Princesses Beatrice, Eugenie Embroilled in Fraud Case Tied To Disgraced Prince Andrew
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, the two daughters of disgraced royal Prince Andrew, were purportedly mentioned in a fraud lawsuit involving their father and a Turkish millionaire.
The Turkish woman was duped into sending $1 million to the Duke of York's personal bank account.
This is merely the most recent development involving Queen Elizabeth II's purported favorite son, who recently paid an estimated $10 million to $16 million in a settlement to his accuser Virginia Giuffre rather than contesting her accusations in court.
According to the Telegraph, Nehbahat Evyap Isbilen alleges she committed $88.04 million to her financial adviser Selman Turk.
$1.31 million was spent on payments to Prince Andrew, $295,000 was transferred to Prince Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, and $32,000 was spent on payments to Princess Eugenie.
However, one of the largest payments made by Isbilen to the Duke of York was $1.01 million in November 2019.
According to the Turkish millionaire, she assumed the money she was paying for was to receive help getting a passport so she could leave Turkey once her husband was imprisoned.
However, according to reports, Prince Andrew and her financial adviser stated that the $1.01 million was a wedding present for Princess Beatrice, who was set to marry in July 2020.
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are now embroiled in Isbilen's fraud case, which is linked to Prince Andrew and Selman Turk, despite their claims that they were never involved in their father's financial transactions with Turk.
Princess Eugenie denied any participation in the legal situation, stating she didn't know Isbilen or Turk and was astonished to receive a letter from attorneys representing Isbilen requiring her to explain two payments made to her bank account in 2019.
She apparently thinks the funds were given to her account by a "long-standing family friend to help with the expense of a surprise party for my mother, Sarah, Duchess of York's sixtieth birthday."
Because of what is going on, the princess is said to be conferring with her attorneys, who will be replying on her behalf.
Aside from her response, the Duchess of York issued a statement of her own, claiming she was uninformed of Turk's claims.
Prince Andrew, on the other hand, has declined to issue a comment in response to the allegations.
