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Princess Beatrice is accused of breaking Covid rules by ‘joining five friends for a three-hour indoor dinner at a fancy restaurant,’ but she insists it was a BUSINESS MEETING
Princess Beatrice was accused last night of violating coronavirus lockdown rules by dining with members of different households in a London restaurant.
The 32-year-old royalty was seen with her husband, 37-year-old property developer Edoardo Mozzi, and four other people at Mayfair’s upscale Isabel restaurant on Wednesday night.
Under the capital’s strict Tier 2 closure rules, only members of the same household can meet indoors, even in restaurants.
The three-hour dinner has been dismissed as an ‘introductory business meeting’ by royal sources, which would make it permissible under current rules.
But other diners said the event looked “very social” and alcohol was seen on the princess’s table.
At one point during the night, Beatrice, ninth in line to the throne, took a photo with her friend fashion designer Peter Dundas in which the mask-wearing couple violated social distancing rules.
He shared the image online saying it was good to ‘catch up’ with the princess.
Princess Beatrice violated social distancing rules by posing with her Norwegian friend Peter Dundas (left) in Mayfair. Her husband, property developer Edoardo Mozzi, 37, (right, with the Princess in Mayfair earlier this month) attended dinner with Beatrice and four other friends.
A restaurant colleague, who asked not to be identified, told The Sun: ‘I couldn’t believe my eyes. If the Royal Family cannot make the coronavirus rules correct, what hope do the rest of us have?
They added: “There is a very serious side to this and Beatrice deserves a tick-tock.”
London’s infection rate per 100,000 residents stood at 191.8 on December 6, up from 158.1 the week before.
The three-hour dinner at Isabel (pictured) has been dismissed as an ‘introductory business meeting’ by actual sources, which would make it permissible under current rules.
The figures put it ahead of regions like the West Midlands, which are already at Tier 3.
Beatrice is not an active member of the royal family and instead works for the American software company Afiniti as “vice president of partnerships and strategy.”
A manager of Isabel said that he was not working the night the real came in, but stressed that the restaurant follows all the government’s guidelines.
He said that if it is understood that a group does not live under the same roof, they will not be granted a table.
Beatrice (pictured) is not an active member of the royal family and instead works for the American software company Afiniti as ‘vice president of partnerships and strategy’
Sky News anchor Kay Burley agreed to be off the air for six months after violating coronavirus rules. Pictured: Kay Burley hugging and Beth Rigby (center in red) at Mrs. Burley’s 60th birthday party on Saturday
A photographer captured the moment the group of ten sprawled through the streets of Soho after their dinner.
Follow the news that Sky News anchor Kay Burley broke lockdown rules by attending her 60th birthday party in central London with nine other diners earlier this month, before using the bathroom of a different restaurant after 11pm curfew
Miss Burley then continued the party at her Knightsbridge home with three other people.
It has been taken off the air for six months following an internal Sky investigation.
Rita Ora flew in a private jet to Cairo on November 21 to perform at the five-star W Hotel. He returned the next day and, under government quarantine rules, should have been self-isolating for 14 days.
Rita Ora hosted a birthday party on November 28 at the exclusive Casa Cruz restaurant in Notting Hill, West London, pictured
Kay Burley’s breach of rules followed reports that pop star Rita Ora did not isolate herself for 14 days after flying to Egypt for an event, forcing the singer to issue a second apology.
The 30-year-old singer flew by private jet to Cairo on November 21 to perform at the five-star W Hotel.
He returned the next day, and according to government quarantine rules, he should have been in isolation for 14 days.
Instead, he threw a birthday party on November 28 at the upscale Casa Cruz restaurant in Notting Hill, west London.
Ms. Ora apologized after she and around 30 guests were photographed at the event before the end of the second national shutdown.
Cara and Poppy Delevingne, as well as TOWIE star Vas Morgan, 31, and Rita’s sister Elena, 32, were seen at the scene.
