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I'm a royal expert and Princess Beatrice's pregnancy is better news for the Royals than they could ever have imagined

OPINION: The happy news of Princess Beatrice's second pregnancy has put her back in the spotlight... but she deserves to remain there and be a permanent gem in the King's line-up of senior royals

And while that is certainly the case with the happy update that Princess Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, are expecting their second child together in early spring, this time around it goes one further as it is the joyful news that the Royal Family so desperately needs. Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are expecting their second child (Image: PA)More specifically, though, for the York family, it will provide a much-needed boost after a year which continues to see them plunged into escalating row over Prince Andrew's tenancy at Royal Lodge and the infamous details of the Duke's Newsnight interview raked over in not one, but two, in-depth TV series. They have established their own tight, happy family units with their doting husbands, Edoardo and Jack away from the spotlight - something they have managed while remaining close to both of their parents - who have themselves been declared 'the happiest divorced couple in the world'.

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