Princess Beatrice pictured alongside politicians at opening of UAE bank in London

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Svar Nanan-Sen

By Svar Nanan-Sen


Published: 08/08/2025

- 14:24

The Princess of York mingled with politicians at the engagement

Princess Beatrice attended the opening of a UAE bank in Mayfair, London, last week.

The royal appeared in pictures released by the First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) alongside politicians from the opening event.


The ninth in line to the throne is pictured smiling in a line-up at the event in Mayfair.

Princess Beatrice was not directly mentioned in the 605-word press release, which named seven other people attending, including the bank's bosses and a Labour minister.

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Princess Beatrice attended the opening of a UAE bank in Mayfair, London, last week.

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MP Douglas Alexander, the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security, and Mansoor Abulhoul, the UAE Ambassador to the UK, were pictured alongside Princess Beatrice at the event.

FAB's group chief executive, Hana Al Rostamani, opened the office in the presence of the bank's vice chairman, Mohamed bin Saif Al Nahyan and three board members.

Princess Beatrice also appeared in photos and videos on the bank's social media channels from the event.

It comes after Princess Beatrice spoke about artificial intelligence at the Adipec Energy Conference in Abu Dhabi last November.

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The royal appeared in pictures released by the First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) alongside politicians from the opening event.

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In addition, the princess attended a private conference hosted by the UAE minister of industry, Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the day before, according to claims in The Mail.

She was pictured at the event next to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, also the UAE’s president.

The Al Nahyan Royal Family are one of the world’s wealthiest monarchies.

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The Princess of York mingled with politicians at the engagement.

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Reporters were not allowed at the meeting, which included the CEOs of Shell and EDF, the vice president of Microsoft, and former Bank of England governor Mark Carney, now the UN special envoy for climate action.

US journalist Hadley Gamble, who interviewed Beatrice at the Adipec conference, told The Mail: "There was a general feeling that Beatrice was an unofficial ambassador for the UK.

"Beatrice was quite literally in the inner circle at a gathering of global energy CEOs, top finance guys and policymakers."