Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
Born (1983-11-19) 19 November 1983
London, England[1][2]
Education
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationProperty developer
Spouse
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​
(m. 2020)​
Partner(s)Dara Huang
(2015–2018)
Children2
Parents
RelativesSir Robert Abraham Burrows (great-grandfather)

Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi (born 19 November 1983), also known as Edo,[3] is an English property developer and member of an Italian noble family. He is the founder and chief executive of Banda Property, a property development and interior design company. He became a member of the British royal family in 2020 when he married Princess Beatrice, the elder daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and a niece of King Charles III. He has a daughter with Beatrice and a son from a previous relationship with Dara Huang.

Background

Arms of the Counts Mapelli Mozzi

Mapelli Mozzi was born at the Portland Hospital in the West End of London.[4] He is the son of Alessandro "Alex" Mapelli-Mozzi, a British Olympian and member of a formerly titled Italian noble family whose ancestral seat is Villa Mapelli Mozzi in the Bergamo province of Italy.[5][6][7]

The BBC states that Mapelli Mozzi is a count;[8] although titles of nobility are not officially recognised in the Italian Republic, they can still be used out of courtesy.[9][10] That title of nobility of the Kingdom of Italy was given to his family in 1913 by King Victor Emmanuel III to all male descendants bearing the surname of the noble family of Mozzi, which was incorporated to the family of Mapelli.[11]

Mapelli Mozzi's mother is Nicola "Nikki" Williams-Ellis MBE (née Nicola Diana Burrows), granddaughter of Sir Robert Abraham Burrows.[12][13][14] She was later married to businessman and Conservative politician Christopher Shale.[15] In 2017, she married the sculptor David Williams-Ellis.[16] Mapelli Mozzi has an older sister, Natalia Alice Yeomans (born 1981),[17] and a younger half-brother, Alby Shale (born 1991).[18]

Career

Mapelli Mozzi attended the Dragon School in Oxford, then Radley College in Oxfordshire, before obtaining an M.A. in Politics at the University of Edinburgh.[19]

At the age of 23, with the support of his family,[19] he started Banda, a property development and interior design company, which claims to develop homes in "undervalued" parts of London.[19] This has been challenged by property experts on Twitter and Forbes, who argue that "there is nothing undervalued in Notting Hill", where Mapelli Mozzi's latest project is located, and describe the district as "a super prime residential destination".[20]

Mapelli Mozzi holds directorships in a number of companies, some of them with his mother, Nikki Williams-Ellis, and his brother-in-law, Tod Yeomans.[21] Ahead of the 2016 London mayoral election, Mapelli Mozzi wrote an article for Property Week, urging the future mayor to insist on redevelopment projects in central London. He has also criticised politicians Andrea Leadsom and Jeremy Corbyn.[16]

Cricket Builds Hope

The Gahanga Cricket Stadium

Mapelli Mozzi is a co-founder of the British-Rwandan charity "Cricket Builds Hope", which aims to use cricket as "a tool for positive social change" in Rwanda.[16] Previously known as the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation (RCSF), the charity was founded in 2011 to build Rwanda's first grass wicket cricket ground, now known as Gahanga International Cricket Stadium.[22] Mapelli Mozzi's stepfather Christopher Shale came up with the idea for the charity but died before he could get it off the ground.[23] Shale's family and friends set up the foundation after his death; Mapelli Mozzi's half-brother, Alby Shale, is on the board of trustees.[22] The charity's patrons are Jonathan Agnew, Brian Lara, Heather Knight, Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent, Sam Billings and Makhaya Ntini.[22] In 2012, Mapelli Mozzi cycled 100 kilometres (62 mi) overnight in London in the Nightrider Challenge to raise funds for the foundation.[24]

Personal life

Mapelli Mozzi was engaged to American architect Dara Huang until 2018. They have a son born in 2016.[25]

Princess Beatrice in 2017

In 2018, Mapelli Mozzi began a relationship with Princess Beatrice of York, whom he has known since childhood. His family have been close friends with her parents, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York, for decades.[25]

In March 2019, Beatrice attended a fundraising event at the National Portrait Gallery, London, accompanied by Mapelli Mozzi.[26] Following his proposal in Italy,[27][28] the couple's engagement was announced on 26 September 2019.[29] Mapelli Mozzi was reported to have designed the engagement ring along with British jeweller Shaun Leane.[30]

The couple intended to marry at the Chapel Royal of St James's Palace on 29 May 2020 but postponed the ceremony in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.[31][32] A private wedding took place at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park on 17 July 2020.[33]

Beatrice gave birth to their daughter, Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi,[34] on 18 September 2021 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The child is currently 10th in the line of succession to the British throne.[35]

The couple initially lived in a four-bedroom apartment at St James's Palace, but they reportedly moved to a manor home in the Cotswolds in late 2022.[36] In an August 2021 interview, Beatrice revealed that Mapelli Mozzi, like her, is dyslexic.[37]

Mapelli Mozzi is active on social media, including Twitter, where he has spoken against plastic pollution in the oceans and whaling in Japan, and shared messages about gun control in the United States.[16] He has criticised British politicians Andrea Leadsom and Jeremy Corbyn in the past, and used the hashtag "ImWithHer" on Twitter on the night of the 2016 United States presidential election to show his support for the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.[16]

Honours

National honours

Authored articles

  • Mapelli Mozzi, Edo (2 May 2016). "Mayoral election: without more homes 'Building for Londoners' policy will fall flat". Property Week.

Footnotes

    References

    1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007
    2. ↑ The Times (22 November 1983). Page 26
    3. ↑ Asmelash, Leah (26 September 2019). "5 things you need to know about Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, who's about to marry into the British royal family". CNN. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
    4. ↑ The Times (22 November 1983), page 26.
    5. ↑ "Telegraph Announcements 2012". Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2019. The engagement is announced between Tod, son of Mr and Mrs Michael Yeomans, of Winchester, Hampshire, and Natalia, stepdaughter of the late Mr Christopher Shale and daughter of Mrs Christopher Shale, of Over Worton, Oxfordshire, and Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi, of La Garde Freinet, France.
    6. ↑ Foussianes, C (2019). "Who Is Princess Beatrice's New Boyfriend, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi". Town and Country Magazine. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Retrieved 13 March 2019. ..at London's National Portrait Gallery...Mozzi's father is Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi
    7. ↑ Spranklen, Annabelle (23 August 2019). "Meet Italian millionaire Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi: Princess Beatrice's boyfriend". Tatler. Condé Nast. Retrieved 18 September 2019. despite his Italian heritage, Mapelli-Mozzi is fully integrated into British society, having attended Radley College and Edinburgh University.
    8. ↑ "Princess Beatrice marries Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in private Windsor ceremony". BBC. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020. Mr Mapelli Mozzi is the son of former Olympic skier Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi and Nikki Williams-Ellis and is a count himself.
    9. ↑ "Constitution of the Italian Republic, Transitional and Final Provisions, XIV (page 42)" (PDF).
    10. ↑ Kretschmer, A. (4 October 2019). "Princess Beatrice revelation: Heartbreaking reason why Edo cannot take aristocratic title". UK Daily Express. Retrieved 15 October 2019. They (Italian titles) may still be used as a courtesy, but have no legal standing.
    11. ↑ Libro d'Oro della Nobilta Italiana, M-Z (22 Volume 26 ed.). Rome: Collegio araldico. 2000–2004. pp. 44–45. Retrieved 1 October 2019. [Translated from Italian to English] – The title of Conte [Co.] was created in 1913 in the Kingdom of Italy by King Victor Emmanuele III to all male descendants imposing the surname and noble family of Mozzi and is incorporated to the family of Mapelli ... *Mozzi (Mapelli-Mozzi) ... Co. Alessandro, n. 17 lug 1951 sp. 18 March 1978 Niky Durrows da cui: (a) Natalia, n. a Londra 28 ag. 1981; (b) Co. Edoardo, n. a Londra 19 November 1983
    12. ↑ "Sir Robert Abraham Burrows (1884-1964), Businessman". National Portrait Gallery (London). Retrieved 21 July 2020. Sir Robert Abraham Burrows is the father of Robert David Burrows whose daughter is Nicola Diana Burrows (b. 1956) who was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 2016.
    13. ↑ Davies, A. (2014). Locomotives of the Lancashire Central Coalfield: The Walkden Yard Connection. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445635040. Retrieved 20 July 2020. (page viii)...the Duke of York occasionally staying with him [Burrows] at his Bonis Hall home in Prestbury, Cheshire
    14. ↑ Ball, Elliot (21 September 2021). "Who is Princess Beatrice's husband? The story behind Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi". The Herald (Plymouth). Retrieved 17 September 2022.
    15. ↑ Clavé Almeida, Martín; Mapelli Mozzi, Carlotta (1984). La famiglia Mapelli Mozzi, mille anni di storia. Milano. p. 69.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
    16. 1 2 3 4 5 "Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi: Who is Princess Beatrice's husband?". BBC. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
    17. ↑ "Country Life". 13 October 2005. Countess Natalia Mapelli Mozzi, aged 24, is the daughter of Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi, of St Antonin du Var, France, and of Mrs Christopher Shale, of Hundley House. Her brother, Count Edoardo, is...
    18. ↑ Hughes, Mark (26 June 2011). "David Cameron's friend Christopher Shale dies at Glastonbury after Downing Street call". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
    19. 1 2 3 Wilson, Peter (2 September 2019). "Creating Luxury in London's Undervalued Neighborhoods". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
    20. ↑ Midolo, Emanuele (4 September 2019). "Sorry, NYT, There Is Nothing 'Undervalued' In Notting Hill". Forbes. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
    21. ↑ "Companies House". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
    22. 1 2 3 "About". Cricket Builds Hope. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
    23. ↑ "Willow healing for scars of the past". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
    24. ↑ "RCSF Nightrider – Edo Mapelli Mozzi". uk.virginmoneygiving.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
    25. 1 2 Tyzack, A. (26 September 2019). "Another royal wedding! Meet Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, the man who has charmed Princess Beatrice". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
    26. ↑ Foussianes, C (2019). "Who Is Princess Beatrice's New Boyfriend, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi". Town and Country Magazine. Hearst Magazine Media. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
    27. ↑ "Princess Beatrice engaged to property tycoon". BBC. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019. ...got engaged in Italy earlier this month...
    28. ↑ Asmelash, L. (26 September 2019). "5 things you need to know about Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, who's about to marry into the British royal family". CNN. Retrieved 1 October 2019. Mapelli Mozzi popped the question earlier this month during a weekend away in Italy.
    29. ↑ "Princess Beatrice engaged to property tycoon". BBC. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
    30. ↑ "See Princess Beatrice's Engagement Ring from Every Angle". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
    31. ↑ "Coronavirus: Princess Beatrice 'reviewing' wedding plans". BBC. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
    32. ↑ "Prince Andrew's daughter Princess Beatrice to marry in May". www.msn.com. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
    33. ↑ "Princess Beatrice marries Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in private Windsor ceremony". BBC. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
    34. ↑ Spary, Sara (1 October 2021). "Princess Beatrice, Queen's granddaughter, pays tribute to monarch with baby's name". CNN. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
    35. ↑ "Princess Beatrice gives birth to a girl". BBC News. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
    36. ↑ Bonner, Mehera (21 November 2022). "Princess Beatrice Is Moving to a Cotswolds Manor With 6-Feet-High Security Walls". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
    37. ↑ Barcelona, Ainhoa (18 August 2021). "Princess Beatrice shares unknown fact about husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi". Hello!. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
    38. ↑ "Platinum Jubilee". Getty Images. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
    39. ↑ "Princess Beatrice Attends Wedding Banquet of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Jordan". royalportraitsgallery.com. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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