By ARTHUR PARASHAR, SENIOR REPORTER

Published: 10:17 GMT, 11 January 2026 | Updated: 10:17 GMT, 11 January 2026

Disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor urged Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie to spend Christmas with King Charles so they could report back on what he had missed, a royal expert has claimed.

Andrew, 65, did not attend the Royal Family's annual Christmas at Sandringham and was forced to spend it alone at Royal Lodge after being stripped of all his titles over his links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

But it is claimed he pushed his daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, to attend so he could find out what family members were saying about him.

Princess Beatrice was due to go skiing over Christmas but is said to have changed her mind and was seen on the steps of St Mary Magdalene Church, in Sandringham, with Eugenie and the King on December 25. 

Eugenie and Beatrice could be seen following King Charles and Queen Camilla with their husbands, Jack Brooksbank and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

Other Royal Family members including the Prince and Princess of Wales also travelled to Sandringham for the Christmas Day service.

But their was no space for Andrew or his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, who have both been exiled amid increased scrutiny over their friendship to Epstein.

Andrew is expected to soon vacate the Royal Lodge and is set to move into the Marsh Farm property on the Sandringham estate, which is currently being renovated.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is pictured leaving Royal Lodge alone on Christmas Day 

Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice are pictured beaming at the Sandringham Christmas Day service

Royal author Ingrid Seward claims that although Andrew could not attend the Royal Family's Christmas himself, he may have used his daughters to report back to him.

She told The Sun: 'I don't think Beatrice and Eugenie had a choice. Andrew said to them 'you have to go'.

'He wants to know what's going on and what people are saying about him. They are Andrew's only passport into the Royal Family now.