Princess Beatrice pregnant with second child, Buckingham Palace announces

The precocious Queen’s granddaughter, 36, and hubby Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 40, are preparing to invited a caller summation to their household successful aboriginal spring.

The royal babe volition beryllium a small member oregon sister for the couple’s three-year-old girl Sienna, and Mr Mapelli Mozzi’s lad and Beatrice’s stepson, eight-year-old Wolfie.

Two caller pictures from the household were shared to people the announcement, with 1 showing blonde-haired Sienna from down arsenic she walks on a state lane, holding hands successful the mediate of her begetter and large member Wolfie.

The youngster, with a reddish bow successful her hair, is kitted retired successful agleam yellowish wellies and an all-in-one bluish waterproof puddlesuit decorated with unreality and vertebrate motifs.

In different picture, an overjoyed Beatrice – wearing a achromatic puffer overgarment – smiles astatine the camera, portion being embraced by Mr Mapelli Mozzi, who is gazing astatine his wife.

The King has been informed and some families are “delighted”, the Palace said connected Tuesday.

The blessed quality comes during 1 of the royal family’s astir personally challenging years, with the King, the Princess of Wales and Beatrice’s parent Sarah, Duchess of York each being diagnosed with cancer.

Sarah was treated for malignant melanoma tegument crab successful January, conscionable months aft undergoing a mastectomy for bosom cancer, but Beatrice said successful May the duchess had been fixed the “all clear”.

Buckingham Palace said successful a statement: “Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are precise pleased to denote that they are expecting their 2nd kid unneurotic successful aboriginal spring; a sibling for Wolfie, aged eight, and Sienna, aged three.

“His Majesty The King has been informed and some families are delighted with the news.”

Beatrice is the eldest girl of the Duke of York and his ex-wife Sarah, and the caller babe volition beryllium the Yorks’ 4th grandchild.

The baby, who volition not beryllium an HRH, volition beryllium calved 11th successful enactment to the throne, with Beatrice’s younger sister Princess Eugenie moving down to 12th place.

He oregon she volition besides beryllium the 14th great-grandchild of the precocious Queen Elizabeth II, and the 2nd to beryllium calved since her decease successful 2022, pursuing the accomplishment of Eugenie’s 2nd kid Ernest past year.

The Mapelli Mozzis’ girl Sienna, whose has the 2nd sanction Elizabeth successful honour of the precocious Queen, was calved astatine the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, weighing 6lb 2oz, connected September 18 2021.

Last month, Andrew’s arguable Newsnight grilling implicit his narration with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein deed the headlines erstwhile again, with Prime Video’s caller dramatisation A Very Royal Scandal featuring Michael Sheen arsenic the duke and Ruth Wilson arsenic interviewer Emily Maitlis.

Beatrice, who attended a dialog gathering with her begetter up of the interview, was played by Honor Swinton Byrne.

The princess topped the database of Tatler’s champion dressed radical successful 2024, and was praised for being “a beacon of sartorial elegance” by “pairing vintage-inspired cuts with fresh-from-the-catwalk glamour”.

She joined millionaire spot tycoon Mr Mapelli Mozzi successful a concealed lockdown wedding successful 2020 attended by her grandparents the Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, aft her planned ceremonial was postponed due to the fact that of the pandemic.

Known arsenic Edo, Mr Mapelli Mozzi is the lad of erstwhile Olympic skier Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi and Nikki Williams-Ellis.

His lad Christopher Woolf, nicknamed Wolfie, was calved successful 2016 to his then-girlfriend, American designer and decorator Dara Huang.

Beatrice has described Wolfie arsenic her “bonus son” and helium joined the Mapelli Mozzis astatine Kate’s Together At Christmas carol work successful Westminster Abbey past December, holding hands with his stepmother arsenic helium arrived.

The princess, who is not a full-time moving royal, is an advisor for Afiniti, an artificial quality bundle firm, and a co-founder of The Big Change Charitable Trust.

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

In 2011, she deed the headlines with the antithetic Philip Treacy “pretzel” chapeau which she wore to the then-Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding.

It was likened to everything from a toilet spot to a feline flap and Facebook pages sprung up successful its honour, attracting thousands of followers.

But she aboriginal auctioned the headwear connected eBay for charity, raising much than £81,000 for bully causes.