Princess Beatrice expecting a baby in the autumn, Buckingham Palace announces

The royal married husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a private ceremony last summer

Princess Beatrice is expecting a baby in the autumn, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The special news was announced on The Royal Family Instagram account alongside a touching photograph of Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on their wedding day.

It will be the couple’s first child together and the Queen is said to be “delighted with the news.”

The baby will be the monarch’s 12th great-grandchild following the arrival of Prince Harry and Meghan’s second child this summer.

In a statement, the palace said: "Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are very pleased to announce that they are expecting a baby in autumn of this year.

"The Queen has been informed and both families are delighted with the news."

They had initially planned to wed on May 29 in the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace but celebrations were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Instead, the couple exchanged vows two months later with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh among a small group of around 20 guests.

Beatrice’s father Prince Andrew, 61, gave the bride away at the private church where strict social distancing measures were in place.

Her younger sister Princess Eugenie, to whom she is incredibly close, welcomed a baby boy, August, in February.

The royal sisters will be delighted to have their children so close together in age, and to share the experience of being first-time mothers.

Their cousin Zara Tindall recently welcomed her third child, a son Lucas, who was born at home on the bathroom floor in March.

Meanwhile Harry, also their cousin, and Meghan will welcome a daughter in the next few months with little Archie set to become a big brother.

Beatrice and Edo’s joyous news was announced on May 19 on the same day the Sussexes celebrated their third wedding anniversary.

The princess is already stepmother to Edo’s young son Wolfie, from his previous relationship with his ex-fiancee Dara Huang.

Her husband is a millionaire property tycoon and the son of former Olympic skier Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi and Nikki Williams-Ellis.

Beatrice was last seen at a royal event at the funeral of her grandfather Philip on April 17.

Wearing a mask and belted black coat, she paid her respects to the royal patriarch as the Windsors gathered for a socially distanced final farewell.

The princess is the eldest daughter of the Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York.

Ninth in line to the throne, she will move to 10th place when the Sussexes’ baby arrives and her son or daughter will be 11th in line to the throne.

Beatrice is not a full-time working royal and is vice president of partnerships and strategy at Afiniti, an artificial intelligence software firm.

She has a number of royal patronages including the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice, the Teenage Cancer Trust and the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre.

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