Sarah Ferguson shares sweet tribute to Princess Beatrice on what would’ve been her wedding day

Publish Date: Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 10:44AM

This weekend marked what should have been Princess Beatrice's royal wedding, however, the bride-to-be had to cancel her nuptials due to the coronavirus outbreak in the UK.

In honour of when the 31-year-old - who's ninth in line to the throne - was set to walk down the aisle to exchange vows with property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Sarah Ferguson took to social media to pay a sweet tribute to her daughter.

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Love you my darling Beatrice. You have given me more joy than I could ever wish for. I am so excited to celebrate yours and Edo’s love when we all are out of lockdown. The most important thing is health and love and today I send it to you and all the other people that were getting married during this time .. so proud of you all

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Writing a message of support on Instagram, the Duchess of York shared: "Love you my darling Beatrice. You have given me more joy than I could ever wish for.

"I am so excited to celebrate yours and Edo’s love when we all are out of lockdown.

"The most important thing is health and love and today I send it to you and all the other people that were getting married during this time ... so proud of you all."

The couple - who were set to marry in London at the Chapel Royal, situated within the grounds of St James's Palace - decided to postpone her wedding back in April.

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The wedding of HRH Princess Beatrice of York and Mr. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi will take place on Friday 29 May 2020. The couple became engaged in Italy in September 2019. The Queen has kindly given permission for the ceremony to take place at The Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace. The ceremony will be followed by a private reception, given by The Queen, in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. Image: © Princess Eugenie

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Beatrice and Edoardo had been together for 11 months at the time they announced their engagement in September last year.

Father-of-one Edoardo proposed with a ring estimated to have cost £100,000, while the pair were holidaying in Italy.

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