Secret royal wedding – who are Beatrice and Edoardo?
Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi began dating in autumn 2018.
Princess Beatrice has married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi during a ceremony in front of the Queen, after a planned wedding in May was postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
She is the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh’s granddaughter, Princess Eugenie’s older sister, and a cousin of the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex.
Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York was born fifth in line to the throne on August 8, 1988.
Beatrice is ninth in line to the throne, following the arrival of the Cambridge children and Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
– What is her job?
Beatrice is not a full-time working royal.
The 31-year-old has a full-time job at Afiniti, an artificial intelligence software firm, where she is vice president of partnerships and strategy.
According to Afiniti’s website, she is “responsible for the management of the strategic Afiniti partnerships as well as company growth through unique initiatives and client development”.
She has a number of royal patronages including Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice, the Teenage Cancer Trust and the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre.
– What else do we know about the princess?
She hit the headlines with the unusual “pretzel” hat which she wore to William and Kate’s wedding in 2011.
She split from her long-term love Dave Clark in 2016, after 10 years together.
Beatrice told British Vogue: “We have the same size feet and both of us had identical pairs. One pair got trashed and the other sister may have swapped them.”
She calls her mother, Sarah, Duchess of York, “mumsy” and her father papa.
– And Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi?
The 35-year-old millionaire property tycoon, known as Edo, is the son of former Olympic skier Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi and Nikki Williams-Ellis.
He is a count himself, and has been a friend of the Yorks for some time.
– And Beatrice becomes a stepmother?
Yes. Edoardo has a young son named Wolfie with his ex-fiancee Dara Huang.
– Where did the couple meet?
His family has known Beatrice for most of her life, being friends with the Yorks.
The princess is said to have begun dating Edoardo after meeting him again at Eugenie’s wedding.
