It said “both families are delighted with the news.” Beatrice, the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, married property developer Mapello Mozzi in July 2020, at a small ceremony constrained by coronavirus restrictions. She is ninth in line to the British throne. 

Beatrice's younger sister Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank welcomed their first child, a son named August, in February. 

The queen has 10 great-grandchildren, with another — a second child for Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of York — due in the summer.

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