Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor reportedly reached out to his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, ahead of their recent meeting with the wider Royal Family, in a private email urging them to “keep their heads up.”
The message is said to have been sent shortly before the sisters made a notable public appearance at the wedding of Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling in the Cotswolds last Saturday.
Beatrice and Eugenie arrived separately at All Saints’ Church in Kemble, joining other members of the Royal Family including King Charles and Queen Camilla, who then left for the Epsom Derby alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales, as well as Mike and Zara Tindall.
Unlike some of the more formal arrivals, the sisters opted for a more low-key entrance, walking confidently towards the church rather than driving directly to the entrance.
Beatrice wore a mint green floral dress and arrived under an umbrella with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
Eugenie, who is pregnant, opted for a navy midi coat dress paired with blue block-heeled sandals and a matching fascinator as she arrived with her husband, Jack Brooksbank.
Andrew’s email was reportedly a gesture of encouragement as his daughters returned to a high-profile royal environment.
The former Duke of York did not attend the ceremony and remains largely out of public royal life.
Their appearance at the wedding marked their first public engagement with the Royal Family this year, after previously being absent from the Easter Sunday service in April by royal agreement.
