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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
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Does Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s Surprise Appearance at Yesterday’s Buckingham Palace Garden Party Mean They’re Becoming Working Royals?

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.

As the Princess of Wales continues to receive cancer treatment following her announcement about her diagnosis on March 22, she remains absent from public duty—so, when Prince William hosted a garden party at Buckingham Palace yesterday, four of his six royal cousins stepped up to support him in a show of solidarity. 

Princess Anne’s two children Peter Philipps and Zara Tindall and the York sisters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie—the daughters of the Duke and Duchess of York, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson—braved the rain alongside William to greet 8,000 guests on the lawn of the Palace, umbrellas in hand. Zara’s husband, Mike Tindall, as well as the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were also present.

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