Princess Beatrice is expecting her second child, Buckingham Palace has announced. The late Queen’s granddaughter, 36, and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 40, are preparing to welcome the baby in the spring. The newborn will be a younger sibling for 3-year-old Sienna and 8-year-old Christopher – known affectionately as Wolfie – Mozzi’s son from his previous relationship with Dara Huang, an American architect.

The palace said in a statement: “Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their second child together in early spring; a sibling for Wolfie, aged eight, and Sienna, aged three..