SIENNA MAPELLI MOZZI

The Queen must have been especially delighted when her 12th great-grandchild, Sienna, was given the middle name Elizabeth, in tribute to her.

Sienna’s mother Princess Beatrice was always close to her grandmother, as was evident when she borrowed a vintage Norman Hartnell gown from the monarch to wear at her wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were among a handful of guests at the low-key ceremony, which was held in July 2020. Emotions were no doubt heightened at the intimate event because lockdown measures had delayed it by two months.

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Naturally, Beatrice was keen for her own daughter to share the close relationship with the Queen that she had enjoyed. With her parents, the Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York, living at Royal Lodge in Windsor, there was plenty of opportunity for Beatrice to take Sienna to visit Her Majesty when she was in residence at Windsor Castle.

As the youngest of the new generation of royals, Sienna has plenty of playmates to look out for her. She is also doted on by Prince Andrew and Sarah, who were thrilled to become grandparents twice over in a year.

“It is an extraordinary feeling when your child becomes a mother,” Sarah said. “Suddenly my little girlies have their own little ones.” Sienna, who is tenth in line to the throne behind mum Beatrice, also has a big brother, Christopher “Wolfie” Woolf – Edoardo’s son from a previous relationship – and a doting aunty in Beatrice’s younger sister Eugenie, whose young son August is just seven months older.

Following Sienna’s birth, Eugenie wrote on Instagram: “To my new niece. I love you already… we’re going to have so much fun together.”

Princess Beatrice was always close to her grandmother

The Queen and Prince Philip attend Beatrice’s marriage to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, who proposed in Italy (left). Below: With her middle name, Sienna Elizabeth follows in significant footsteps