Price-Andre feud over Princess's welfare amid reality show

A long-running feud between Katie Price and Peter Andre intensified this week as their daughter Princess’s public profile grew with her ITV2 reality series, The Princess Diaries. In the days that followed, Peter issued a blunt, widely shared statement accusing Price of peddling “repeated lies” about their children, and Price’s representatives said she intends to let lawyers handle the dispute and will not engage in tit-for-tat exchanges. Princess herself spoke publicly for the first time about how the row affects her, insisting she loves both parents and that the family’s fractures do not determine her life.

The central dispute concerns the welfare and living arrangements of Princess, 18, and her brother Junior, 20, who have been part of a high-profile, highly scrutinized custody dynamic since their parents split in 2009. Peter’s statement claimed that Junior and Princess have been in his care since 2018 “for their safety” and that a legally binding court order in 2019 enshrined that arrangement. He asserted that, after years of silence out of respect for his children, he would now address “welldocumented” claims and any ongoing allegations. He also pointed to previous court...