Princess Beatrice almost upstages the bride at her cousin’s wedding, while her mum Fergie slams cruel jibes.
It was the royal wedding of the year — with the happy couple pocketing more than $1 million for their exclusive wedding story — but all eyes were on Princess Beatrice at the marriage of her cousin Peter Phillips to long-time girlfriend Autumn Kelly.
Nineteen-year-old Bea almost upstaged the bride by arriving at the ceremony in a flamboyant butterfly hat, raising eyebrows and attracting further criticism for her eccentric fashion sense.
“Let’s not say anything about Princess Beatrice’s hat,” sniped British morning TV host Andrew Marr, while newspaper columnist Jane Moore wrote, “I think she’ll be showing it at the Chelsea Flower Show.”
Another critic described the ostentatious Philip Treacy headpiece as a “butterfly salad”.
Ironically, the Princess has been spending her gap year working as a personal shopper at exclusive London department store, Selfridges. “Beatrice is a natural. Our personal shoppers are popular with wealthy Arabs, celebrities and footballer’s wives,” a Selfridges’ source told The Sun
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