Princess Beatrice adds two more titles after royal wedding
She may have already been a member of the royal family, but after tying the knot with Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi over the weekend, Princess Beatrice can add another role to her list.
In a private, intimate ceremony at Windsor Castle, Beatrice said ‘I do’ to her now husband in a beautiful vintage dress loaned to her by her grandmother the Queen.
But she isn’t the only one who has a family of aristocrats as Edoardo himself is the son of Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi and Nikki Shale from the Italian royal House of Savoy.
He also has a three-year-old son Christopher ‘Wolfie’ Woolf from his previous marriage with Chinese-American architect Dara Huang.
This means Princess Beatrice has another fancy title she can include in her repertoire.
“Edoardo is the only male descendent taking the family into the next generation,” his father told The Daily Mail.
“He is a count — his wife will be a countess automatically and any of their children will be counts or nobile donna.”
It is assumed that she will follow in her younger sister’s footsteps and drop the ‘York’ from her title.
The 31-year-old is taking up another very important role, one that has nothing to do with royalty – and that’s becoming a stepmother.
Edo has previously told The Telegraph that he and Wolfie’s mother, Dara are on amicable terms, saying they co-parent the young child.
“I take [Christopher] to school a couple of mornings a week and finish in time to put him in bed three or four evenings,” he said.
The couple was set to marry on 29 May at the Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace in London, but the service was delayed to the pandemic.
After a recent relaxation of lockdown rules, weddings are allowed to take place in England but with no more than 30 guests.
“Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York and Mr. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi were married in a small family ceremony on Friday 17th July. The ceremony took place at The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor, with the kind permission of Her Majesty The Queen,” the palace confirmed at the time.
“The couple decided to hold a small private ceremony with their parents and siblings following the postponement of their wedding in May. Working within government guidelines, the service was in keeping with the unique circumstances while enabling them to celebrate their wedding with their closest family.”