It's official! British businessman Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Princess Beatrice of York, granddaughter of the Queen of England, got married on Friday July 17, 2020, according to the revelations of the British tabloid The Sun. Originally scheduled for May 29, 2020, the date had to be postponed due to the Covid-19. In an article published on D-Day, our colleagues described an intimate ceremony celebrated in the Royal Chapel of St James's Palace in London, where many royal love stories materialized. Indeed, it is in this same chapel that the sister of Beatrice of York, Eugenie, married Jack Brooksbank 2 years earlier, and there too that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle passed the ring on their fingers in 2018.
"Like all normal families in the country, they had to make sacrifices"
Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, as well as the parents of the now divorced bride, the Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, were part of the twenty or so handpicked guests. "All health security measures have been respected"A palace spokesperson told the magazine. The bride and groom had arranged to celebrate their union before the Queen and Prince Philip left for Balmoral Castle, scheduled for early August. "Like all normal families in the country they had to make sacrifices and will wait to organize a grandiose party when the time comes."added a representative from Buckingham.
It was the first time Prince Andrew had appeared publicly with his mother Elizabeth II since the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's former partner. As a reminder, Andrew of York is currently in the FBI's sights following rape and sexual assault charges which would have taken place at the manor of Epstein. Faced with these damning testimonies, the Duke of York put an end to "all its public commitments"in November 2019.
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