‘Loved up’ Princess Beatrice and beau Edoardo Mozzi spark engagement rumours with Royal insiders predicting announcement before Christmas

• Princess Beatrice was glowing as she stepped out with Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
• Their first joint red carpet event was also attended by the Duchess of Cambridge 
• The couple, who have been friends for 10 years, have been dating for 18 months 
•  Looking relaxed and happy, a smiling Beatrice and Edoardo posed for cameras
• Their loved up appearance suggests an engagement is on the cards

Princess Beatrice’s loved up appearance with controversial boyfriend Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at a red carpet bash this week suggests an engagement may soon be on the cards, senior royal sources have told MailOnline.

The couple put on a very public display of devotion at a A-lister gala fundraiser at the National Portrait Gallery on Tuesday evening – attended by the Duchess of Cambridge as well as Earl Snowdon, the late Princess Margaret’s son.

Now many in palace circles are tipping a wedding announcement before Christmas ahead of a Spring wedding.

Princess Beatrice’s loved up appearance with controversial boyfriend Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at a red carpet bash this week suggests an engagement may soon be on the cards, senior royal sources have told MailOnline 

The couple put on a very public display of devotion at a A-lister gala fundraiser at the National Portrait Gallery on Tuesday evening – attended by the Duchess of Cambridge as well as Earl Snowdon, the late Princess Margaret’s son 

With a royal source describing Beatrice and her 34-year-old beau as ‘totally head-over-heels in love and happy for everyone to see it’, talk of an engagement has been tipped for the autumn

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Beatrice, daughter of The Duke and the Duchess of York, and her beau were guests of Philippe Ghanem and Sabine Getty, a socialite and Swiss jewellery designer.

Throughout the night the couple were in an animated mood as they mingled with stars such as David and Victoria Beckham, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss and Liam Payne.

 The source said it was no co-incidence that Beatrice and Edoardo chose such a high profile event as the National Portrait Gala, attended by Victoria and David Beckham to make a public appearance

One insider told the MailOnline. ‘It was all very sweet to see. They are clearly very much in love with each other and Beatrice seems smitten.

‘The fact that they sat looking gooey eyed at each other and cuddled most of the evening has raised expectations that an engagement is near.’  

Beatrice, currently eighth in line to throne, and Edoardo, a divorcé and father to a two-year-old son, are said to be ‘totally head-over-heels in love and now happy for everyone to see it’ said a royal source. 

The inside source confirmed: ‘Nothing the royals do happens by accident. With such senior members of the family such as the Duchess of Cambridge and the Earl of Snowdon present, Beatrice was well aware they knew that their show of love and togetherness would draw a great deal of attention.  

‘It is fair to say that the relationship is now on a solid footage and they are now more than happy to be seen together than before. Their love has blossomed.’ 

Beatrice, 30, is said to be keen to settle down with the man she loves and think about starting a family after seeing her younger sister Princess Eugenie, who is 29 this month, find happiness with husband Jack Brooksbank.

The NPG gala is not the first time the pair has been seen together as they were spotted on a rare outing back in February as they left Chiltern Firehouse in London

Beatrice, 30, is said to be keen to settle down with the man she loves and think about starting a family after seeing her younger sister Princess Eugenie, who is 29 this month, find happiness with husband Jack Brooksbank 

The source told the MailOnline: ‘Edoardo is as affectionate about her as she is about him and they make a very handsome couple indeed. 

‘The members of her royal family who have met him or know him are very fond of him. 

‘He has been introduced as her boyfriend to her parents the Duke and Duchess of York.

‘I expect there could be an announcement of an engagement by the Autumn with a wedding at St George’s Chapel in spring next year. 

‘There will be an awful lot of planning that will be needed to be carried out.’ 

Beatrice had been single since her breakup from American boyfriend Dave Clark in 2016, after 10 years together. 

Edoardo, 34, and a multi-millionaire property magnate, had been friends with the Princess and her family for many years, but they had kept their romance out of the spotlight when they started dating in October 2018.

Beatrice had been single since her breakup from American boyfriend Dave Clark (above) in 2016, after 10 years together. Edoardo had been friends with the Princess and her family for many years, but they had kept their romance quiet when they started dating in October 2018 

In 2011, both Beatrice and the Duchess of York were among the 700 mourners at the funeral of Edoardo’s stepfather, Christopher Shale, who died at Glastonbury and was a close friend of former Prime Minister David Cameron. 

Their appearance at this week’s gala is not the first time the pair has been seen together as they were spotted on a rare outing back in February as they left Chiltern Firehouse in London in the early hours of the morning.

The couple first went public when they attended the annual gala for the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture in New York in December.

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