Why Princess Beatrice Was Missing from Palace Garden Party After Public Outing with Sister Princess Eugenie
Princess Eugenie, 35, went to the Buckingham Palace garden party on May 20, while Princess Beatrice, 36, traveled to New York for the Matrix Awards
Sarah Ferguson previously told PEOPLE that she and her daughters call themselves "the Tripod" in a nod to their close bondPrincess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are a tight team, but one royal sister was missing from the latest Buckingham Palace garden party.
On May 20, Princess Eugenie, 35, made her garden party debut of the season, joining her cousin Prince William, Kate Middleton and more royals at the fête. The celebration fell on the day after Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, 36, attended the Chelsea Flower Show in London. The event was a spring staple on the late Queen Elizabeth throughout her record reign and an event King Charles endorses today as Patron of The Royal Horticultural Society, which hosts the show.
The King and Queen Camilla also attended the Chelsea Flower Show on Monday (where they met up with David Beckham), and Eugenie recapped the fun she and Beatrice had together there in a post on Instagram.
"Such a lovely afternoon visiting the @the_rhs Chelsea Flower Show, especially when I get to do it with my sis!" she wrote below a carousel that opened with a shot of her and Beatrice walking with arms wrapped around one another's backs.
"It was fantastic to catch up with @horatiosgarden again and to see their beautiful display as well as visit some of the gardens on show including the @dsscotland Garden, the @hospice_uk Garden for Compassion, the Avanade Intelligent Garden and the Cha No Niwa Japanese Tea Garden (who has won garden of the year)," she continued, shouting the Horatio's Garden charity she supports as patron and recently visited.
The montage rolled to show snaps of Eugenie at the Chelsea Flower Show and another shot of her walking with her sister. The royal sisters share such a close bond that their mother, Sarah Ferguson, previously told PEOPLE that she and her daughters call themselves "the Tripod."
On Tuesday, the princesses split ways. While Eugenie went on to attend the garden party (which have been a tradition since the 1860s as a way for the royals to meet outstanding citizens and people from all walks of life), Beatrice traveled to New York City to attend the 55th annual Matrix Awards organized by New York Women in Communications, the largest organization of professional women in communications in N.Y.C
There, Princess Beatrice presented honoree Spotify Chief Public Affairs Officer Dustee Jenksins with her award and voiced her pride in her friend's accomplishments.
"Her work touches millions through policy, through storytelling, and through a deep connection to responsibility," Princess Beatrice said on stage. "When speaking to a friend like Dusty, you are overcome with the joy and the energy that she brings, and I am so honored to be standing here amongst so many incredible women, and I'm so grateful that my wonderful friend is receiving this award because she really deserves it, because she really is the light."
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An event bio described Beatrice as a "champion of women in leadership" and noted her roles as the founder of By-Eq limited, an advisory group working to enhance emotional intelligence "in an age" of artificial intelligence, plus her leadership with Afiniti Technologies, Scale AI and Liontree Asset Management.
Like her sister Eugenie, Beatrice juggles her professional responsibilities with philanthropic commitments and motherhood to young children. She and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, share daughters Sienna, 3, and Athena, who was born premature in January, and his son Christopher Woolf, 9, from a previous relationship.
In March, Princess Beatrice opened up in a rare essay for British Vogue about the "sheer worry" around Athena's birth and how she learned "so much," with her baby "now doing really well."
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