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Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are set to say they “I dos” at St James’s Palace on May 29. The couple will be holding a low-key ceremony attended by close family and friends.
Since Prince Harry and Princess Beatrice are very close, he is expected to attend his cousin’s upcoming wedding despite his and wife Meghan Markle's shocking announcement last month. However, a friend of the Yorks claimed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex could snub the nuptials because they are behaving like they are above the royal family rules.
“The trouble with Harry and Meghan is that they think they are bigger than the institution,” the friend said. “It’s such a shame things have turned out like this.”
When Princess Beatrice announced that she will be marrying property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in 2020, a lot of royal fans were very excited about the upcoming nuptials. However, the announcement was made back in September, where things were a lot different from the recent months.
Two months after the announcement, Princess Beatrice’s father Prince Andrew withdrew from royal life for “the foreseeable future” following a scandalous interview with BBC Newsnight, where his alleged involvement to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s scandal was discussed. And just last month, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that they will be stepping down as senior royals to focus on their family and charities and to live a more “peaceful life.”
With a lot of things going on in the royal family, Princess Beatrice is, allegedly, wishing to have a scaled-down wedding instead. Royal weddings are extremely lavish, but it seems like that’s not going to happen this time around.
“I think they’re going to have to rethink the arrangements for Beatrice’s wedding,” royal correspondent Jennie Bond said. “She’s marrying a man called Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and I think they were planning something along the lines of Eugenie’s wedding. There were outcries over security costs for the taxpayer and I don’t think they’ll want a similar embarrassment for Beatrice so I imagine that will be scaled down somewhat.”
It was, previously, reported that Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi’s nuptials will not be covered by BBC. The British public service broadcaster said that it will not show extended live footage of the wedding, but will only offer “news coverage of the wedding across our services” instead.
