Queen’s granddaughter Princess Beatrice weds in secret ceremony: Report

Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter, Princess Beatrice, married her millionaire property developer fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a secret ceremony in Windsor on Friday, according to a UK media report.

Queen, 94, and her 99-year-old husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, joined ir son Prince Andrew, 60, at scaled-down “Covid-secure” wedding with around 20 guests, ‘ Sun’ newspaper reported.

Beatrice, 31, and Mozzi, 37, had been due to marry at Chapel Royal, at St James's Palace in London with 150 guests in May but postponed plans amid coronavirus lockdown. Instead, a select group gared for a more intimate ceremony with strict social distancing measures in place, newspaper said.

monarch and Prince Philip were driven from Windsor Castle, where couple have been isolating since March when UK went into lockdown, through Windsor Great Park to private church for wedding ceremony.

It comes amid Beatrice’s far, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, being under some pressure since he was forced to step back from royal duties over his links to late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his socialite ex-girlfriend Ghislane Maxwell, who was recently arrested in US.

Prince Andrew vehemently denies accusations of his involvement in any criminal activity related to duo and re had been questions over wher he would be walking his daughter down aisle at any official royal wedding.

"A massive wedding was out of question because of coronavirus. y were obviously very keen for Queen to come so wedding had to happen before she goes up to Balmoral so this was a great opportunity,” a friend of Beatrice told newspaper.

"y needed to make wedding Covid-secure and safe for Queen so what better way than All Saints Chapel with reception on site at Royal Lodge. y are just like a rmal family and had to make sacrifices like many ors have up and down country and looking forward to having a wonderful celebration when time is right," friend said.

Sun said that Beatrice reportedly spent night before wedding at grand Royal Lodge with mor Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and far Andrew, before making walk to church in grounds.

She had been engd to Mozzi, son of former British Olympian and Italian bleman Count Alessandro Mapelli-Mozzi, since September 2018.

Her younger sister, Princess Eugenie, had married her wine merchant fiancé Jack Brooksbank at a start-studded royal wedding ceremony in Windsor Castle in October 2018.