Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and Princess Beatrice.Photo: Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty
The couple announced their engagement in September after the multi-millionaire property tycoon proposed during a trip to Italy earlier in the month. The nuptials are expected to take place in early summer, with an announcement on the date to come in January after the general election in the U.K.
Kate Middleton, Princess Charlotte, Prince William and Prince George at Christmas 2019.Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty
The couple celebrated theirengagement party in Londonlast week alongside several friends, the bride-to-be’s mother Sarah Ferguson and sister Eugenie.
A source tells PEOPLE that the couple’s wedding plans are underway, and Prince Andrew will likely play a major part in his daughter’s wedding despite the scandal surrounding his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that caused him to “step back” from his royal duties.
“I definitely think he will walk her down the aisle,” a source tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “He plays a very traditional role in her life. She’s his greatest supporter.”
“This is obviously very hard times,” adds the insider.
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
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Andrew was also missing from the royal family’s public walk to church. Instead, heattended an earlier servicewith his brotherPrince Charlesand the Queen.
source: people.com
