Here’s why Beatrice of York’s daughter has a title (while Harry and Meghan’s children don’t)

The eldest daughter from Beatrice of York e Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, born in London on Saturday 18 September, will probably not have the title of Royal Highness, unless the queen decides to give it to her. But unlike the children of Harry and Meghan Markle, the little ones Archie e Lilibet Diana, however, it can boast a noble title. And it is an all-Italian title, inherited from his father of Bergamo origins Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. The child is in fact a countess like her father, the eldest son of Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi. Even Beatrice, since she said “yes” to Edoardo, can boast the title of countess. On the other hand, he is not a count Christopher «Wolfie» Woolf, the 5-year-old boy that Edoardo got from the former Dara Huang. Reason: the baby’s parents have never been married.

In Italy the noble titles they were abolishedl 1948. The article 3 of the Constitutional Charter, which establishes the principle of equality of citizens, reads in fact: “Noble titles are not recognized; the predicates of those existing before October 28, 1922 are valid as part of the name ». In short, the title that Beatrice’s eldest daughter lost is devoid of any importance. Ma preserves a historical heritage: the Mapelli Mozzi, in 1985, celebrated with a book i a thousand years of their family.

The twelfth great-granddaughter of Elisabetta II in addition to inheriting an Italian title also slightly shook the line of succession to the British throne. The top 10 remains unchanged, but since the girl is in eleventh place, after her mother, Princess Eugenie, who occupied that position before the birth of her granddaughter, slips to twelfth place. And so does all those who come after her, like her son August Philip, Prince Edoardo, Lady Louise Windsor and the princess Anna. Zara Tindall, daughter of Princess Anna, is now out of the top 20.