Why did Princess Beatrice get married in secret?
The choice of Princess Beatrice was conditioned by her father, Prince Andrew, and by Meghan Markle
Fault of dad Andrea and Meghan Markle… Princess Beatrice of York caught everyone off guard. But, in hindsight, we should have expected it.
Once the official wedding, scheduled for May 29, and postponed due to Covid-19 had been skipped, a secret marriage was the most logical solution for Princess Beatrice and her Italian boyfriend Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. Because? For the "fault" of two people: Prince Andrew, father of the bride, and Meghan Markle. But let's go in order.
Secret marriage. And small
The scoop is from the tabloid The Sun. Princess Beatrice of York, eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, got married in great secret on Friday morning, July 17 at 11 in the Royal Chapel of All Saints at the Royal Lodge. That is, in the official residence of the Duke and Duchess of York. An intimate and intimate ceremony. With about twenty people present (always due to government restrictions). Light years away from that of Princess Eugenie, the bride's sister.
Poor Beatrice, therefore, had to settle for a very low profile ceremony. Even without the coronavirus emergency, the princess of York would still have had a wedding far below her dreams. Without a carriage ride, without televisions, without glamor. And the fault, in this case, is all of his father.
Prince Andrew: a bulky guest
Choosing a secret marriage allowed Beatrice to avoid embarrassing situations with Prince Andrew. The timing of this flash wedding proves it. The arrest in the United States of Ghislaine Maxwell, a friend of Andrea and a companion of pedophile Jeffery Epstein, has rekindled the spotlight on the past behavior of Queen Elizabeth's third child. Accused by some women of having sex with them when they were still minors. If - as some American media claim - Maxwell were to tell what happened with the billionaire and show compromising videos and photos of forbidden encounters, the risk for Andrea would be enormous. Someone dared to pronounce the word prison, given that some of the facts disputed to the Duke of York took place in London.
If you remember, the decisive intervention of Prince Charles and Prince William, who metaphorically asked for the head of his brother / uncle in the name of the crown, had expelled Andrea from any public function. Forever. Imagine what a media nightmare it would have been for Beatrice to have her marriage approached with alleged fatherly misdeeds. Not to mention the impossibility of having the Queen, the heir to the throne and the other heir to the throne in official photos next to a member of the royal family accused of serious crimes.
Better to avoid all of this. Check and sip the images to be printed. And decide how to tell the event. In this sense, Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi did well to do everything in secret.
Meghan Markle ruins her party
But an unpleasant memory of her sister Eugenie's wedding reception must also have passed through Beatrice's head. When, at the height of the celebrations, Meghan Markle had seen fit to steal the show from the couple by announcing that she was pregnant. Princess Eugenie has always smiled and avoided comment, but the Duchess of Sussex's misstep has certainly not been forgotten.
Beatrice's wedding with Edoardo could have become the first public event to bring Harry and Meghan back home. And the return of the prodigal son, with a bride intolerant of court rules, would certainly have overshadowed Bea's great day. Because alongside her photo and the description of her wedding, there would always be the presence - bulky - of Meghan Markle.
Better to avoid any kind of confrontation. And that the Duchess would choose that very day for her other great announcement. With the secret wedding Beatrice solved the problem. He wouldn't have the wedding of his dreams anyway. We might as well wrap it up in a pinch of mystery.
