Princess Beatrice engaged: Everything we know about her millionaire fiance and his past love

The mother of Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi’s child has wished him and Princess Beatrice all the best following news of their royal engagement.

The former partner of Princess Beatrice’s Italian fiance Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi has wished the couple all the best following the announcement of their royal engagement.

In a statement to the Daily Mail , Chinese-American architect Dara Huang, who is also the mother of Mr Mapelli Mozzi’s son, said: “I wish the best for Edo and Beatrice and look forward to uniting our families”.

Beatrice, 31, and millionaire property tycoon Edoardo, 34, announced their engagement on Thursday just 11 months after news of their relationship broke.

Princess Beatrice is engaged. Picture: Princess Eugenie/Buckingham Palace via Getty Images

Her stunning engagement ring. Picture: Princess Eugenie/Buckingham Palace via Getty Images

Shortly afterwards, Edoardo shared a romantic message on Instagram to his new fiancee, along with four photos from their official engagement shoot.

“You will never be alone my love, my heart is your home. Hand-in-hand, today, tomorrow and forever,” he wrote.

It’s been a big couple of years for the royals — Beatrice’s sister Princess Eugenie married Jack Brooksbank last October, and their cousin Prince Harry wed Meghan Markle just six months earlier.

While Meghan had already found fame thanks to her TV days on Suits, hardly anything was known about Edoardo prior to his engagement to Beatrice.

So who is the man set to become the latest addition to the royal family?

Edoardo — or Edo as he’s called among friends — is a count, descended from Italian nobility, whose father Alessandro was an Olympic skier in the early 1970s.

The Mozzi family have been family friends with the Yorks for years — and when Edoardo’s stepfather died in 2011, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, and their two daughters were all at the funeral.

Both he and Beatrice were healing from separate heartbreaks when they began dating in late 2018. The Princess had split from longtime boyfriend Dave Clark in 2016 after a decade together, and Edoardo had recently broken off his engagement to Ms Huang, whom he had lived with in London.

Dara Huang — Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi's ex fiance. Picture: Dara_Huang/Instagram

The glamorous architect was engaged to Edoardo in 2015. Picture: Dara_Huang/Instagram

In fact, it’s understood that while they’d already split, the couple were still living under the same roof when he sparked up a relationship with Beatrice.

Dara and Edoardo became engaged in 2015 but never made it down the aisle. They now share custody of their two-year-old son, Christopher — or “Woolfie” as he’s known among family and friends.

The former couple with their son, Woolfie. Picture: Coleman-Rayner

In a recent interview, Edoardo explained how he and his ex-fiancee divided up their responsibilities.

“I take (Christopher) to school a couple of mornings a week and finish in time to put him in bed three or four evenings,” he said.

When Beatrice ties the knot next year, she will become the first princess in the Queen’s family to become a stepmother — but according to The Sun, she’s also very eager to have children of her own with Edoardo.

“Princess Beatrice is head over heels in love and wants to marry as soon as possible and start a family,” a source told the publication.