Princess Beatrice and Edo's night at Michelin-starred London restaurant with Spotify boss who's an expert in crisis management
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There has not been much cause for celebration recently in the House of York.
But Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi were in high spirits last week as they stepped out with powerful Spotify executive Dustee Jenkins – a woman known for crisis management.
Ms Jenkins, 48, one of the most esteemed women in tech, blew out candles on a birthday cake as the trio dined at London's Michelin-starred Dorian restaurant in Notting Hill.
Beatrice, 38, wore a £2,050 blue Mary Katrantzou frock paired with a blazer and blue crocodile-print handbag while her friend wore a poppy-print maxi dress with peep-toe heels.
The outing came as Beatrice's mother, Sarah Ferguson, denied reports she is planning a 'tell-all' book about her marriage to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and friendship with the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Whether Ms Jenkins, who lives in New York with her wealthy lawyer husband and two children, is preparing to help the couple – or any of the Yorks – restore their reputations remains to be seen.
But they would not be the first Royals to strike up a deal with the streaming giant after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's ill-fated £18 million contract with Spotify to produce Meghan's Archetypes podcast, which ran aground in 2023.
Ms Jenkins worked at the White House and at US retail giant Target before landing her Spotify gig nine years ago.
Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi were in high spirits last week as they stepped out with powerful Spotify executive Dustee Jenkins, pictured left
Beatrice, 38, wore a £2,050 blue Mary Katrantzou frock paired with a blazer and blue crocodile-print handbag while her friend wore a poppy-print maxi dress with peep-toe heels
Ms Jenkins, 48, one of the most esteemed women in tech, blew out candles on a birthday cake as the trio dined at London's Michelin-starred Dorian restaurant in Notting Hill
They would not be the first Royals to strike up a deal with the streaming giant after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's ill-fated £18 million contract with Spotify
A woman who knows her told the MoS: 'She's an old hand at crisis management.
'Dustee would be a natural person for Beatrice, or any of the Yorks, to turn to for reputational management.'
On Friday it was reported that Beatrice's mother Sarah Ferguson was poised to sign a huge deal for her memoir and that a chapter-by-chapter plan had been completed.
The report was emphatically denied by a spokesman for the former Duchess of York.
Fergie is said to be 'on a mission' to restore her reputation and is reportedly in need of money. One Hollywood source said the former duchess has been 'in discussions' to tell her story, perhaps in a big sit-down interview or documentary.
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