Princess Beatrice and her four breaks away despite being jobless
THE Duke of York’s eldest daughter has raised eyebrows after returning from her fourth holiday in as many months...despite being unemployed.
Beatrice, fifth in line to the throne, has just returned from an Easter break with her boyfriend Dave Clark on Necker Island, tycoon Sir Richard Branson’s luxury Caribbean hideaway.
The latest jaunt comes after the Queen’s 23-year-old granddaughter has enjoyed not one but three skiing trips to the Swiss resort of Verbier since the New Year.
Beatrice’s globetrotting will inevitably spark comparisons to her mother Sarah Ferguson who was nicknamed Freebie Fergie for holidaying at other people’s expense. In January Beatrice and her sister Eugenie, 22, celebrated the New Year in Verbier, where Fergie’s ex-boyfriend, motor-racing tycoon Paddy McNally, has a luxury chalet.
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Prince Harry flew in to join them as they partied at his friend Guy Pelly’s new nightclub Public.
In February the Princesses joined their parents in Verbier for another ski break when they celebrated Prince Andrew’s 52nd birthday.
Beatrice was back there at the end of March for another break with friends who included Branson’s daughter Holly.
Beatrice is still looking for a job after qualifying with a 2.1 degree in history from London’s Goldsmiths College last summer.
She has undertaken a series of work experience secondments and undertaken some charity work.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman insisted last month she was “fully committed” to getting a job.
A royal insider said: “Bea is a lovely girl but could do with knuckling down or else people might get the wrong idea about her.
“Indeed she is in danger of becoming Duchess Dolittle.”