Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will not attend royal family’s traditional Easter Sunday service

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie will not be able to attend the traditional Easter Sunday service with the Royal Family in Windsor.

It is understood that, with the King’s agreement and understanding, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsors’ daughters have made ‘alternative plans for this Easter’.

Sources stressed they were a big part of the family at Christmas at Sandringham and will be ‘seen’ at future family celebrations.

However, under the circumstances, they were asked and given permission to stay away from their father, as he was being investigated by the police for alleged abuse of public office.

Disgraced ex Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson appeared at last year’s Easter Sunday ceremony alongside other members of the Royal Family, including King Charles and Queen Camilla.

But this year Andrew will make no such appearance at the traditional Easter Matins ceremony at the 15th-century chapel in Berkshire.

Andrew is currently under police investigation for allegedly leaking secrets to pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein while in public office.

The FBI had investigated the former Duke over allegations that he sought out young girls for sex during a taxpayer-funded royal tour, according to reports on Saturday. Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing.

Andrew leaves Aylsham police station after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office last month

Next month, Andrew, 66, will move into Marsh Lodge, a five-bedroom retreat shielded from public view by a 6-foot fence.

A few days ago, a second-hand static caravan with traces of moss was delivered to his current home, leaning against the bricks in his backyard.

The caravan, which includes the £26,000 Willerby Meridian Lodge, was paid for using money his brother King Charles gave him for ‘living expenses’ and will house his security team as there is not enough space at his main home in Norfolk.

The standard model is a two-bedroom unit with a decidedly simple interior. With brown or gray carpets, vinyl floors and faux wood countertops, there is also a compact kitchen with a metal sink and a small living area painted gray.

A source said: ‘Believe it Andrew uses it himself and what’s even more shocking, he likes it. He is truly a changed man; He enjoys sitting in the trailer. This is something new for him.’

Another added: ‘People thought the caravan was for his staff but he actually doesn’t have a caravan at all. Staff working elsewhere in Sandringham are already helping out but many are reluctant to live here.’

Despite the Epstein scandal engulfing their family, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie continue to have second homes in King Charles’ palaces, even though they are not royals; All this thanks to a ‘rental agreement’ made by their father.

The disgraced former Duke of York has been arrested, kicked out of the Royal Lodge and has been without an office at Buckingham Palace for four years due to the Epstein scandal.

But he also successfully pressed for his children to ‘hold a place’ in the palaces belonging to his elder brother, the King.

Princess Eugenie and her mother Sarah Ferguson attended the Easter Mattins service at St George’s Chapel last year

Disgraced former Prince Andrew appeared alongside other members of the Royal Family at last year’s Easter Sunday ceremony

As a result, Princess Beatrice was said to still have an apartment at St James’s Palace, although her main home is in the Cotswolds.

And Eugenie has a three-bedroom property, Ivy Cottage, in Kensington Palace, which apparently acts as a ‘refuge’ because she spends half the year living in Portugal.

The brothers are unlikely to pay market rates of £15,000 to £19,000 a month for homes at two of London’s most famous addresses.

Before moving to Sandringham a few weeks ago, Andrew was regularly seen riding around Windsor.

Charles finally kicked his brother out of the Royal Lodge hours after he was seen smiling and waving in public amid continued anger over his ties to Epstein.

Andrew was seen cheerfully greeting members of the public as he rode his horse near the Royal Lodge on January 31, and two days later he was seen waving at the wheel of his Range Rover.

Insiders suggested the photos could be the final straw in a turbulent few months for the former royal family in disgrace.

Meanwhile, councilors stripped Sarah Ferguson of her Freedom of the City of York.

Ms Ferguson and her then-husband Andrew were given the honor as a wedding gift when they visited York in 1987.

Sarah Ferguson has been stripped of her Freedom of the City of York over controversy over her links to Jeffrey Epstein.

Following the latest release of the Epstein files last month, Ms Ferguson’s ties to the pedophile financier have been called into question by her disgraced ex-husband’s dealings with him.

He has been mentioned numerous times and emails show she has been providing him with money for 15 years. In a 2009 email he is believed to have told Epstein: ‘I need 20,000 pounds ($27,521) in rent urgently today.

‘The landlord threatened to go to the newspapers if I didn’t pay. ‘Are there any brainwaves?’

In another enthusiastic message, he appears to say ‘Marry me’, following a series of compliments to the pedophile who was convicted of soliciting sex from an underage child a year ago.