Beatrice husband’s ex proudly reveals: ‘I’ve become a Brit!’
PRINCESS Beatrice could be forgiven for feeling disappointed with her grandmother yesterday, after her father was dramatically cast out of the Royal Family.
The mother of Bea’s stepson was, however, singing the praises of the Queen. Dara Huang, who was previously engaged to the Princess’s husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, posed proudly next to a portrait of the monarch after being granted British citizenship yesterday.
‘I’m so proud to be British,’ Dara enthuses. ‘Thank you for taking me into your country.’
The 39-year-old American-born architect clutched her certificate after the citizenship ceremony, which is thought to have been held at Kensington town hall in West London.
Dara hasn’t just been welcomed into this country, but has been embraced by the Queen’s granddaughter. Dara shares custody of her son, Christopher Woolf, known as Wolfie, with Bea’s husband.
The Princess has become so close to Wolfie that she was recently seen wearing a necklace with his initial ‘W’. And she let him act as best man at her wedding, even though he was only four years old at the time. It made him the youngest person in history to have performed a role at a British royal wedding. The lockdown ceremony was held at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park in 2020, with the Queen and Prince Philip among the congregation.
Dara, who was recently featured in Channel 4’s new property programme Britain’s Most Expensive Houses, is so close to her former fiance, Edo, that she relocated her London office in 2020 from Clerkenwell to the same Kensington building where he bases his property development company.
Dara, whose maternal grandfather emigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan, says she’s hugely grateful to Britain. ‘It’s further proof that dreams do come true,’ she says. ‘Thank you Britain and everything you stand for.’