'It's tough being a princess': Beatrice and Eugenie open about about the tough life of a young royal

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Thursday, 2 August 2018, 2:09PM
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Princess Beatrice and Eugenie have bemoaned living in the public eye as they say they constantly face ‘mockery’ and criticism.

In the Royal sisters’ first ever joint interview they said it was hard being a working woman in an ‘Instagram’ world - where everything seems perfect.

The Queen’s granddaughters insisted that despite their family’s status, they were ‘real’.

In conversation with Vogue magazine, Princess Beatrice, 29, said: ‘It’s hard to navigate situations like these because there is no precedent, there is no protocol.

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‘We are the first: we are young women trying to build careers and have personal lives, and we’re also princesses, and doing all of this in the public eye,’

Princess Eugenie, 28, agreed.

‘We want to show people who we are as working, young, royal women, but also not to be afraid of putting ourselves out there,’ she said.

‘Nowadays it’s so easy to recoil when you see a perfect image on Instagram - but it’s important that it’s real. We’re real.’

The sisters have been mocked for their sartorial choices over the years - in particular for their unusual hats.

At the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding in 2011 Princess Beatrice wore a hat so unusual it was named the ‘pretzel hat’.

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Its designer, Philip Treacy, later joked he thought he might have his head on a spike for the outlandish design.

Princess Beatrice has also been royally ribbed for the number of holidays she seemingly takes.

The pair admitted people ‘beating’ them up had taken its toll on and had even reduced them to tears on occasion.

Princess Eugenie, who works at an art gallery, said she finally broke down while at a garden party at Buckingham Palace.

She said: ‘There was a horrible article that had been written about Beatrice and she got really upset.

‘We were just about to step out and she had a bit of a wobble and cried. I was looking after her.

‘And then about an hour later, I had a wobble and started crying and Bea was there for me.’

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The sisters - who describe each other as their ‘rocks’ - will even stick together on Princess Eugenie’s wedding day. She will marry Jack Brooksbank in October.

It has been confirmed that Princess Beatrice will be her maid-of-honour - or chief bridesmaid.

Princess Beatrice said: ‘Euge is amazing. She’s a very modern bride.’

Princess Eugenie assured she was not a domineering ‘bridezilla’ adding: ‘I’m not stressed at all. It’s nerve-racking because you want it to be perfect, but then you realise that you’re going to be with the person you love forever and nothing else really matters.’

She also revealed the whole wedding would be plastic-free - as is her home.

The pair spoke to Vogue for its September issue and had a fashion shoot at the Royal Lodge in Windsor, which is owned by their father the Duke of York.

This article was first published on dailymail.co.uk and is reproduced here with permission. 

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