Princess Beatrice, sister of Princess Eugenie, brushed off the ongoing scandal surrounding her father Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to make her first public charity appearance on Monday

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie should have their royal titles stripped — for their own benefit, according to a veteran journalist.

But Amanda Platell's bizarre claims have today been blasted as critics have called them "astonishing," "mean-spirited" and "ridiculous". The reporter had argued Beatrice and Eugenie will likely suffer "scrutiny, tears and then most likely abject humiliation" following the controversy surrounding their father, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor .

He had been stripped of his titles and honours last month, and was evicted from Royal Lodge for a move to an outbuilding on the Sandring

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