Princess Beatrice pregnant with second child

Image source, Debbie Hare/Buckingham Palace

Image caption, Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo shared the news

Buckingham Palace has shared the news that Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child.

Beatrice and her partner, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, plan to welcome the new baby into their family "early in the new year".

The new baby will become 11th in line to the throne with Beatrice鈥檚 younger sister, Princess Eugenie, moving down to 12th place.

King Charles II has been informed and both families are 鈥渄elighted鈥, the Palace said.

Image source, HRH Princess Beatrice/Buckingham Palace

Image caption, Eduardo holding hands with their two children Sienna and Wolfie

Princess Beatrice is the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away in 2022.

The new baby will be the 14th great-grandchild of the late queen, after Beatrice's sister gave birth to a baby boy named Ernest last year.

She is the eldest daughter of the Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.

Beatrice and Edoardo married in 2020.