There’s another royal baby on the way.
Princess Beatrice is pregnant, Buckingham Palace announced in a tweet early Wednesday. It will be her first child with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
“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,” read the announcement, which included a photo of them from their wedding day.
“The Queen has been informed and both families are delighted with the news.”
The timing of the announcement will certainly raise eyebrows, as the royal family announced the news on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s third wedding anniversary.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reportedly stole the spotlight from Princess Beatrice’s sister, Princess Eugenie, on her wedding day by announcing to family they were pregnant with Archie.
Prince Andrew’s daughter and the Italian real estate developer married in July 2020 after initially rescheduling their wedding because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The smaller-scale wedding, which was not announced in advance, was held at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge and attended by Queen Elizabeth II and the late Prince Philip, as well as close family members.
Beatrice married Mozzi in one of the Queen’s dresses that she wore in 1962 as well as her tiara from her wedding day in 1947. But Beatrice, 32, chose to add her own personal touch to the dress by having a pair of sheer, puffed sleeves sewn into the straps.
Beatrice also had the underskirts removed, opting for a simple silk trim on the hem rather than the puff-ball skirt her grandmother wore decades ago. The dress was the creation of Norman Hartnell, a designer loved by the monarch.
Beatrice made her first public appearance with Mozzi, 38, at the National Portrait Gallery’s 2019 Gala. He has a 4-year-old son, Christopher, from a previous relationship with ex Dara Huang.