Britain’s Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are expecting their second child.
The child is due in early spring, or Australia’s autumn, Buckingham Palace confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.
“His Majesty The King has been informed and both families are delighted with the news,” it said.
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After a whirlwind romance, Beatrice and property developer Mapelli Mozzi tied the knot in July 2020 in a private wedding ceremony at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor, after their initial wedding date in May was postponed due to the pandemic.
The couple welcomed their first child, Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi – now three – on September 18, 2021, at London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Beatrice, 36, is also stepmother to Mapelli’s son Christopher Wolf, who is known as Wolfie, from a previous relationship.
She is the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York and is ninth in line to the British throne.
The announcement was shared alongside two new photos of the family, one featuring Beatrice and Mapelli Mozzi, and the other showing Mapelli Mozzi walking hand-in-hand with Sienna and Wolfie.
– with AP