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GOODNEWS! Britain's Princess Beatrice marries property tycoon, Edoardo Mapelli

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Jul 17, 2020

Britain's Princess Beatrice married property tycoon, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, on Friday in a small ceremony attended by her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and other royals.

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The private wedding ceremony was held at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park, after the couple was made to cancel plans for a larger event in May due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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"The small ceremony was attended by the queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and close family members,'' Buckingham Palace said, referring to the queen's husband, Prince Philip.

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"The wedding took place in accordance with all relevant government guidelines,'' the palace said.

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The queen normally worships in the All Saints chapel while staying at nearby Windsor Castle, her main home outside London.

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She and her husband of 72 years, 99-year-old Prince Philip, left London for Windsor Castle in April as a precuation amid the pandemic, the royal family said.

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Beatrice, 31, and Mapelli Mozzi, 37, got engaged in Italy in 2019, the palace said earlier.

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Beatrice's younger sister, Princess Eugenie, took an engagement photograph of the couple in Italy.

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"It's been a long time coming, and you two are meant to be,'' Eugenie said in an Instagram post, congratulating her sister on her engagement.

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Beatrice and Eugenie are the daughters of the queen's son, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, and his ex-wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York.

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Eugenie, 30, married her long-term boyfriend, events manager Jack Brooksbank, in October 2018

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