“Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are very pleased to announce that they are expecting a baby in autumn of this year,” the caption said. It went on, “The Queen has been informed and both families are delighted with the news.” The caption was accompanied by a picture of the couple on their wedding day in July 2020, which was attended by only 20 people due to COVID-19 restrictions at the time. Beatrice and Edoardo’s original wedding plans for May 2020—which included a reception hosted by the queen in the gardens of Buckingham Palace—had to be postponed after Britain entered lockdown, resulting in a much more intimate gathering two months later. For the wedding, Beatrice wore the astoundingly dramatic Queen Mary Fringe Tiara, featuring diamond-encrusted rods emanating like a halo from the wearer’s head, and which was worn by the queen on her own wedding day when she married Prince Philip in 1947. (It also served as the then-Princess Elizabeth’s “something borrowed”, having been loaned to her by her mother.) Beatrice also chose to honor her grandmother in her choice of dress, a dreamy ivory number that the queen wore to the 1967 State Opening of Parliament. Its skirt is made of Peau De Soie taffeta and is encrusted with diamanté. The baby that Beatrice and Edoardo are expecting means that they will soon become a family of four—Beatrice is also stepmother to Edoardo’s son Wolfie. Princess Beatrice is ninth in line to the throne. Her younger sisterPrincess Eugenie gave birth to a son, August, earlier this year. Next up, how Princess Beatrice’s art deco engagement ring was inspired by the Queen.
