Princess Beatrice
Title: Princess Beatrice of York
Full Name: Beatrice Elizabeth Mary
Father: Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Mother: Sarah, Duchess of York
Born: August 8, 1988 at Portland Hospital, London
Current Age: 35 years, 8 months, and 10 days
Married: Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on July 17, 2020 at Royal Chapel of All Saints, Royal Lodge, Windsor
Children: Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi
Princess Beatrice is the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York. She was born at the Portland Hospital in London on 8 August 1988. She was named after Princess Beatrice the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was educated at Coweth Park School in Surrey and St George’s School, Ascot, but suffered from dyslexia and delayed sitting her GCSE exams. She was Head Girl in her final year 2006/2007 at St George’s School.
Her parents separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996 when she was 8 years old, but she is close to both her parents and is regularly seen with one or both of them. She attends royal events and undertaken work with charities. It was reported at the time that she was considering continuing her education in the United States, and had plans to start a fashion business. In May 2008 she was a volunteer sales clerk in Selfridges. She appeared in a small cameo role in 'The Young Victoria' a film about her great-great-great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria. In September 2008 she started a three year course studying for a BA in History and History of Ideas at Goldsmiths College, London. She graduated in 2011 with a 2:1 degree.
In April 2010, to raise money for the charity Children in Crisis, she became the first member of the Royal Family to complete the London Marathon. In 2012 she spent year with a London investment firm and 2015 and completed a finance course at a university in San Francisco. In March 2019, she was elected to the board of the UK charity The Outward Bound Trust as a trustee, after her father took over the patronage from her grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh.
On 26 September 2019 the engagement was announced between Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. They were planning to marry on 29 May 2020 in the Chapel Royal, St James Palace but this had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. They were married on 17 July 2020 with a small private ceremony at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Royal Lodge, Windsor. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi is an Italian Count and a property developer, and has a son from a previous relationship. Their daughter Sienna Elizabeth was born on 18th September 2021.