Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi posts sweet tribute to Princess Beatrice on their fifth wedding anniversary
Proud husband Edoardo, 41, shared the post today, five years to the day that the couple tied the knot in a private Windsor ceremony.
He shared a snap of the couple posing together on a beach in Scotland, which he accompanied with the sweet caption.
It read: 'Happy 5th Anniversary to my incredible partner, the most beautiful and amazing wife. I cherish every moment we've spent together and am deeply grateful for our journey. Here's to countless more years filled with laughter and tons of love!'
Since tying the knot five years ago, Edo and Beatrice, 36, have gone on to welcome two daughters.
Their eldest daughter, Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi, three, was born in September 2021.
She was followed by Athena Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi, who was born in January this year.
It has been reported that Beatrice refers to Wolfie, nine, - the son Edo shares with former partner Dara Huang - as her 'bonus child'.
Edo and Beatrice tied the knot at Royal Chapel of All Saints, in the grounds of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson 's home of Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park, surrounded by close family including the late Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh.
Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank attended, as did Edo's son Christopher, known as Wolfie.
They had been due to wed on May 29 at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, but those plans were scrapped due to the pandemic.
Instead, they exchanged vows on this day five years ago at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, in the grounds of Royal Lodge, Beatrice's childhood family home in Windsor Great Park.
The intimate ceremony, which adhered to social distancing measures, was attended by around 20 guests.
It was strikingly low-key, compared to Princess Eugenie's extravagant 2018 nuptials, which featured a carriage procession around Windsor and incurred around £2 million in public expenses.
In a touching tribute to her late grandmother, Princess Beatrice wore a dress by Norman Hartnell that Her Majesty had first worn for a state dinner in Rome in 1961.
The vintage gown was carefully remodelled for Beatrice by the Queen's dresser Angela Kelly and designer Stewart Parvin.
Beatrice also wore the Queen Mary Diamond Fringe Tiara, which the then Princess Elizabeth displayed at her wedding to Prince Philip on November 20, 1947.
Norman Hartnell, a highly regarded designer of the 20th century, was renowned for his creations favoured by the Windsors.
He designed both Queen Elizabeth's wedding dress and coronation gown, as well as Princess Margaret's bridal look.
Beatrice's vintage wedding dress was made from ivory Peau De Soie taffeta and trimmed with a band of duchesse satin in a matching hue.
It exemplified Hartnell's signature crinoline silhouette and passion for embellishment, showcased in geometric hand-embroidered diamantés across the bodice, waist and hips.
Angela Kelly and Stewart Parvin softened the full-skirted silhouette to create a more contemporary shape, and recreated the underskirt and petticoats, bound with silk tulle.
To comply with the regulations of the place of worship, short sleeves of triple organza were added to the straps and embroidered with vintage crystals to match the original design. Each alteration made to the dress was reversible.
On her feet, Beatrice wore a pair of champagne satin Valentino heels, which she had debuted at William and Kate's wedding in 2011.
For her big day, Beatrice wore a vintage dress by Norman Hartnell and the Queen Mary Diamond Fringe Tiara, on loan from her late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth wore the same tiara at her wedding to Prince Philip on November 20, 1947
The entire charming ensemble went on public display at Windsor Castle in 2020.
The socially-distanced event at the Royal Chapel of All Saints marked the first royal wedding behind closed doors in 235 years.
The chapel was decorated with pink and white delphiniums, roses, waxflowers and hydrangeas, sourced from Windsor Great Park.
Beatrice carried a bouquet of trailing jasmine, pale pink and cream sweet peas, Royal Porcelina ivory spray roses, pink O'Hara garden roses, pink waxflowers, baby pink astilbe flowers and sprigs of myrtle.
Following tradition, the bride sent her bouquet to be laid at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey.
During the 30-minute service, Sarah Ferguson and Nikki Williams-Ellis, the mothers of the bride and groom, read the couple's favourite poems: I Carry You In My Heart by E E Cummings and William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116.
Edoardo's then- three-year-old son, Wolfie, played the roles of best man and pageboy.
Prince Andrew escorted his daughter down the aisle but did not appear in any of the photographs shared with the public.
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