Wedding of Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

The wedding of Princess Beatrice of York and Count Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi is an event of the British royal family expected to take place at the Chapel Royal of St James's Palace. The bride, Princess Beatrice of York, is a member of the British royal family. The groom, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, is a property developer. Originally scheduled for 29 May 2020, the wedding was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wedding of Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
VenueChapel Royal, St James's Palace
LocationCity of Westminster, London, England
Participants

The couple and the engagement announcement
Princess Beatrice of York (2018)

Princess Beatrice of York is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York.[1] Her parents separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996.[2] Beatrice is a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories. She is the ninth, and the second female,[3] in line of succession to the British throne.[1]

Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi is the son of Count Alessandro Mapelli-Mozzi, a former British Olympian who represented the country at the 1972 Winter Olympics in alpine skiing events,[1][4] and Nikki Williams-Ellis, whose second husband was the politician Christopher Shale.[4] Mozzi has a son named Christopher Woolf, born in 2016, from his previous engagement with American architect Dara Huang.[5][6]

The bride and groom have known each other since childhood; and their families have been close friends for decades.[7] They became engaged in Italy in September 2019 with Mapelli Mozzi giving the Princess a ring designed by Shaun Leane, which has a round brilliant cut diamond in the center surrounded by tapered baguettes on a platinum pavé-style band.[1][8] The ring bears a striking similarity to the engagement ring of Princess Beatrice's grandmother, the Queen, and is estimated to be around $130,000.[9]

Although Beatrice is a member of the British royal family, she does not require the Queen's permission to marry.[notes 1] The couple's official engagement announcement was made on 26 September 2019 through the official website of the Duke of York and also through the official social networks of the royal family.[10] Buckingham Palace also shared a series of official engagement pictures. The colour photographs were taken by Princess Eugenie while the black and white photographs were taken by Misan Harriman at Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park.[11] For the colour photographs Beatrice wore a Zimmermann green floral dress, and for the black and white photographs she appeared in an Espionage silk dress with a "wrap front silhouette and a flowing asymmetric skirt".[12] Both families showed happiness with the commitment of Beatrice and Edoardo.[10]

Details about Princess Beatrice's wedding were not revealed until February 2020, months after the engagement announcement. The Princess's engagement was overshadowed by her father's involvement with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and later by the abrupt withdrawal of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from royal duties.[13][14][15][16]

Wedding

Venue
A window of the Chapel Royal on the right of the main entrance

On 7 February 2020 it was announced that the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace will be the venue for the wedding ceremony on 29 May, and that the ceremony will be followed by a private reception, given by the Queen, in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.[17] It was also announced that no public money would be spent on the event.[18]

Chapel Royal has been home to many important events of British royal history, including royal weddings, christenings, and other religious ceremonies.[19] It was previously the venue for the christenings of both Prince George and Prince Louis of Cambridge,[19] and also where their mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, had her communion prior to marrying Prince William.[notes 2] It was also the venue for the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.[19]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The event has been impacted with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the couple revised their wedding plans, announcing that the private reception at Buckingham Palace would not take place to avoid "unnecessary risks".[20] In accordance with the government advice, they will also consider holding a smaller ceremony for the sake of old family members who may be at risk and amid concerns about the groom's family who may not be able to leave Italy for the ceremony.[20][21] On 16 April 2020, a spokesperson for the couple confirmed that the wedding would be held on a later date, although there were "no plans to switch venues or hold a bigger wedding".[22]

See also

Notes
  1. Under the Royal Marriages Act 1772, descendants of George II of Great Britain in the line of succession required the consent of the monarch to contract a legally-valid marriage. The restriction was removed under the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, but the latter states that if any of the first six persons in the line of succession marry without the Sovereign's consent, they and their children are removed from the line of succession.
  2. Prior to her engagement, the Duchess of Cambridge had not been confirmed by the Church of England. She was confirmed in a private and secretive ceremony at the Chapel Royal on 10 March 2011.[19]

References
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  7. Tyzack, A. (26 September 2019). "Another royal wedding! Meet Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, the man who has charmed Princess Beatrice". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  8. Taylor, Elise (26 September 2019). "All the Stunning Details to Know About Princess Beatrice's Engagement Ring". Vogue. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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  10. "HRH PRINCESS BEATRICE OF YORK AND MR. EDOARDO MAPELLI MOZZI ARE ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED". The Duke of York. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  11. Hamilton, Sophie (26 September 2019). "Princess Beatrice is engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi! See her stunning engagement ring". HELLO!. HELLO!. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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  13. Henden, Amalie (4 February 2020). "Princess Beatrice wedding date: Will Beatrice's wedding be postponed AGAIN amid Megxit?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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  15. DeSantis, Marissa (8 February 2020). "Princess Beatrice's wedding likely to be 'scaled down' in wake of Prince Andrew's Epstein controversy". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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  19. Greenspan, Rachel E. (9 July 2018). "Prince Louis's Christening: What to Know About Chapel Royal". Time. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  20. "Coronavirus: Princess Beatrice 'reviewing' wedding plans". BBC. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  21. Tominey, Camilla (10 March 2020). "Coronavirus threat to Princess Beatrice's wedding". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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