Princess Beatrice has revealed she is expecting her second child.
The 36-year-old princess, the late Queen’s granddaughter, and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 40, are expected to welcome their new baby in early spring.
The couple have a three-year-old daughter named Sienna and Mr Maplli Mozzi has an eight-year-old son named Wolfie.
Mr Mapelli Mozzi with his two children Sienna (centre) and Wolfie. Pic: HRH Princess Beatrice/Buckingham Palace
The King has been informed and Buckingham Palace said both families were “delighted”.
The palace shared two new pictures from the family.
One shows Princess Beatrice and Mr Mapelli Mozzi embracing each other while the other shows Mr Mapelli Mozzi walking along a country lane hand-in-hand with Sienna and Wolfie.
In a statement Buckingham Palace said: “Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their second child together in early spring; a sibling for Wolfie, aged eight, and Sienna, aged three.
“His Majesty The King has been informed and both families are delighted with the news.”
The baby will be 11th in line to the throne.
He or she will be the late Queen’s 14th great-grandchild but will not be an HRH.
They will be the fourth grandchild of the Duke of York and his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York.
It comes after a tough year for the royal family, which has seen both the King and the Princess of Wales and Beatrice’s mother Sarah Ferguson diagnosed with cancer.
Sarah was diagnosed with skin cancer in January – six months after being treated for breast cancer, but in May Princess Beatrice said her mother had received the “all clear”.
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