Princess Beatrice is set for more Middle East tours as the Princess of York “joins a new inner circle”, according to experts.
Prince Andrew’s eldest daughter has been networking in the Middle East, just weeks after announcing she is expecting her second child with Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
The princess has been rubbing shoulders with some of the region’s key power players.
The elder daughter of the Duke of York spoke about artificial intelligence at the Adipec Energy Conference in Abu Dhabi on November 4.
Beatrice set for more Middle East tours as Princess of York ‘joins a new inner circle’
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In addition, the princess attended a private conference hosted by the UAE minister of industry, Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the day before, according to claims in The Mail.
She was pictured at the event next to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, also the UAE’s president.
The Al Nahyan Royal Family are one of the world’s wealthiest monarchies.
Reporters were not allowed at the meeting, which included the CEOs of Shell and EDF, the vice president of Microsoft, and former Bank of England governor Mark Carney, now the UN special envoy for climate action.
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie pictured in Saudi ArabiaX / Amena BakrUS journalist Hadley Gamble, who interviewed Beatrice at the Adipec conference, told The Mail: “There was a general feeling that Beatrice was an unofficial ambassador for the UK.
“Beatrice was quite literally in the inner circle at a gathering of global energy CEOs, top finance guys and policymakers.”
In the last month, Princess Beatrice has made several visits to the region, and her younger sister Eugenie has also attended events there.
Beatrice, who is vice president of tech company Afiniti, was in Saudi Arabia last month for the Future Investment Initiative.
Princess Beatrice frequently appears on panel discussions throughout the region
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This was described by the Reuters news agency as “an opportunity for attendees to forge relations with some of Saudi Arabia’s biggest companies and its $925 billion sovereign wealth fund”.
Beatrice’s visits to the Middle East come as the Duke of York faces calls to reveal the funding sources enabling his stay at Royal Lodge.
Prince Andrew has won his eviction battle to stay living in Royal Lodge after finding the funds to foot his security bill of £3million a year.
King Charles had previously axed his younger brother’s yearly allowance.