Beatrice weds in a dress and tiara borrowed from the Queen
PRINCESS Beatrice wed property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi wearing a dress and tiara borrowed from the Queen, Buckingham Palace said.
The couple were married in a small family ceremony on Friday at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor.
Beatrice wore a vintage Peau De Soie taffeta dress in shades of ivory by Norman Hartnell, on loan from the Queen, trimmed with duchess satin and encrusted with diamante.
It appears to be a modified version of the dress the Queen wore to the world premiere of Lawrence Of Arabia at the Odeon Leicester Square in December 1962 and the State Opening of Parliament in 1966.
The dress was remodelled and fitted by the Queen’s senior dresser Angela Kelly and designer Stewart Parvin, Buckingham Palace said.
Beatrice wore the Queen Mary diamond fringe tiara, also on loan from the Queen — and which was worn by the monarch on her wedding day.
Buckingham Palace on Saturday released new photographs of the wedding, which show Beatrice and Mr Mapelli Mozzi leaving the church after the service, and the couple with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.
She carried a bouquet of trailing jasmine, pale pink and cream sweet peas, royal porcelain ivory spray roses, pink O’hara garden roses, pink wax flower, baby pink astilbe and, in keeping with royal tradition, sprigs of myrtle.
It was created by Patrice Van Helden Oakes — who designed the bouquet for her sister Eugenie’s wedding in 2018 — and has been placed on the tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey.
Beatrice’s ring was designed by Shaun Leane and Mr Mapelli Mozzi’s ring was a vintage gold band designed by Josh Collins.
She was walked down the aisle by her father, the Duke of York, Buckingham Palace said.
But while the new photographs showed the couple with the Queen and Philip at a distance, there was no picture released of the pair with Beatrice’s parents.
Andrew’s public life was left in tatters after his disastrous Newsnight interview about his friendship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, and in the programme’s aftermath the duke stepped back from royal duties.
Mr Mapelli Mozzi’s son Wolfie was best man and pageboy.
The Queen, who knighted Sir Tom Moore later in the day, described the private family occasion — attended by the Duke of Edinburgh, the couple’s parents and their siblings — as “very nice”.
The ceremony was officiated by the Rev Canon Paul Wright, sub-dean of the Chapel Royal, and the Reverend Canon Martin Poll, domestic Chaplain to the
Queen. It included two of the couple’s favourite poems, read by their mothers, and a biblical reading — Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116; I carry your heart with me by EE Cummings, and St Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians.
In an unusual move, the wedding was not announced in advance, the ceremony was held in private and pictures of the event were not immediately released.