When the first wave of Epstein files dropped, Andrew and Sarah Ferguson took the hardest hit. Their daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, seemed to escape relatively unscathed — even joining the royal family for Christmas.

But new emails have since pulled the sisters closer to the center of the story, and according to a family friend, they are now very aware of what is at stake.

Read on to find out where they stand.

Prince William was in Cornwall for St. Piran's Day, all smiles, when one man in the crowd cut straight to it, "How long have you known about Andrew?" William responded with a "sorry?" — leaving everyone guessing, whether he genuinely hadn't heard or simply wasn't biting — before returning to the handshakes and photo ops. For a moment, it looked like he might actually address it.

But did he? Read on below to know more!

Kate Middleton left her heels and the strict royal protocols at the door. The Princess went barefoot at a Hindu temple in Leicester, stepping into a garba circle with women celebrating Holi.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor wanted luxury security for his daughters. He just didn't want to pay for it himself.

A former royal protection officer spilled the beans, alleging that Mountbatten-Windsor summoned a police officer and demanded round-the-clock protection for Beatrice and Eugenie from birth — an arrangement that ran for over two decades.

The bill, spread across the Metropolitan, Surrey, and Thames Valley police forces, reportedly ran into the hundreds of millions of pounds.

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