PRINCESS Andre has spoken out for the first time about her parents’ long-running feud, hours after her father Peter Andre released a scathing statement about ex-wife Katie Price.
The 18-year-old daughter of the former couple took to Snapchat for a candid Q&A with her followers today.
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Last night Peter hit out at his ex’s “lies” in a shock social media rant, after remaining mostly silent on the feud for more than a decade.
Katie broke her silence and hit back, declaring she “will no longer be gaslighted and bullied” and that the issue is “now in her lawyers’ hands.”
While the celebrity pair continue their public war of words, Princess appears determined to stay out of the drama.
While acknowledging that her mum and dad don’t get on, she made it clear that her love for both parents remains unchanged.
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When one fan asked: “Does it affect you even now when your mum and dad don’t get on?”, Princess responded with a short video message.
Peter Andre’s statement in full
Peter hit back after Katie’s claims on her recent podcast that she was being frozen out of Princess’s career – despite Princess living with her.
Peter wrote on Instagram: “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 silence 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. 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 that I have yet to address. Those will be dealt with in the coming months.”
His statement came just hours after Katie claimed that Princess was living with her on her latest podcast.
She said: “I’ve missed out so much with Princess. I haven’t watched the show, but, people have told me how proud I should be of the kids and how they Princess does talk highly of me all the way through it so although I’m not in the show she speaks about me all the time which is really sweet.
“But why wouldn’t she, because she lives with me. And this is another thing I need to clear up, the kids have never lived just with Pete, we’ve shared the kids.”
“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,” she said.
Over the top of the clip, Princess wrote: “I love my mum and dad and that’s all that matters.”
Her comments come in the wake of renewed tensions between her parents.
On Thursday, Peter publicly rejected Katie’s offer of a truce.
He claimed he had cared for Princess and her brother Junior “for their safety” since 2018 — a claim that Katie’s team swiftly pushed back on.
Katie and Peter haven’t seen eye-to-eye since their split in 2009.
Shortly after they called off their marriage, she accused him of cheating – claims which she ended up paying damages for.
Over the past 16 years she has taken swipes at his career and lack of presence in her son Harvey’s life, and hit out at his wife Doctor Emily Andre.
In her 2022 documentary, Katie Price: Trauma And Me Katie revealed she had diagnosed with co-morbid post-traumatic stress disorder and entered The Priory for 28 days to treat it.
The star went through a difficult time following a single vehicle car accident, which saw a judge order her to undertake treatment.
Katie later revealed that her kids saved her from a suicide attempt amid her battle with PTSD and depression.
PETER’S MANAGER HITS OUT
Katie, 47, opened up about living arrangements for Junior, 20, and Princess, 18, on the latest episode of her podcast.
Now Peter’s manager Claire Powell has hit out at Katie after the exes went to war over their children.
She shared a post on her Instagram story that read: “The most dangerous anger comes from someone with a good heart.
“They hold it in, stay calm, and forgive, until one day they can’t anymore.
“Don’t push a good person too far.”
Claire’s words come after Katie addressed being “banned” from Princess reality show during the latest episode of her podcast.
She said: “I haven’t watched the show, but people have told me how proud I should be of the kids and how Princess does talk highly of me all the way through it.
“So although I’m not in the show she speaks about me all the time which is really sweet but why wouldn’t she because she lives with me.
“This is another thing I need to clear up, the kids have never lived just with Pete, we’ve shared the kids.”
However Pete was quick to fire back, writing on social media: “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. I have never made this public before out of respect for my children.”
But Katie had a defiant response to her ex’s post, with a representative for the former glamour model telling The Sun: “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 gaslighted and bullied as she once was.”
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