Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor stepped foot in a palace for the primary time since his titles had been stripped on Friday, December 12, attending the christening of his granddaughter, Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi. Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi’s youngest daughter, who was born in January, was christened at St James’s Palace in London, and each Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, had been current on the small household occasion.
The former Duke of York was pushed to the service in a Range Rover, getting into the palace by way of a facet entrance. He arrived individually from Ferguson, who arrived on the palace’s Chapel Royal earlier than her ex-husband.
Beatrice’s sister and brother-in-law, Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, had been additionally noticed arriving on the palace together with singer James Blunt and his spouse, Sofia Wellesley, who’s one in every of Athena’s godmothers. Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark, who was seen arriving on the christening, can be reported to be one other godmother.
A Range Rover believed to have Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor within the again arrives on the christening Of Athena Mapelli Mozzi.
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James Blunt and his spouse, Sofia Wellesley, had been visitors on the occasion.
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A supply informed the Daily Mail that members of the Royal Family had been “dreading” operating into Andrew and Sarah on the occasion, though it seems no senior royals had been current at Friday’s christening.
“Beatrice has, of course, invited her father. But things are not warm between them,” the insider mentioned. “However, she’s worried about him. He’s going through a low ebb with his mental health, and she recognizes that he dotes on his grandchildren and it would be cruel to deprive him of the chance to attend the christening.”
Princess Beatrice and Edo had been noticed strolling right into a London pub after the service whereas carrying a boxed cake, with the princess wearing shades of burgundy and blue and carrying a Goyard tote bag in photographs obtained by Hello!
A supply informed the. journal that the venue is “a really lovely pub with a very chilled atmosphere, and everyone was very discreet—you would never have known there was royalty in the building.” However, it appears Andrew and Sarah skipped the afterparty.