Pregnant Princess Beatrice Attends Royal Christmas in Final-Minute Transfer

Princess Beatrice is celebrating Christmas with the royal household after switching her plans amid her being pregnant.

On Dec. 25, Princess Beatrice joined King Charles and different royals for the household’s conventional stroll to St. Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham property. A supply confirmed to PEOPLE earlier this week that Princess Beatrice can be there after pivoting her plans in mild of her being pregnant, and he or she participated within the stroll to church along with her husband Edoardo Mappelli Mozzi and his son Christopher Woolf, 8.

Beatrice, 36, canceled a visit to Italy to spend the vacation along with her husband’s household, making the change on medical recommendation. The couple is anticipating their second little one collectively, and the palace beforehand stated that Beatrice is due “early within the new yr.” Beatrice and Edo are dad and mom to daughter Sienna, 3, and their household will broaden with the child on the way in which.

Princess Beatrice wore a belted tan coat over her rising bump, and positioned a heat hand on Christopher Woolf’s again as all of them walked. When she and Edo, 41, wed in 2020, a supply informed PEOPLE that Beatrice was “an exquisite and really hands-on stepmom” to Christopher Woolf, who’s affectionately nicknamed Wolfie.

PEOPLE understands that Princess Beatrice had initially accepted an invite to have fun Christmas along with her in-laws, and was the one member of the York household to hitch the King’s Christmas festivities. Her father Prince Andrew and mom Sarah Ferguson are retaining a low profile and staying away from Sandringham amid Andrew’s connection to an alleged Chinese language “spy,” Beatrice’s youthful sister Princess Eugenie is marking the vacation along with her in-laws.

Princess Beatrice and Edo, 41, had been additionally lately seen driving to King Charles’ pre-Christmas lunch for the prolonged royal household, which was held at Buckingham Palace on Dec. 19.

Beatrice and Eugenie, 34, gave the impression to be in good spirits as they drove to the palace lunch with their husbands, regardless of fallout round their father’s alleged ties to the suspected Chinese language “spy.” Aligning with their determination to not be a part of the royals at Christmas, the Duke and Duchess of York equally skipped the festive feast amid backlash across the scandal. 

Royal biographer Ingrid Seward tells PEOPLE that Andrew would have mentioned the choice along with his daughters, who’re protecting and constant to him. 

“Regardless of [the Duchess’] missteps prior to now, she does understand how issues will play out socially. She would inform him it’s greatest to remain away. And Beatrice would have backed her up in that,” Seward tells PEOPLE about Andrew opting out of the vacation luncheon. 

Prince Andrew and Ferguson, who’s popularly generally known as Fergie, divorced in 1996 after a decade of marriage however are identified to stay shut at present and proceed to dwell collectively at Royal Lodge in Windsor. 

The Duke and Duchess of York are regarded as quietly spending Christmas at residence, exterior of the general public eye. In the meantime, Princess Eugenie is spending the vacation along with her husband Jack Brooksbank‘s aspect of the household, as initially deliberate. 

Princess Eugenie and Jack share sons August, 3, and Ernest, 1, and this Christmas is the primary because the couple wed in 2018 that they did not be a part of the royals for the public-facing stroll to church on Christmas at Sandringham. 

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Whereas the occasion was canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID pandemic, King Charles introduced the beloved custom again with a bang in 2022 following his accession upon Queen Elizabeth‘s dying. The royal household has stepped out in full pressure yearly since, and this yr was no completely different.

After going to church on the Sandringham Property, the royals convene for a meal (with turkey, glazed ham, roasted potatoes, parsnips and Christmas pudding on the intensive menu!) and watch the King’s Christmas Broadcast because it airs on tv.

Step contained in the royals’ vacation traditions with PEOPLE’s Particular Version: Christmas on the Palace: A Royal Household Album.