Overview
- Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi baptized their daughter Athena on 12 December at the Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, in a small gathering of relatives and friends.
- Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson attended but avoided cameras outside and will not appear in any official photographs from the event.
- It marked their first entry to a royal palace since Andrew was stripped of titles in October following renewed scrutiny of his post-2010 contacts with Jeffrey Epstein.
- Guests included Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, singer James Blunt, and Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark, who was named a godmother.
- King Charles III was invited but was not expected to attend, and the Prince and Princess of Wales were likewise not anticipated.