Secret rift tearing Katie Price and daughter Princess apart as distraught mum says ‘I feel like Brooklyn Beckham'

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The Sun can exclusively lay bare the secret rift between mother and daughter after the teenager was told to 'distance herself' from Katie
THE PRICE IS WRONG Secret rift tearing Katie Price and daughter Princess apart as distraught mum says 'I feel like Brooklyn Beckham'
AS 18-year-old Princess Andre gears up for a debut TV series, the similarities between her and mum Katie Price are stark.
Pneumatic model Katie also got her big break aged 18, with big-money deals, frenzied press speculation and reality television shows to follow.
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The Sun can exclusively lay bare the heartbreaking secret rift between mum Katie Price and daughter Princess Andre
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Telly bosses deliberately cut ex-glamour model Katie Price out of her daughter's forthcoming ITV2 show, The Princess Diaries
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In a bid to market Princess as a pretty, middle-class influencer, they even turned down Katie's team's offer to film
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Which makes the secret rift between mother and daughter, which we can lay bare for the first time today, all the more heartbreaking.
While Katie, 47, adores her eldest daughter — who she had with first husband Peter Andre — she has been left devastated after the teenager was told to 'distance herself' from her 'low-rent' relative.
Telly bosses deliberately cut the former glamour model out of forthcoming ITV2 show, The Princess Diaries, because it is 'not good for Princess to be seen with Katie'.
In a bid to market the youngster as a pretty, middle-class influencer, they even turned down Katie's team's offer to film for free for three days.
'A BIT MOLLY-CODDLED'
The snub, says a friend, has crushed the mum of five, with parallels, they say, to the ongoing Beckham family feud.
Says one: 'Katie feels isolated and disregarded. She loves Princess so much and is supremely proud of the young woman she is becoming.
But with all her expertise in the field, Kate obviously hoped to help steer her career — oversee contracts, advise her on press, that sort of thing.
'She has seen and done it all, and hoped to instil some wisdom and advice on how to handle fame.
'But ITV2 execs have made it clear they want nothing to do with her. Princess has been advised to distance herself from her outspoken mum, and is perhaps too young and shy to defy orders.
'Katie has been made to feel like a pariah when it comes to Princess's professional life.
'It's almost as though her working class roots and salt-of-the-earth attitude — one that has seen her make millions and remain a household name 25 years on — aren't good enough.
Trailer for the upcoming series of The Princess Diaries starring Princess Andre
'Princess told her mum that she needed to distance herself publicly and yet chats to her all the time behind closed doors.
'She will always love her mum but there is just a personal/professional divide right now, which is tough for Kate.
'Kate is really embarrassed. She even offered to give up her own time to film for the new show but got an email back saying her services weren't required.
Kate is really embarrassed. She feels a bit like Brooklyn Beckham, with no one in the Andre family really speaking to her.
'She feels a bit like Brooklyn Beckham, with no one in the Andre family really speaking to her.
'Even Kate's mum, Amy, who cherishes Princess, has been dragged into it all. She is so heartbroken about what is going on.'
The Prices were banned from attending Princess's 18th birthday party in June due to filming.
Katie, meanwhile, got a bucket-load of online stick after accidentally sharing a happy birthday Instagram message 36 hours before the big day.
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The new ITV2 series will feature Princess's older brother Junior, her dad Peter and his wife Emily
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The snub, says a friend, has crushed the mum of five
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The new ITV2 series, which will feature Princess's older brother Junior and her dad Peter, begins on Sunday.
It also stars Pete's second wife Emily, a doctor with whom he appears blissfully happy.
For the past few months, cameras have followed Princess around as she launches her influencing career, having already signed money- spinning deals with brands including Morphe and Superdrug.
'INCREDIBLY ALIENATED'
She has more than 1.5million followers on social media and a dedicated legion of young fans.
In the fly-on-the-wall series, the teenager addresses the traumatic memories of her parents' divorce, admitting she grew up in her household knowing her parents 'didn't like each other'.
After bosses turned down Katie's offer to appear in the show for free, they instead asked for historic YouTube archive material to use.
Furious Kate's team staunchly refused.
Another concern of the Price family is that Princess is being handed fame too easily.
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Princess with Junior in new series
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Princess with mum and nan last year
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The friend adds: 'Katie had to graft for her celebrity, going to castings on foot and by bus, and hustling for every bit of success. In contrast, Princess is maybe being a bit molly-coddled.
'She has chauffeur-driven cars taking her to and from events, and a management team doing all the commercial deals and paperwork for her.
'Technically, Princess, who is an absolutely lovely girl and remarkably grounded given her privilege and famous parentage, is a nepo-baby.
'There would be no TV series without Katie, so Kate feels it's imperative she doesn't take fame for granted.
'In short, she would love to be there for her daughter and be allowed more of a say in her career.
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
'Personally they remain a constant in one another's lives, but professionally Kate feels incredibly alienated.'
Princess is managed by her Aussie dad's management company, who previously represented Katie when the couple were together.
However, when the Mysterious Girl singer and Katie, who met when they were both contestants on 2004's I'm A Celebrity, divorced in 2009 after four years of marriage, their management went with Team Andre.
The couple famously had their own hit ITV2 reality show Katie & Peter from 2004. The second and final series gave a telling insight into their problems, with the couple bickering badly during filming.
They split up acrimoniously not long after.
Relations between Peter and his loyal managers on one side and Katie on the other have been fractious for years.
Although the former couple are now on civil terms, WhatsApping about their two children, it is fair to suggest there is little love lost.
It is a topic that gets explored on the new show, and Princess has been doing a round of PR interviews to promote the series.
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David and Victoria Beckham with son Brooklyn
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She has admitted to having therapy to help with some of her childhood trauma.
In one interview she said: 'I do wish I could have had a happier childhood.
'In the sense of, like, I had so many things on my plate at a young age.'
While acknowledging the 'good times' in her childhood, she opened up about her mum's bitter split from third husband Kieran Hayler when she was ten.
She does, though, also speak of her love for both parents. Katie is currently dating Married At First star JJ Slater, a man who gets on well with all the family.
Although publicly Princess and Katie are not allowed to be photographed together, privately, I'm told, they speak 'pretty much' every day.
Certainly, the last time I visited Kate at home in East Sussex, Princess was there alongside big brother Junior and his girlfriend, as well as the duo's older half-brother, Harvey.
With three dogs, five bald Sphynx cats, including a pregnant one, a baby (Kate's niece Olive), two cameramen, Harvey, Kate's podcast partner, a cleaner, Junior and Princess and one of their mates, a photographer, and JJ, it was absolute chaos. But happy chaos.
I chatted to Princess over chicken Caesar baguettes and golden syrup cookies and she was an utter delight — charming, polite and endearingly shy.
We discussed fame and the pressures within it, and she seemed excited yet level-headed about whatever is to follow.
She and her mum cracked jokes and chatted freely. Their bond was clear to see. Princess is a credit to both her parents.
If only, then, she was able to be as proud of her mum as her mum is of her.
The Princess Diaries begins on Sunday at 9pm on ITV2.