Prince Andrew was hosting a conference at St James’ Palace as part of his Pitch@Palace business initiative for young entrepreneurs, but that didn’t stop him from embarrassing his daughter Eugenie on her birthday via a video conference call.
Princess Eugenie was in fact serenaded with “Happy Birthday” by her dad AND all 400 conference attendees via Skype as her dad led the sing-along on his iPad.
“We are going to do something new this evening,” Prince Andrew told his guests, before bringing up an image on a screen for them all to see as he made contact with Eugenie in Manhattan, where she is currently based after graduating from Newcastle University in the UK a few years back.
The Prince continued: “The lady in the middle is my youngest daughter and it’s her 25th birthday today.”
Princess Eugenie was sporting colourful novelty birthday-cake classes as she grinned from between her mum Sarah Ferguson and big sister Beatrice as they celebrated her birthday together in New York.
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Princess Eugenie gets serenaded by Prince Andrew and 400 guests via video call
The sing-along even caused Eugenie to tear-up briefly, prompting Beatrice to say: “Don’t cry”.
Sarah joked afterwards: “We all think you need to go to choir practice!”
Beatrice meanwhile was more supportive, saying: “Well done, Pops. Very proud.”
The Prince is no stranger to technology as he was previously believed to be the first royal to snap a selfie from inside the walls of the palace , usually a tech-free zone.
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It’s not the first time the young Princess has been serenaded either, she previously received a rather intimate performance from none other than Beyonce.
Prince Andrew has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently due to a royal sex scandal which he has publicly denied being a part of .
It seems that his daughters are still very much proud to support their dad though – even if he can’t physically be with them on their birthdays!
