You know what I wonder? I wonder if the British rags will try to claim that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Time cover preemptively stole Princess Beatrice’s baby thunder. The rags claimed something similar when Eugenie gave birth in February. The truth is, it’s more like Beatrice’s baby was a welcome change of subject given the mountain of bad press Prince Charles and Prince Andrew have been receiving in recent months. So will Beatrice – like Eugenie – wait the better part of eleven days to announce her baby girl’s name? I hope not.
We are learning a bit more about the birth of Baby Girl Mozzi and all of that. Beatrice gave birth at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. No word on whether she delivered at the hospital’s private Kensington maternity wing, but I would guess she did. Baby Girl Mozzi weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces. She was born at 11:42 pm on Saturday, and Edo and Beatrice were given the space to recover at the hospital and return home with their baby before any announcements were made. The British press has not freaked out about the delay in announcement whatsoever. The Daily Mail says that Bea and Edo “returned to the St James’s Palace apartment,” which is still her London address.
Baby Girl Mozzi is 11th in the line of succession. As of this morning, the digital succession line on Royal.gov has not been updated, but that’s not surprising. They’ll wait until the name is announced. And Baby Girl Mozzi will be added to the succession list sooner than Lilibet Diana was – Lilibet was over seven weeks old before they added her to the digital list. Little Miss Mozzi will not have a British title, although she’ll probably have some obscure Italian title, because Edo is some kind of Italian nobility.
There was some confusion yesterday about whether Prince Andrew flew back to London to meet his first granddaughter. Some said he had left Balmoral, but Rebecca English reports in the Daily Mail that Andrew is still hiding out in his mother’s Scottish estate. Andrew reportedly has no plans to travel out of Scotland any time soon, on advice from his legal team? Sarah Ferguson was in Balmoral with Andrew, but she traveled to London on Friday, and she’s already met her granddaughter. A friend told the Mail: “She’s perfect and Sarah is absolutely smitten. She’s always very proud of both girls but to have two grandchildren in a year is a total joy.” Baby Girl Mozzi is also described as having hair with “a hint of red… and a hint of gold.” Aw, that would be so cute if Beatrice had a little ginger baby girl.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red and Backgrid.