Princess Eugenie Steps Down from Anti-Slavery Role

0:00On March 12, Princess Eugène has stepped down as patron of Anti-Slavery International, the world's oldest human rights group, Fighting Modern, Slavery. This comes after her charity gala in 2023, at London's Battersea Arts Center, raised 1.1 million pounds for her own group, V. Anti-Slavery Collective, which she founded in 2017 with Julia de Boinville. The move follows the release of millions of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking scandal. Those files highlight close ties between Epstein and Eugène's parents, Prince Andrew, and Sarah Ferguson. Eugène's profile has vanished from the charity's website, which once praised her anti-slavery efforts. Friends of the princesses, say Eugène and her sister Beatrice, feel a strong sense of public duty. They point out the sisters did nothing wrong and won't retreat from view like criminals. Last year, their mother lost several charity roles over an old email calling Epstein a supreme friend.

1:00Meanwhile, new reports reveal Prince Andrew pushed for his daughters to get 100,000 pounds from a billionaire he advises trade on boy. Lawmaker's questioned if the money linked to business favors. These scandals keep casting shadows on the princesses and their causes, raising fresh doubts about their roles in public life.