it is she who needs to step from the shadows of her royal daughters

BINGO!!!!!

 

[ysbel]

BTW, how come Andrew never gets blamed for "letting" the girls dress what they like, or let Sarah taken them to these parties? He is after all their father, and in all reports, on great terms with Sarah so he wouldn't have a problem talking to any of them.

That's a good question, Incas. Andrew seems for all intents and purposes a very hands on dad.

He did lose his temper over the Vanity Fair spread I believe. Those photos were way too adult for a young girl like Beatrice although she must have loved dressing up for them.

I agree also that as a parent I would not let my teenage daughters go alone to these types of events. Its too irresponsible. The teenage type of events they may go to would probably not get the press attention that these adult events get.

I took a look at the LHJ pictures on the magazine website. They're actually quite attractive. All the women wear eye makeup that is too dark and heavy. Beatrice and Eugenie have an excuse; they're young and when I was that young I did the same thing thinking it would make me look older and sophisticated.

Sarah though doesn't have the same excuse, the dark eye makeup is very unflattering.

 

[kelly9480]

Beatrice did a Tatler spread, but with the approval/acceptance of both parents. I never heard of a VF spread.

I think the makeup was put on with a shovel for all three of them. But they didn't do their own makeup, LHJ would have had hair, wardrobe and makeup people at the shoot, and the photographer would have had a say in how they were kitted out. The girls may have had a little input on the makeup, but I don't know how much, because I've seen earlier shoots Sarah's done with LHJ and she didn't shovel on the makeup, she looked more beautiful than she ever had before, so I'm going to chalk this up to being what the photog wanted rather than the three of them thinking that much makeup actually looked nice.

 

[ysbel]

Yes, you're right kelly it was Tatler not Vanity Fair. Camilla did the Vanity Fair shoot.

I hadn't heard that Andrew pre-approved the shoot, although I did hear that he was not happy with the results.

Sarah and the girls have worn heavy dark eye makeup before several times so I don't think we can blame it all on the photographer though you're right and the photographer does have some say in the final output.

 

[iceflower]

Princess Beatrice leaving the Cuckoo club , London, England - 24.06.06

(WENN)

 

[kelly9480]

Yes, you're right kelly it was Tatler not Vanity Fair. Camilla did the Vanity Fair shoot.

I hadn't heard that Andrew pre-approved the shoot, although I did hear that he was not happy with the results.

Sarah and the girls have worn heavy dark eye makeup before several times so I don't think we can blame it all on the photographer though you're right and the photographer does have some say in the final output.

Andrew pre-approved the interview and shoot, but I don't know that any of the family had final approval before Tatler went to press. I'd be surprised if Tatler would give them that power, even though they are royals.

Sarah's makeup wasn't really a problem to me. She's 46, so she's more than old enough to slather it on. Beatrice and Eugenie are younger, but they're also at that age where they think it looks nice. I just don't think either of them would have had a problem with that much makeup. They wore slightly less makeup for the photoshoot for Eugenie's 15th birthday. They seem to think it makes them look older and more sophisticated, and what teenaged girl doesn't want that? I guess Sarah figures they'll grow out of it.

For someone with such a pronounced jaw, Beatrice has no chin in profile.

 

[Bella]

Thanks (as always) for the recent pictures, Iceflower. Pss. B's dress looks like it's made of the same fabric that her mother's dress was made of in a recent pic w Pss. Eugenie. While I think Pss. Beatrice is quite pretty, esp. with center facial shots, she doesn't have the greatest profile.

 

[iceflower]

It's always a pleasure, Bella

Here's the cover pic of Ladies' Home Journal, I found it on the same website, but it was not included in the link HighGoalHighDreams shared with us, so I post it as well:

(Ladies' Home Journal)

 

[Bella]

Thanks again for the picture, Iceflower. Doesn't Pss. Beatrice look like the young actress from "The Wedding Crashers" in this latest picture? Do you know who I mean? The one who was with Vince Vaughn (in the movie). Just my opinion.

 

[iceflower]

Actually I do not know which actress you mean, Bella but it's a great pic, a nice memory for the three, they can put on the chimneypiece