Overview
- Beatrice toured Borne’s research labs at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, marking her first domestic charity engagement since Andrew was stripped of his princely style and dukedom.
- As Borne’s patron, she highlighted her daughter Athena’s premature birth and will co‑host a World Prematurity Day event at Battersea Power Station next week.
- On October 27 she hosted an ‘Afternoon Tea’ at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh’s Ritz‑Carlton, with invitations naming her as host alongside Ruma Bose and the Lioness Collective.
- The FII is run by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and the Ritz‑Carlton venue draws scrutiny due to its role in the kingdom’s 2017 crackdown, reinforcing questions about royal commercial engagements.
- King Charles’s action against Andrew continues to reverberate, with a Commons push to examine his Royal Lodge arrangements and US lawmakers seeking a transcribed interview by November 20, while filings show Beatrice’s BY‑EQ earned nearly £500,000 in 2024 with her as sole director.