Princess BeatriceandPrincess Eugenieare caught up in their fatherPrince Andrew’s latest scandal.
In a High Court case, Turkish millionaire Nebahat Evyap Isbilen claims that she entrusted her financial advisor Selman Turk with £67 million, including payments to Prince Andrew totaling more than £1 million, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson for £225,000 and his daughterPrincess Eugeniefor £25,000, according toThe Telegraph.
Included in the money paid toQueen Elizabeth’s son was a payment of £750,000 made in November 2019, days after Turk won a prize at Prince Andrew’sShark Tank-stylePitch@Palace competitionfor entrepreneurs, according to the complaint.
Isbilen says she believed the payment was for the prince’s assistance with obtaining a new passport after she fled the country, where her husband is imprisoned. However, Turk and Prince Andrew’s office allegedly later told her bankers that the sum was a “wedding gift” forPrincess Beatrice, whomarried Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in July 2020.
Princess Beatrice, Sarah Ferguson, Prince Andrew and Princess Eugenie.Sarah Ferguson/Instagram
According toThe Telegraph,Princess BeatriceandPrincess Eugenieare not believed to have had any knowledge of their parents' dealings with Turk, nor knowingly corresponded with him.
In a statement shared with PEOPLE,Princess Eugeniesaid: “On 31 March 2022 I received a letter from solicitors Peters & Peters representing their client Nebahat Evyap Isbilen in her claim against a Mr Selman Turk, and various companies. I know neither Mrs Isbilen nor Mr Turk (nor any other details of the claim) and I was surprised to receive this letter, which asked me to explain two payments made to my bank account in October 2019, which I understood to be gifts from a long-standing family friend to assist with the cost of a surprise party for my mother, Sarah, Duchess of York’s sixtieth birthday.
Prince Andrew, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice.
“In early October 2019 I had received a call from our family friend saying that he wanted to make a financial contribution towards my mother’s birthday party to assist with the catering costs. I suggested that any contribution could be made directly to the caterers, but in the event provided my account details to which two payments were made totalling £25,000, which I then transferred on to the company organising my mother’s party.
“I am now consulting with my lawyers who I have asked to respond to Peters & Peters on my behalf to assist in their inquiries.”
Prince Andrew.STEVE PARSONS/POOL/AFP
It is the latest scandal to engulf Prince Andrew, In February, hereached an out-of-court settlementwithVirginia Giuffrein her sexual assault lawsuit against the royal, the amount of which is not being disclosed.
“Prince Andrew intends to make a substantial donation to Ms. Giuffre’s charity in support of victims' rights,” the settlement document stated. “Prince Andrew has never intended to malign Ms. Giuffre’s character, and he accepts that she has suffered both as an established victim of abuse and as a result of unfair public attacks.”
Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew.getty
Earlier this year, Prince Andrew alsosettled his debt on a ski lodgein the Swiss resort of Verbier.
Former owner Isabelle de Rouvre sold the home to Prince Andrew and Fergie in 2014, but there was adisputeregarding a final payment of their share, which totaled $9 million with accrued interest. According to de Rouvre, she sold the property to the couple and made an agreement in November.
“The war is finished. It is the end of the matter,” she told theDaily Mail. “I have nothing to do with it now. That’s all.”
source: people.com
