Pregnant Princess Beatrice joins royal Christmas at last-minute with rarely seen stepson
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A pregnant Princess Beatrice made a last-minute appearance with the royals at Church on Christmas Day. The 36-year-old, who is expecting her second child, made the late decision to join the family at Sandringham after initially planning to spend the festive season with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and his family. It came after it emerged that her father Prince Andrew would not be at Sandringham after deciding to stay away amid the controversy surrounding his links to an alleged Chinese spy. However, Beatrice received medical advice and had been guided not to travel long distances.
Therefore, she decided to make the trip to Sandringham with husband Edo and their daughter Sienna, aged three. For church, Beatrice wore a camel coat and walked with husband Edo and his son Wolfie, whom he shares with former partner Dara Huang. The princess's coat is from the Net-A-Porter for The King’s Foundation collection, designed by students from the foundation’s modern artisan education programme. Run by the foundation and fashion retailer Net-A-Porter, the programme trains emerging designers and makers to create capsule collections of luxury and sustainable clothing staples.
Beatrice visited The King’s Foundation’s Future Textiles exhibition at the Garrison Chapel in November which included work by the modern artisan programme students. They were led by King Charles, 76, and Queen Camilla, 77, as they walked the short distance from Sandringham House to St Mary Magdalene Church, past a crowd of well-wishers. They were joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six. William walked hand-in-hand with Charlotte, and Kate who wore a green coat and hat, smiled at the crowds. Also in the walking party was the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.
