Princess Andre has broken her silence after her dad Peter Andre released a scathing statement towards his ex-wife, Katie Price. The drama unfolded as the tension between the former couple escalated after Princess, 18, launched her first solo TV project.
Princess gave viewers a glimpse into her life in her ITV documentary, The Princess Diaries. While her dad Pete, 52, featuring prominently in the show, Katie was left seething when producers decided to proceed without her input. Now, in the wake of her dad’s statement, Princess has spoken out about the ongoing feud. She addressed the issue on Snapchat, as she answered a question about her parents, reports the Mirror.
One curious fan asked: “Does it affect you even now when your mum and dad don’t get on?”
In response, Princess shared a video on Snapchat saying: “To be honest it doesn’t affect me. At the end of the day, they broke up when I was two years old so I don’t even have any memory of them being together.”
Overlaying the clip, she wrote: “I love my mum and dad and that’s all that matters xxx.”
Princess’ comments come after her dad, Peter, took to Instagram to write: “For sixteen years, I have stayed silent in the face of repeated lies from my ex-wife and her family, out of respect for my children and loved ones, but staying silent has been incredibly frustrating, That ends today.
“The latest comments about my children’s welfare and living arrangements compel me to set the record straight.
“For well-documented reasons, and for their safety, Junior and Princess came into my care in 2018 and remained with me until they reached adulthood. In 2019, the family courts issued a legally binding order to enforce this arrangement.”
He continued: “I have never made this public before, out of respect for my children. In 2011 and 2015, publicly documented court cases, found my ex-wife had made false claims.
“She was ordered to pay substantial damages and legal costs, and to apologise, to me and my management. The same falsehoods are being repeated today.
“Unfortunately, there are many more lies and baseless accusations I have yet to address. Those will now be dealt with in the coming months.”
Following his claims, a spokesperson for Katie told the Mirror: “Kate is in a much better and clear headspace and is at peace with the situation, this was in the past and she doesn’t feel the need to bring up tit for tat comments, but more importantly she’s dealing with this the right way and it’s now in her lawyers hands. Kate will no longer be gaslight [sic] and bullied as she once was…”
Hours before Peter’s announcement, Katie appeared to suggest a truce between them during the most recent instalment of The Katie Price Show podcast. The former couple, who are parents to Junior and Princess, haven’t spoken since their split, following the breakdown of their marriage in 2009.
Last week, Katie expressed her disappointment, saying she was “very very upset” as she felt left out of her daughter’s latest career milestones. She claimed to have asked to participate in the TV series but was denied.
Following a backlash over her comments, which led to accusations of jealousy and attention seeking, the former glamour model has once again spoken up, insisting that she only wants to support her daughter.
Katie has now suggested a sit down talk with Peter and her former management The CAN Group in which she said: “I feel like I’ve missed out on so much and it’s so not fair to bring Princess as piggy in the middle so I think it’s about time all of us adults just sit down and talk about what their beef is with me and just get over it. Life would be such more at peace.”