Overview
- Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi held a private christening for their daughter Athena at the Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace with a small group of relatives and friends.
- Andrew arrived separately in a Range Rover via a side entrance, with Sarah Ferguson also attending, marking their first appearance at a royal-family event since October’s removal of their York titles.
- Senior royals were invited but did not attend, with King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales absent and Princess Anne at the Sandhurst Sovereign’s Parade.
- Guests included Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, and photos showed singer James Blunt; Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark was reportedly chosen as a godmother.
- Andrew’s return to a family occasion follows King Charles’s decision to strip his styles over his association with Jeffrey Epstein, which he disputes, and reporting that he is set to leave Royal Lodge for a property on the Sandringham estate.