Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
British businessman (born 1983)
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- Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi (born 19 November 1983) is a British property developer descended from Italian nobility.
- He became a member of the British royal family in 2020 when he married Princess Beatrice, a niece of King Charles III.
- Background Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi was born at the Portland Hospital in the West End of London.
- The BBC states that Mapelli Mozzi is a count; although titles of nobility are not officially recognized in the Italian Republic, they can still be used out of courtesy.
- Nicola was later married to businessman and Conservative politician Christopher Shale.
Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi (born 19 November 1983) is a British property developer descended from Italian nobility. 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, a niece of King Charles III. He has two daughters with Beatrice and a son from a previous relationship with architect Dara Huang.
Background
Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi was born at the Portland Hospital in the West End of London. 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.
The BBC states that Mapelli Mozzi is a count; although titles of nobility are not officially recognized in the Italian Republic, they can still be used out of courtesy. The hereditary title of count in the Kingdom of Italy was awarded to Mapelli Mozzi's family in 1913 by King Victor Emmanuel III, in particular to all legitimate male-line descendants bearing the surname of the noble family of Mozzi, which was previously incorporated into the noble family of Mapelli.
Mapelli Mozzi's mother is Nicola "Nikki" Diana Williams-Ellis, paternal granddaughter of businessman and Liberal party politician Sir Robert Abraham Burrows. Nicola was later married to businessman and Conservative politician Christopher Shale. In 2017, she married for the third time, this time to a sculptor David Williams-Ellis. Mapelli Mozzi has an older sister, Natalia Alice Yeomans (born 1981), and a younger half-brother, Albemarle "Alby" Shale (born 1991).
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