Does Princess Beatrice fly under the radar, or do most people just not care enough to track her movements? Beatrice has never and will never get the same level of scrutiny as Prince William, Harry or Duchess Kate. But Beatrice, 26 years old, is still sixth in line to the throne (until Kate gives birth in April) and it would be interesting if she could find her niche in the world and in public life. Prince Charles wants to downgrade his brothers and their children from public life, and Beatrice and Eugenie rarely get high-profile royal work at this point. As such, both princesses have taken various “jobs” that just seem like high-profile internships for the well-connected.

In January 2014, Beatrice took a position with Sony Pictures. She was being paid £20,000 to be a “coordinating producer at the firm’s London offices.” She quietly quit that job in December, in the middle of the Sony Hack. I missed this story when it came out a few weeks ago, sorry. Since leaving the position, Beatrice has not gotten another job. Instead, she’s gone a series of holidays. First she went to a Siss ski chalet with her dad and some friends. Then she went to St. Barts with her boyfriend, Dave Clark. Then she returned to England for a few weeks, then she and Dave flew back to St. Barts. And right now, she’s vacationing with her sister and her cousin Harry at another Swiss ski resort. Read this shade from the Daily Mail:

Clearly not fussed by her public image as workshy, Princess Beatrice is enjoying her fourth holiday in just over a month. Joined by Prince Harry and her sister Princess Eugenie, the 26-year-old jetsetter has returned to the upmarket Swiss ski resort of Verbier, which she last visited in December after quitting her £20,000-a-year job at Sony Entertainment Pictures. She flew off to the Caribbean twice in January, too.

The royal cousins are thought to be enjoying the amenities of Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson’s £13 million luxury chalet. The seven-bedroom property, complete with indoor swimming pool and a staff of six, was purchased by Beatrice’s parents shortly before Christmas.

Beatrice, the sixth in line to the throne, celebrated New Year’s Eve on the Caribbean island of St Barts with her boyfriend of seven years, Virgin Galactic executive Dave Clark, 32. She then returned to St Barts at the end of January, prompting critics to label her a ‘benefits scrounger’. In response, Beatrice’s friends protested that she was soon to accept another job offer.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman says: ‘We would not comment on the time that Princess Beatrice or her family spend privately.’

[From The Daily Mail]

When I see the Mail using the word “workshy” to describe someone other than Duchess Kate or Prince William, I tend to wonder if William’s press office had a hand in it. Yes, William hasn’t worked in more than two months. But hey, at least he’s not taking four vacations in two months! And hey, at least he’s throwing his cousin under the bus.

But should we label Beatrice with the same “workshy” label that we give to Kate and Will? She is sort of a benefits scrounger too – she still lives in the Royal Lodge of Windsor Castle, and she has a four-bedroom apartment at St. James Palace. If you live in a castle, you must work. I think that should apply to all of the princes and princesses.

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