There was a royal uproar when Princess Beatrice began seeing Paolo Liuzzo, an ex-convict with a checkered past. She was 17 and he was 24 when they dated, and Liuzzo took “bad boy” to the next level, with a conviction for the death of a student and a cocaine possession charge under his belt. “Paolo was not doing great on a personal level. He loved to party and gamble. He began using a lot of pharmaceutical drugs, but that later led to cocaine and harder drugs,” one source told The U.S. Sun following his shocking death. “It was a very fast lifestyle, and we all feared it would catch up with him eventually.”
Beatrice reportedly heard of Liuzzo’s death shortly after learning of her mom Sarah, Duchess of York’s skin cancer diagnosis. Luckily, Beatrice had her husband to lean on for support. In July 2020, she married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. It was at the height of the COVID pandemic, so it had to be a small and intimate affair. However, Beatrice’s late grandmother still managed to make an appearance.
“The Queen was the guest of honor, and it was very important that she was there,” a source told People. “It was planned for some time, and everyone had to be extremely cautious leading up to the big day because the Queen was in attendance. They had to make sure everyone attending was in perfect health,” they continued.
