Princess Eugenie reveals fear of online trolls, meaning she checks her social media posts with ‘about five people’ before publishing them

Princess Eugenie has revealed that fear of online trolls means she checks her social media posts with ‘about five people’ before publishing them.

Speaking on the White Wine Question Time podcast, which is hosted by Kate Thornton, Eugenie also said she makes sure not to ‘overdo’ her family when it comes to social media.

She revealed that she finds her Instagram, which she does herself, the ‘most stressful’.

The mother of two explained: ‘Before I post I text about five people asking if it’s okay, am I being scammed?’

As an example of receiving online pushback, she described how she once wrote “your” instead of “you” on Instagram.

Her use of incorrect grammar drew attacks from other social media users.

Eugenie revealed: ‘I panicked. I’ve been very picky ever since.’

However, she hasn’t completely stopped posting online and will be sharing some photos of herself and her family with her huge following of 1.8 million.

She does that, she says, because she wants people to see that side of her, explaining:“I think there has been so much misinformation and it’s so easy to judge something when you read it in the paper.”

However, she said: ‘I don’t want to overdo my children and my family life, I’m constantly looking for balance.’

Among the other issues Eugenie discussed on the podcast were body image and her appearance.

After growing up in the spotlight, Eugenie also revealed that people tell her she ‘looks better in real life’ after being photographed in awkward moments over the years.

After growing up in the public eye, Eugenie joked about “terrible” photos of herself taken in the past.

The royal family (pictured with sister Princess Beatrice, left) says it is wary of posting online due to social media attacks by trolls

“There have been some terribly ugly images of us coming out of bars,” she said. ‘People come up to me and say, ‘You look much better in real life.’

‘Beatrice and I, like many of our cousins, have had very difficult phases. I’m proud of my incredibly strange appearance.’

Elsewhere in the interview, Eugenie spoke about her late grandmother and other members of her family.

Referring to the Queen’s James Bond sketch during the London Olympics opening ceremony in 2012, Eugenie revealed that she and the rest of the family had no idea their grandmother had filmed the bit.

In the sketch, Her Majesty was joined by Daniel Craig’s 007 at Buckingham Palace as he picked up the monarch and her Corgis for a special mission – which later saw her ‘skydive’ into the Olympic Stadium and land right in her seat.

The princess spoke about her body image during the episode, saying that bad photos were taken of her when she was younger

“No one knew… it was amazing,” she said. “We were all surprised.”

She added that she loved seeing her cousin Zara Tindall – or ‘Z’, as she calls her – compete in the Games and win a silver medal in the Equestrian team event, which was presented to her by Princess Anne.

Elsewhere in the interview, Eugenie discussed the ways in which she had been influenced by her late grandmother.

The princess said: ‘She was simply one of the best people in the world.

“Her sense of duty and dedication and her love for her people, it really happened in public, as you all saw, and it happened privately with us.

‘We also learned from her how to do things, how to talk to people, how to stay strong, dutiful and kind, she really taught us that.

Princess Eugenie (pictured, left) also spoke during the podcast about some of the women in her life, including her sister Princess Beatrice (pictured, center) and mother Sarah Ferguson (pictured, right)

“When she died, I said to people, how lucky I am to have a part of her in me.”

Speaking about other members of her family, Eugenie revealed her close bond with Princess Beatrice, her older sister, who she described as a ‘wonderful mother’ to daughter Sienna.

The royal revealed she calls her sister for “almost everything.”

Likewise, she praised her mother, Sarah Ferguson, for instilling in her the need to “give back” to society.

‘She’s started a charity herself and built schools and gone around the world… her example is definitely something I live by.’