Princess Beatrice's wedding will take place on 29 May, palace confirms
Royal Family confirms Princess Beatrice’s wedding will take place on 29 May at The Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace – and she’ll be given away by Prince Andrew
- Buckingham Palace confirmed Princess Beatrice’s wedding will be on 29 May
- She will marry Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at The Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace
- Service will be followed by a private reception in Buckingham Palace gardens
Princess Beatrice’s wedding will take place on 29 May at the Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace, the Royal Family confirmed today.
Beatrice, 31, the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York, will marry fiancé Italian property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 37, following a five-month engagement.
The Duke of York, who stepped back from royal duties last year amid ongoing scandal surrounding his friendship with deceased paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, will walk his daughter down the aisle.
The service will be followed by a private reception, hosted by The Queen, in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
It will be the first reception to be held at the palace since the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in April 2011.
Royal family has confirmed Princess Beatrice’s wedding will take place on 29 May at the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace. Beatrice, the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York, will marry Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in the historic London chapel
The Royal Family released a statement on its official Instagram account today, pictured
All three subsequent royal weddings have been in Windsor. Beatrice’s sister Princess Eugenie tied the knot in 2018 at St George’s Chapel, with a reception at the castle.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had exchanged vows there earlier that year.
The Royal Family’s statement, released on Instagram today, reads: ‘The wedding of HRH Princess Beatrice of York and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi will take place on Friday 29th May 2020. The couple became engaged in Italy in September 2019.
‘Her Majesty The Queen has kindly given permission for the ceremony to take place at The Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace.
‘The ceremony will be followed by a private reception, given by The Queen, in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.’
A number of royal weddings have taken place in the Chapel Royal, including that of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg in 1840.
In 1893 the then Duke of York, the current Queen’s grandfather, and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (later King George V and Queen Mary) were married in the Chapel.
Prince George was baptised at the Chapel Royal in 2013 in a ceremony attended by four generations of the Royal Family, including the Queen, Prince Charles and The Duke of Cambridge.
The Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace, pictured, was the venue for Queen Victoria’s wedding. It will host the nuptials of Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in May
It is understood Beatrice and Edoardo want their nuptials to be ‘low key’ and without the fanfare that surrounded the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank.
Beatrice and Edo had been together for 11 months at the time they announced their engagement in September last year. Father-of-one Edo proposed with a ring estimated to have cost £100,000, while the pair were holidaying in Italy.
The planning has been somewhat overshadowed by the ongoing scandal surrounding Prince Andrew’s friendship with deceased paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
However it is believed Princess Beatrice will still be walked down the aisle by her father, with whom she shares a close relationship, and that her sister Eugenie will play a role in the wedding.
It was reported last week that the Queen has offered to hold the wedding reception at Buckingham Palace to give her granddaughter a ‘morale boost’.
Beatrice and Edo had been together for 11 months at the time they announced their engagement in September last year. Pictured, at a friend’s wedding in October 2019
One friend told the Daily Mail: ‘Bea was delighted and very grateful to accept. It was a really special gesture as it will be the first wedding celebration at Buckingham Palace since William and Catherine’s in 2011.’
The scandal surrounding Prince Andrew’s friendship with Epstein intensified in December after a second woman who was allegedly abused by billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein claimed she had sex with the duke.
This came after the prince denied sleeping with 17-year-old Virginia Roberts at the Belgravia home of Ghislaine Maxwell – who is accused of trafficking in young women for Epstein.
Earlier this week one of Epstein’s victims blamed Prince Andrew for failing to stop the convicted sex offender from abusing women before he sexually assaulted her.
The wedding planning has been somewhat overshadowed by the ongoing scandal surrounding Prince Andrew’s friendship with deceased paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Pictured, Prince Andrew with daughters Princess Beatrice (right) and Eugenie
She called on the duke to cooperate with the FBI in their investigation, after US lawyer Geoffrey Berman, who is leading the Epstein sex trafficking inquiry, said the duke has ‘provided zero co-operation’, claiming his lawyers had been contacted by prosecutors and the FBI as part of the investigation.
Andrew was reported to be ‘angry and bewildered’ at the claims, with sources telling the Daily Telegraph he was more than happy to talk to the FBI but had not been approached.
When the monarch’s second son quit royal duties, he said he was willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency.
His resignation followed a car crash interview with BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis, after which he was lambasted by critics for failing to show regret or empathy for Epstein’s victims.
A venue steeped in Royal history
Chapel Royal, situated within the grounds of St James’s Palace, is a busy working chapel and holds regular services which are open to the general public, as well as hosting some unique Royal services.
Many Royal weddings have taken place there, including that of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg on February 10, 1840.
Their eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, was also married there in 1858 to Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, later the German Emperor Friedrich III.
In 1893 the Duke of York and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (later King George V and Queen Mary) were married in the Chapel.
Most recently, Prince George was baptised at the Chapel Royal on 23 October 2013 in a ceremony attended by four generations of the Royal Family including The Queen, The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Cambridge.
Every year on January 6, the Epiphany ceremony of the offering of gold, frankincense and myrrh on behalf of the Sovereign takes place during the service of Choral Holy Communion.
With the Queen’s permission, the chapel is used for christenings, weddings and funerals of members of the Royal Household.
The chapel is synonymous with the title Duke of York – it is the home of some magnificent silver-gilt plate, nearly all made at the Restoration and used to adorn the altar on festival days.
Among the main pieces is a set of altar candlesticks engraved with the monogram of the Duke of York, later James II (1661), as well as two Charles II alms-dishes and Charles II’s great coronation alms-dish of 1660.
Information supplied by www.royal.uk
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