Princess Eugenie had only begun to look forward to a bright new chapter in her life after the announcement from Buckingham Palace when a new crisis reared its ugly head.
The 36-year-old royal, who is currently pregnant with her third baby, was previously associated with an international anti-slavery charity which ended up leaving amid the scandals of her parents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Charity Commission revealed that they are opening a compliance case against Eugenie’s charity, which she had founded with one of her closest friends in 2017.
“We have opened a compliance case with the Anti-Slavery Collective to continue to assess concerns raised with us about charitable spending,” she said. “As part of this we will engage further with the charity’s representatives.”
The commission has not shared a timetable for the investigations that will be conducted. Furthermore, the action will not constitute a statutory investigation and no findings or conclusions have yet been reached.
It was reported last year that the charity had raised £1.5m. in donations but had only spent about £200,000.
The investigation follows the damaging allegations against ex-Prince Andrew of sex crimes against minors and his friendship with pedophile Jeffery Epstein. Following the revelations in the Epstein files, Eugenie had stepped down as patron of a separate charity, Anti-Slavery International, in March this year.
A reason for her exit was not explained.
However, this new investigation may well prove stressful for King’s niece, who is going through a particularly emotional time.
