Princess Beatrice wedding date set for 29 May 2020 - NEWS.com.au

Buckingham Palace has revealed the long-awaited date and venue of Princess Beatrice’s wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

The celebration will take place on Friday 29th May 2020 at the Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace in central London after the Queen gave permission.

“The ceremony will be followed by a private reception, given by The Queen, in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.”

The couple became engaged in Italy in September 2019.

The Chapel Royal has been the location for many royal weddings and christenings including that of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg on 10 February 1840.

In 1893 the then Duke of York and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (later King George V and Queen Mary) were also married there.

It was also the venue for Prince George’s baptism on 23 October 2013 in a ceremony attended by four generations of the Royal Family, including The Queen, The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Cambridge.

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WEDDING COMES AMID PRINCE ANDREW FALLOUT

The wedding comes amid fallout from Prince Andrew’s BBC interview over his friend - convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein - that led to him being forced to step back from royal duties.

On Friday it was announced he would defer an honorary Royal Navy promotion that would have seen him become an admiral on his 60th birthday on February 19.

The former naval officer, saw service as a helicopter pilot during the 1982 war with Argentina in the Falklands Islands. Senior royals are treated as serving military members.

“By convention, the Duke of York (Andrew) would be in line for military promotion on his 60th birthday,” a palace spokeswoman said.

“Following the decision by His Royal Highness to step back from public duties for the foreseeable future, the Duke of York has asked the Ministry of Defence if this promotion might be deferred until such time that His Royal Highness returns to public duty.”

The announcement came hours after the British government said it had changed the policy of flying flags on royal birthdays.

The government said there was “no requirement” for local officials to raise flags for Andrew’s 60th because of his decision to step back from public duties.

But Westminster Abbey -- the historic central London location of every royal coronation since 1066 and host of 16 royal weddings -- said it would still sound its bells for the prince.

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