Buckingham Palace on Tuesday announced that Princess Beatrice, the late Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter is pregnant with her second child.
The 36-year-old princess, who is the niece to the King of England, King Charles III, is preparing to welcome a new child in early spring with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
King Charles III has been informed and both families are “delighted”, the Palace noted in the announcement.
The baby will be born 11th in line to the throne, with Beatrice’s younger sister Princess Eugenie moving down to 12th place.
A statement released by the Palace read: “Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their second child together early in the new year; a sibling for Wolfie and Sienna.
“His Majesty The King has been informed and both families are delighted with the news.”
Princess Beatrice is the eldest daughter of the Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. The couple, who married in 2020, have a three-year-old daughter named Sienna, who was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.