As we previously discussed, there’s a rumor going around the Bitchy Courtier water cooler that Princess Beatrice’s wedding will have to be postponed. We discussed it on Tuesday, and I just wanted to talk about it again, because OMG, Beatrice really just has the worst luck, doesn’t she? All of the romantic drama with Dave Clark, not being able to hold down a job, her father being a liar and a rapist and a human trafficker, and now this! According to People Magazine, if Beatrice does postpone her May 29th wedding due to the coronavirus, it will be the THIRD postponement of this particular wedding.
Princess Beatrice‘s wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi could be postponed once again, this time amid rising concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, PEOPLE has learned. The royal bride-to-be, 31, who is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, was set to wed the 37-year-old financier at St. James’s Palace in London on May 29 with a reception to follow at her grandmother Queen Elizabeth’s gardens at Buckingham Palace. On Tuesday, the Queen canceled all upcoming garden parties.
Details are still being worked out behind the scenes, PEOPLE understands, and representatives for the couple have not yet commented.
Beatrice and Mozzi — whose family hails from Italy, which has been hard hit by coronavirus — had to reschedule their wedding date twice due to Prince Andrew’s scandal. In February, a source previously PEOPLE of the wedding, “The date was changed two times to adjust [around Andrew’s scandal]. It will be smaller than the original plan.”
Some of you half-joked that this is the universe’s way of telling Beatrice not to marry Edo. I kind of like that idea, because I think there’s something “off” about Edo, just as I’ve thought there’s something “off” about their courtship and engagement. I mean, this year is bonkers and if Beatrice was looking for a way out, this is it. Just say “this global crisis has opened my eyes to what’s really important and it ain’t Edo.” But she won’t do that, come on. Be real. She’s hellbent on getting down the aisle with him. Some suggested that she do some low-key civil service with only a handful of people too. It could be a possibility, and I’m not ruling it out. But the point of all of this was that the Queen was going the extra mile to give Beatrice a special London wedding at Buckingham Palace (or a posh tent in the palace garden). So I doubt she’ll give that up. She probably will postpone AGAIN.
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They should just get married privately and scrap the big to-do for now. Have a big party after the virus is gone. Like normal people.
Exactly. But she won’t. You just know she WANTS you to see that dress and tiara!! To be honest…I DO want to see it. Between her and Freeloader’s taste, this could be off the charts lol
But yeah, I agree with Kaiser. I’ve *always* felt this was more of a desperation move on her part (last one in her generation of cousins to marry) and a sort of convenience for him (connections and lots of trust fund/inheritence money) for him. These two have as much “heat” together as a wet sponge. There never seems to be any warmth or “connection” IMO.
Anyway… you do you, Bea. If it was me, I’d choose an immediate family wedding and wait for the party when the world becomes “normal” again.
I want to see the dress and the tiara why is that so wrong.
She doesn’t care about getting married, she cares about having a WEDDING.
That’s what Instagram is for, right?
Or releasing some video footage.
This is about her wanting the WEDDING.
She could just get married any day if that was the issue.
She can still wear the dress and tiara to the big party.
Never going to happen as she is a lot like her parents in that she WANTS the big public wedding in central London that William got – she’s the last of TQ’s direct grandchildren to get married and wants to make a big deal of it. She just doesn’t get it that NO ONE is interested.
Digital, she isn’t the last, what about Louise and James, Edward’s children…They are the queens direct grandchildren too.
The Wedding reception has been cancelled.
This wedding is also a chance to showcase Andrew in a positive light as the loving father. This will be a big wedding not a small affair
Bea, like a lot of girls probably dreamed of a big wedding. Being a princess she probably always thought she would have a ridiculous over the top wedding, so I can’t imgine a small wedding will ever be an option for her. The only way she will have a small wedding is if she’s scared her fiancé will change his mind if she waits and decides to lock him down.
They could get married and have a party later. Lots of people do that. I threw a party for a cousin who got married at the courthouse and it was really nice and we all had a blast. But then again, our family is not “royal” by any means, lol!
I bet your party was a lot more fun than any stuffy *royal*party!
What’s off to me about Edo is the timeline of his previous relationship and the beginning of this one. It’s hard to imagine but one time, a relationship with a royal family member was gold for business and networking. Not sure how much of her father’s vileness is going to taint Beatrice but that stock has dropped. She wasn’t a paragon of hard work and duty – she’s another one who’s flitted from job to job – and *both* of her parents are utterly vile. But to the extent she doesn’t cause harm in the world, she deserves a chance to have a loving relationship and start a family of her own. Hope this guy is bona ride.
Haha, “bona ride!” Best typo of the day!
Well said, Mumbles. I also find Edo’s instant switch between women weird. The story was a lot uglier about him when it first went down but someone in PR has been working overtime to sand the rough edges and change the optics on it. Now the story is bland, boring, just one of those things, oh so civilized parting of 2 people who fell out of love while having a baby. 🤦🏻♀️ I also love Kaiser’s “…Bitchy courtier water cooler” snark. Too funny! I saw a headline yesterday that both Beatrice and Edo have been dieting and getting in shape for their “moment in the sun” so I can’t imagine her actually going for a small ceremony, big party later. Hope I’m wrong and it is about them and their love and not about the dress, the tiara, the BP reception, her parents, or those photo ops of newly slim Beatrice.
I dont think that guy will stick around or may be he will . 90% I think this guy will stick around beacuse his business looks like shady dealing . Being royal means they will literally protect you from any scandal beacuse they dont want the heir being connected to the scandal. If the guy is genuine he might run for hills after his future father in law is accused of rape but this guy stick around means , he knows being connected to royal is get away from jail time in the future. Everyone wants to remember that married in men in Windsor are different game than married in woman. Philip, Margaret hubby are scandal ridden ones but the palace choose to protect them than diana, meghan etc. This guy may even forever married to bea but love her ?? I dont know.
Her parents and his parents apparently have known each other for decades. Grifters and crooks know how to find each other. Edo knows all about Andy and doesn’t care — it’s for what you said: the money, the connections, and possibly the protection from being prosecuted if he is a shady businessman.
Can you see Andrew going to Charles for help getting his grifter son-in-law off the hook for something illegal? Charles would love that.
@Lady D — I could see it if Andy has something nasty on Charles. He would deffo use that as ammunition to get what he wants from him.
People may choose not to come either so it’s best to postpone at least the celebration. As for the ceremony have a quick small one and exclude Charles and the Queen.
They should just get married in a civil ceremony. Save the big church wedding for when the pandemic has slowed.
He’s 37? He looks a lot younger. That baby-faced Timothee Chalamet look. I’m not a fan of that look.
Signs are everywhere. Sorry, but there’s something about him.
Yeah, there’s something about him. When he’s with her, he never seems to look at her and she just seems so desperate. Also, I hate to say this but, when the groom is prettier than the bride, there will be trouble. And he seems kind of shady. Maybe she should see all these delays as an omen of things to come.
Girl cannot catch a break
Well, other than being a Real Princess and all… sorry not sorry. The poor people and the sick people have it a lot worse. She has had so many breaks!
For someone born on 8.8.88 (Chinese believe it was the luckiest day of the century), Bea seems to experience a number of setbacks in her life.
Is this a setback though, or a blessing in disguise? The universe is trying to tell her something, she just has to listen to it, but she won’t because big dress, fuss, tiara!
Yes,this is a fate/universe/God’s way of telling you to don’t….as they say if something is THIS hard it is not meant to be.
As I’ve been reading through the comments I’ve been thinking “okay, if this were me . . . “ would I think the universe is out to get me, would I be stubborn and say we/I am doing this and damn the repercussions, or would I say perhaps the universe is trying to tell me something.” He doesn’t look like anything to me but like a shortish man who has a big head (like some short women have). However, I hope I’d say “okay, okay, perhaps the universe doesn’t want me to do this, so we’ll just continue as we are until whenever.” Just because it’s delayed doesn’t mean it’s denied.
I was remembering the same thing. Her birthday was supposed to be so auspicious and yet her life….
Which is why I can’t help but think “unfortunate” whenever I see her here.
He should see the signs and RUN while he has the chance.
They should both run-in opposite directions!
At this point it’s about vanity. If you are really serious about the actual marriage and not the tiara and dress, you get married in a small ceremony and do another one later on once this has passed.
I think she wanted both Liz and Philip to attend, so maybe time is of the essence. I agree with you, but I bet she thinks she deserves a big splashy Princessy wedding like Beatrice had. No matter who the groom is.
the signs girl, the signs!
Couldn’t be clearer if it slapped you in the face!
If I was her, I would skip the big wedding completely.
He is a good looking Fella, buy the dress + cake + family only private wedding day.
Get on with your life together and to hell with all these meaningless details.
In other words, make it legal and get right to honeymooning!
Theres something very feminine and unique about her look. Like theres some kind of like …intriguing sensitivity to Beatrice’s whole aura that I always notice. I’m not sure what it is but I just kinda like it.
Her dude….idk about him.
Really? I think she’s hideous lol.
And you? Can we see your pictures too so we can have thoughts about you? Maybe even find you hideous too?
No accounting for tastes….also girl has a BANGING body. She doesn’t even dress to show it off, shes in a cute prairie type dress but girl cant hide those curves lol. But anyway for me theres something somehow feminine and intriguing to her whenever I see a pic of her.
Also ditto what Zizz said.
Her legs look amazing.
OK, bro.
It’s there but it’s like it’s just beyond her fingertips to pull the complete look together. She hits it from time to time but is not consistent. It’s like a lot of good yet uncoordinated pieces. It’s like having three different sets of dinner dishes cobbled together from three different moves, apartments or relationships. All nice dishes but not a full set of anything.
I agree with @Earthbound and @Chelle. I don’t know anything about Beatrice’s personality, but she strikes me as the usual entitled out-of-touch royal with pretensions to ‘glamour.’
In general, I’ve heard it said that Eugenie and Beatrice are ‘nice’ girls who shouldn’t be blamed for who their parents are. That’s likely true. The only thing to be said about the parents of a neutral nature is that they both seem to love and provide encouragement to their daughters, even if it sometimes seems a status thing on Andrew’s part (i.e., heavily promoting his daughters because they’re his and they’re royal).
ITA that there’s something striking about Beatrice of York’s looks. She gets her large eyes from her mom, Fergie, from Queen Victoria and from her namesake, QV’s youngest child, Beatrice. Her gorgeous complexion and her striking eyes are actually her best features, along with her shapely legs and curvy figure. As well, I think Bea’s coloring (hair, skin tone) are attractive in combination.
With the access Beatrice has to designers, high fashion, and to image stylists, I just don’t understand why she doesn’t give up trying to make all her fashion decisions independently. Probably part of the problem is that she has access to too many choices. She really needs help figuring out what works for her body, and learning how to pull a successful look together from head to toe, while staying away from trendy stuff that doesn’t suit her. She actually could look great altogether if she had help making the right choices. She doesn’t understand her body or how clothes can work for her or come off looking uneven or disastrous.
Her sister, Eugenie, managed to look wonderful on her wedding day, so hopefully Beatrice is receiving good advice from the right fashion experts. I wish Beatrice & Edo good luck.
I actually think she has a really nice figure and curves, but those intense eyes throw me off. I also feel like she takes her princess status way more seriously than her sister, and not in a good way. However both her and her sister seem more interesting and intelligent than Kate. She doesn’t quite know how to pull her look together. Always something off, like the black shoes with the pastel outfit.
Yes, the black shoes are pretty, but jarring with her outfit’s pastel color combination.
They (she) should just use this as an excuse to call the whole thing off! The universe is trying to tell you something, Bea! LISTEN!!!
Well which is more important? The wedding or the marriage?
Just have a private wedding without the bells and whistles and have a big party later. Invite the parents, siblings and a few cousins she’s close with and the same for him.
I understand wanting a pretty wedding but her only options at the moment are either: wait it out for god knows how long at this point or just legally get married now and have the party later
I hope she waits till the fall or Christmas and does it up the way she wants. Why not? Royal wedding are few and far between. And really, no one can look less interested than Willileaks did at his own ceremony and I think the Mozz wants this (for whatever reasons). Bea will be SO relieved for it to finally happen and Sarah will be guffawing–so there will be plenty of emotion AND bad fashion.
*shrugs* Get the legalities out of the way, have the ceremony later. There’s really nothing stopping them from getting married. The need for spectacle is not really meaningful to anyone in the world right now, I imagine.
On a side note, while I appreciate Beatrice is a mostly low key royal, I will say her fashion instincts are just….non existent, really. This outfit, here? The black pumps? Why? They’re so heavy. A nude or white (or metallic, but that may have been overkill with the dress) would’ve worked so much better with those softer pastels.
If they are truly in love they would just go ahead and get married with immediate family present. Release a few pics.. This virus shutdown would give the nuptials a wartime wedding feeling and an excuse for not parading her sweaty father in front of everyone as he walks her down the aisle. Then they can have a private big bash at BP and another in Italy when this all passes.
But Prince Andrew can’t sweat.
Forget the wedding. Just give Andrew a one way ticket to Italy and he’ll be sweating in no time.
You forgot @Leia. Prince Andrew doesn’t sweat! 😛
Probably her parents want the big ceremony more than she does. She probably just wants to get married at this point and her parents are telling her to hold out.
It’s a sign she should move on without him. The relationship isn’t going to last.
A bit of a tangent – I can’t even begin to imagine how boring conversations between these two plain Janes must be.
Neither are exactly plain Janes. There’s something a bit odd about both of their looks. He’s attractive in a pretty boy way, and rather slight of build compared to Beatrice. They don’t seem that well-suited physically, but who knows re their personalities and interests. Reportedly, their families have been friends for years, so they’ve known each other for awhile, but perhaps only casually during family get-togethers. Or perhaps they were friendly but a spark didn’t happen until 2018 in the lead-up to Eugenie’s wedding when they began seeing more of each other.
Beatrice formerly had a 10-year relationship with Dave Clark, whom it has been said was very much disliked by William. And since Clark left Beatrice in the lurch for someone else whom he married within a year, he obviously wasn’t right for Beatrice anyway.
For all we know, there is a genuine connection between Bea & Edo, even if their coming together seems somewhat superficial on the surface. Edo is apparently a very good property developer with an architectural design background. And he reportedly has been very successful with the company he started. There are a number of real estate related articles/ interviews with Edo on the Internet.