Princess Beatrice made a “last minute request” to borrow the queen’s gown for her surprise wedding, a source revealed.
The 31-year-old Queen’s granddaughter, affectionately known as ‘Bea’, borrowed a dress from Herman Majesty’s Norman Hartnell, 94, to marry Italian property developer Edo Mapelli Mozzi, 36, in a service surprise on the grounds of the Royal Lodge in Windsor on Friday. .
But now experts have explained how Princess Beatriz had not always planned to borrow the dress, adding that she made the request after having a “last minute change of heart” about her original wedding dress.
A source told People magazine: ‘Beatrice made a request [to borrow one from the Queen]And that was kindly granted, and it looked amazing! It was moving for both of us.
Princess Beatriz, 31, made a “last minute request” to borrow a dress from the 94-year-old queen for her wedding after having a “change of heart” about her original dress, sources told the People magazine
Meanwhile, another friend revealed that Princess Beatrice often speaks fondly of the Queen.
They said it was “clear” that there was a “strong bond” between the two royals, making the borrowed dress “perfect.”
Princess Beatrice and Edo were married in a private and intimate service in the Royal Chapel of All Saints, near their parents’ home in Windsor.
The Queen’s dresser, Angela Kelly, had just three weeks to help remodel and relocate the 1960s Norman Hartnell evening gown to serve as a wedding gown.
The Queen had donned the Norman Hartnell evening gown in 1960, with Queen Angela Kelly’s dresser remodeling and putting the gown back on in just three weeks for Princess Beatrice.
The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, 99, the bride’s parents, Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York and Princess Eugenie, were among the ‘close family’.
Social distancing restrictions and current government guidelines allowing a maximum of 30 people at a wedding meant that the couple was unable to invite any of their famous friends, including singer Ellie Goulding, Karlie Kloss, and Cressida Bonas.
It remains to be seen whether they’ll hold a celebration at a later date, but some of their inner circles couldn’t wait to share their delight and posted tributes to Instagram over the weekend, including Valentino co-founder Giancarlo Giammetti and Sarah. Ferguson’s assistant, Antonia Marshall.
Beatrice and Edo were to be married in the Royal Chapel at St James’s Palace in London on May 29.
The 94-year-old queen, the 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, and the bride’s parents, Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York, were among the ‘close family’. In the image, Princess Beatriz and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi with the grandparents of the bride, the Queen and Prince Felipe.
But his ceremony was postponed due to Covid-19 and the palace did not give a new date at that time.
Sarah Ferguson and Edo’s mother Nicola Williams-Ellis took action as soon as the government hinted last month that the weddings would soon be allowed again.
During the confinement Beatrice spent time with Edo and her future mother-in-law at the £ 2 million Cotswold house that Nicola shares with sculptor husband David, Edo’s stepfather.
However, reports from The Telegraph suggest Beatrice later isolated herself with the duke and family at their home “for some time” before the wedding, so that her father, Prince Andrew, could confront her down the aisle.
Social distancing restrictions and current government guidelines allowing a maximum of 30 people at a wedding meant that the couple (pictured on their wedding day) were unable to invite any of their famous friends, including singer Ellie Goulding, Karlie Kloss and Cressida Bonas
The young couple were “ desperately sad ” because plans for a wedding at St James’s Chapel Royal and a reception at Buckingham Palace had to be canceled, and they decided to get married “ whenever possible. ”
But they only had three weeks to organize catering services and florists, while Canon Paul Wright, deputy dean of the Royal Chapel, and Canon Martin Poll, the Queen’s domestic chaplain, who officiated on Friday, hastily arranged the special license for archbishop of Canterbury wedding
More details of the secret ceremony emerged last week, including the bride’s charming decision to wear the Queen’s wedding tiara on her own big day.
It was also learned that Edo’s son Christopher, known as Wolfie, was the godfather and ushered in the intimate service.
The church was decorated with pink and white dolphins, roses, wax flowers, and hydrangeas from Greater Windsor Park. In the image, the newlyweds leave the chapel after their wedding.
Guests swore to secrecy, with overnight accommodations provided at Royal Lodge, Andrew and Fergie’s Great Windsor House.
Edo’s sister Natalia, 38, and husband Tod Yeomans, 36, arrived with their two children Coco and Freddie on Thursday afternoon for a quick rehearsal.
Edo’s father, Olympic skier Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi, flew in from France, and bridesmaid Eugenie, 30, joined the ‘rehearsal dinner’ with her husband Jack Brooksbank.
The secluded Chapel of All Saints is opposite the Royal Lodge, so Prince Andrew led the bride into the church and into the hallway. The Queen and Prince Felipe had slipped through a side entrance, thus maintaining social distance.
The Queen’s dresser Angela Kelly helped remodel and relocate the 1960s Norman Hartnell evening dress (left) to serve as a wedding dress (right). Above, a post shared by Alice Naylor-Leyland
The church was decorated with pink and white dolphins, roses, wax flowers, and hydrangeas from Greater Windsor Park.
Beatrice was carrying a bouquet of jasmine, pale pink and cream sweet peas, royal porcelain ivory spray roses, pink O’Hara garden roses, pink wax, baby pink astilbe, and myrtle twigs. During the 30-minute service,
Sarah Ferguson and Mrs. Williams-Ellis read the couple’s favorite poems: I carry you in my heart from EE Cummings and Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116.
It was not sung, but a selection of music was played along with the National Anthem.
Photographs of the wedding were later taken, including four released to the media. Neither features Prince Andrew.
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