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Princess Beatrice's fiance

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edgeofheaven · 27/09/2019 02:37

Press is reporting that Beatrice's fiance Edoardo has a 2 year old son and was previously engaged to the baby's mother. Supposedly he was still living with the ex when he started dating Beatrice. I don't want to link to the Daily Mail but this all seems rather...surprising?

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AuntieStella · 27/09/2019 07:17

If (big if, we don't know) the relationships overlapped inappropriately, then yes he was a bit of a shit and it's not the most auspicious start (and yes, agree with previous posters that if someone was posting on MN about dating a man in these circumstances, the main advice would be 'wait until he's actually moved out, does his fiancée actually know it's over?)

That you acquire DSC on marriage isn't unusual, nor that the DSC get new half siblings idc.

I doubt she's fainthearted, and I wish them well

whitebowls · 27/09/2019 07:20

edgeofheaven
You sound very invested and bitter.
Why?

dirtyrottenscoundrel · 27/09/2019 07:22

He’s very handsome & she looks so happy.

All the best to them.

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MonChatEstMagnifique · 27/09/2019 07:25

OP, you have made up or are imagining most of the story though. You have no idea on the circumstances of the break up, who broke up with who, timings, the relationship between him and ex now, the relationship he has with his child....I could go on. Maybe concentrate on your own life instead.

TheresAFuckOverThere · 27/09/2019 07:25

@meccacos2

He was enraged to be married to the mother of his child. She had no idea he was about to leave her fir Beatrice.

He is a sociopathic social climber and Beatrice is an inbred entitled member of the RF.

The ex fiancé has shown utter class by not commenting publicly, but everyone knows what happened.

It wasn’t just reported by the daily mail - it was public knowledge.

You ok, Dara?
Sounds like you miss him?

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edgeofheaven · 27/09/2019 07:29

You sound very invested and bitter.

Hah really?!

I don't sound like I'm just interested in a bit of "royal" gossip?

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NoHummus · 27/09/2019 07:38

@edgeofheaven I agree with you. Too quick and well dodgy. If Beatrice was my friend, I'd be worried about her.

Kokeshi123 · 27/09/2019 07:38

She is a princess and extremely wealthy--she doesn't have to deal with any tantruming toddlers unless she chooses to!

But no, I wouldn't want to be engaged to this man myself.

Kokeshi123 · 27/09/2019 07:38

Yes I can imagine if someone wrote this on MN, they'd get plenty of advice about not starting a relationship with a man who is still living with the mother of his 2 year old child.

Exactly.

MonChatEstMagnifique · 27/09/2019 07:45

Yes I can imagine if someone wrote this on MN, they'd get plenty of advice about not starting a relationship with a man who is still living with the mother of his 2 year old child.

Very possibly. But she hasn't asked for advice on mumsnet so hadn't invited comment on her life. I'm guessing she knows and is ok with all the circumstances and that's her decision to make.

GlitchStitch · 27/09/2019 07:45

From what I've read they share custody, she hasn't been left 'holding the baby'. She was just jetting in from a big business trip and posting about it on Instagram as the announcement was made. She's very successful, seems happy and they are apparently friendly.

JinglingHellsBells · 27/09/2019 07:46

I wish them well but my gut feeling is it's too soon for both of them after less than a year's dating; she's on the rebound from a 10 yr relationship that ended, she's got her bio clock ticking, and he was still more or less in a relationship when they met. It's not exactly perfect.

plunkplunkfizz · 27/09/2019 07:50

I believe his ex is a high flying business woman in architecture and the boy is looked after by a nanny.

Poor kid if that's the case.

God forbid a child be cared for by a professional so the mother can continue to work and out food on the table. FFS.

OMGshefoundmeout · 27/09/2019 07:52

Anyone who looks to the extended U.K. royal family (or any extended royal family or any rich extended family or any extended family of any level of status or income) to demonstrate perfection and flawless moral standards will be sadly disappointed. Not because the royal family is any worse than any other family but because every family is flawed, has it’s bad eggs, makes poor decisions occasionally, sometimes screws up, sometimes loves someone with a ‘past’. They are just people with more money than a lot of us and money and status don’t bestow perfection.

feelingchange · 27/09/2019 07:54

To be fair even if they did still live together he's a multi millionaire and the ex is very successful too so hardly think they would be squished in a 2 bed semi! Probably more like a gigantic 5 bedroom mansion.

KUGA · 27/09/2019 07:58

Well put Limpshade.
Couldn`t agree more.

CatherineOfAragonsPrayerBook · 27/09/2019 08:00

The point is that if you have funds, you don't usually choose to remain living with your ex when it's over. It's a painful business.

2 people squished in a 2 bed semi is understandable in that their finances are usually tied together and the scope to leave might present with a further downgrade in standard of living.

What's the excuse if you have millions...unless you want to stay there and the relationship still has benefits?

Imnotbent · 27/09/2019 08:00

Mumsnet is so hypocritical and fickle.

Bea announced their relationship a year ago, so how long was it going on before they went public? A year ago he was still living with, and engaged to, the mother of his son, who is now age 2.

Spin it how you like but the timeline can’t be altered. And yet, according to some on mumsnet it’s all fine and OP is out of order. Hmm

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edgeofheaven · 27/09/2019 08:02

Anyone who looks to the extended U.K. royal family (or any extended royal family or any rich extended family or any extended family of any level of status or income) to demonstrate perfection and flawless moral standards will be sadly disappointed.

I certainly don't look to them for that! But if I were rich and privileged I wouldn't want the hassle of a partner with a baby and a very recent ex. Hell I'm neither and I still don't want that hassle.

To be fair even if they did still live together he's a multi millionaire and the ex is very successful too so hardly think they would be squished in a 2 bed semi!

Makes it even stranger to stay living together as the reason most normal people end up in that situation is due to finances.

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Darceysbadtoe · 27/09/2019 08:03

The couple have known each other all their lives.
Fergie was his stepfather’s secretary.
She is also godmother to Edourdo’s brother.
It is a good match. He is independently wealthy.

CatherineOfAragonsPrayerBook · 27/09/2019 08:03

Exactly Imnotbent definitely fickle.

WeshMaGueule · 27/09/2019 08:08

Why did her sister put "it's been a long time coming" in her congratulations tweet when they've only been together a year? Confused

MonChatEstMagnifique · 27/09/2019 08:13

Why did her sister put "it's been a long time coming" in her congratulations tweet when they've only been together a year? confused

The article I read said they had been together 2 years and I think I read they'd known each other since being children. Maybe that's the reason.

CatherineOfAragonsPrayerBook · 27/09/2019 08:14

Maybe she meant as in getting engaged in general?Confused

Finally it's your turn...it took a long time coming??!

A bit distasteful if so. So maybe she thought the engagement should be even sooner then?
Confused

MonChatEstMagnifique · 27/09/2019 08:16

Just read again. It said they had been together for 2 years but friends for many years.