For those of you who have read Petite Haus for a while, you will know that I love a good royal wedding! I was so pleasantly surprised yesterday when I saw that Princess Beatrice had wed in private but the palace had released some official images!
Princess Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (and no, I don’t know anything about him). They had a small private ceremony at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor. Less than 30 people attended – as per English guidelines for weddings given the pandemic.
The dress made by Normal Hartnell “is made from Peau De Soie taffeta in shades of ivory, trimmed with ivory Duchess satin, with organza sleeves. It is encrusted with diamanté and has a geometric checkered bodice,”, as noted in a statement from the palace. The dress was remodeled by the Queen’s dressmaker Angela Kelly and had puff sleeves added. Normall Hartnell had also designed the Queen’s wedding dress.
The Queen wore the dress to the 1962 premiere of Lawrence of Arabia.
Not only did the Queen loan her the dress, but she also loaned her the Queen Mary Fringe Tiara which the Queen herself wore on her wedding day! I would say what an usual display of affection – clearly Beatrice is her favorite grandchild! Or perhaps the Queen felt bad that Beatrice wedding got delayed like many of those this year and Beatrice didn’t get the grand fanfare that the other royal brides did.
Below is the Queen Mary Tiara. She had the tiara made from a necklace given to her by Queen Victoria in 1893 as a wedding present! You can read a little more about it here.
The tiara was worn by the Queen’s only daughter, Princess Anne, on her wedding day too!
I LOVED the beautiful archway of flowers which matched her wedding bouquet.
The bouquet had “trailing jasmine, pale pink and cream sweet peas, royal porcelain ivory spray roses, pink o’hara garden roses, pink wax flower and baby pink astilbe” per Town and Country Mag. I loved her bouquet as all the other royals brides – Meghan, Kate, and Eugenie – all chose white bouquets and Beatrice went with pink!
I do hope they release a picture of the royal wedding cake – as that is also one of my favorites.
In the picture below, I love the Queen’s face: clearly she approves!
Congratulations to the happy couple!
