Britain's Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child

FILE - Britain's Britain's Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi attend the Together At Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey, in London, Dec. 15, 2022. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP, File)

LONDON (AP) 鈥 Britainsa国际传媒 Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday.

The place said 36-year-old Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi 鈥渁re very pleased to announce that they are expecting their second child together in early spring.鈥

The baby will be a sibling for 8-year-old Wolfie 鈥 Mapello Mozzisa国际传媒 son from a previous relationship 鈥 and the couple's 3-year-old daughter Sienna.

Buckingham Palace said King Charles III has been informed 鈥渁nd both families are delighted with the news.鈥

Beatrice, who is ninth in the line of succession to the British throne, is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York.

She married millionaire property tycoon Mapelli Mozzi in July 2020 in a private wedding ceremony at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor.

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