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Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi (born 19 November 1983) is an English property developer. He is the founder and chief executive of Banda Property, a property development and interior design company. He is married to
Princess Beatrice Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary; born 8 August 1988) is a member of the British royal family. She is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of Charle ...
, a niece of
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.


Background

Mapelli Mozzi was born at the
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in West End,
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. He is the son of Alessandro "Alex" Mapelli-Mozzi, British Olympian and member of an Italian noble family whose
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is the Villa Mapelli Mozzi in the Bergamo province of Italy. The
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states that Mapelli Mozzi is a
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, though titles of nobility are not officially recognised in the Italian Republic. That title of
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of the
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was given to his family in 1913 by
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to all male descendants bearing the surname of the noble family of Mozzi, that was incorporated to the family of Mapelli. Mapelli Mozzi's mother is Nicola "Nikki" Williams-Ellis
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(née Nicola Diana Burrows), granddaughter of Sir Robert Abraham Burrows. She was later married to businessman and Conservative politician
Christopher Shale Christopher Michael Henry Shale (23 August 1954 – 25 June 2011) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. He was chairman of the West Oxfordshire Conservative Association, and a close associate of Prime Minister and local MP ...
. In 2017, she married the sculptor David Williams-Ellis. Mapelli Mozzi has an older sister, Natalia Alice Yeomans (born 1981), and a younger half-brother, Alby Shale (born 1991).


Career

Mapelli Mozzi attended
Radley College Radley College, formally St Peter's College, Radley, is a public school (independent boarding school for boys) near Radley, Oxfordshire, England, which was founded in 1847. The school covers including playing fields, a golf course, a lake, and ...
before obtaining an
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in Politics at the
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. At the age of 23, with the support of his family, he started Banda, a property development and interior design company, which claims to develop homes in "undervalued" parts of London. This has been challenged by property experts on
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and ''
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'', who argue that "there is nothing undervalued in
Notting Hill Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Notting Hill is known for being a cosmopolitan and multicultural neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival and Portobello Road M ...
", where Mapelli Mozzi's latest project is located, and describe the district as "a super prime residential destination". Mapelli Mozzi holds directorships in a number of companies, some of them with his mother, Nikki Williams-Ellis, and his brother-in-law, Tod Yeomans. Ahead of the
2016 London mayoral election The 2016 London mayoral election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect the Mayor of London, on the same day as the London Assembly election. It was the fifth election to the position of mayor, which was created in 2000 after a referendum in Greate ...
, Mapelli Mozzi wrote an article for ''
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'', urging the future mayor to insist on redevelopment projects in central London. He has also criticised politicians
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and
Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialist ...
.


Cricket Builds Hope

Mapelli Mozzi is a co-founder of the British-Rwandan charity "Cricket Builds Hope", which aims to use
cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
as "a tool for positive social change" in
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. Previously known as the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation (RCSF), the charity was founded in 2011 to build Rwanda's first grass wicket cricket ground, now known as
Gahanga International Cricket Stadium Rwanda Cricket Stadium, also known as Kicukiro Oval, is a cricket ground in Kigali, Rwanda. The stadium is officially titled the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium. The ground is Rwanda's first dedicated international cricket ground and it ...
. Mapelli Mozzi's stepfather Christopher Shale came up with the idea for the charity but died before he could get it off the ground. Shale's family and friends set up the foundation after his death; Mapelli Mozzi's half-brother, Alby Shale, is on the board of trustees. The charity's patrons are
Jonathan Agnew Jonathan Philip Agnew, (born 4 April 1960) is an English cricket broadcaster and a former professional cricketer. He was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and educated at Uppingham School. He is nicknamed "Aggers", and, less commonly, "Spiro" †...
,
Brian Lara Brian Charles Lara, (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing reco ...
, Heather Knight, Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent,
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and
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. In 2012, Mapelli Mozzi cycled overnight in London in the Nightrider Challenge to raise funds for the foundation.


Personal life

Mapelli Mozzi was engaged to American architect Dara Huang until 2018. They have a son, Christopher Woolf, born in 2016. In 2018, Mapelli Mozzi began a relationship with
Princess Beatrice of York Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary; born 8 August 1988) is a member of the British royal family. She is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of Charl ...
, whom he had known since childhood. His family have been close friends with her parents,
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, and
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, for decades. In March 2019, Beatrice attended a fundraising event at the
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, accompanied by Mapelli Mozzi. Following his proposal in Italy, the couple's engagement was announced on 26 September 2019. Mapelli Mozzi was reported to have designed the engagement ring along with British jeweller
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. They intended to marry at the
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of
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on 29 May 2020 but postponed the ceremony in light of the
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. A private wedding took place at the
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in
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on 17 July 2020. Beatrice gave birth to their daughter, Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi, on 18 September 2021 at the
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. The child was 11th in line to the throne at the time of her birth. In an August 2021 interview, Beatrice revealed that Mapelli Mozzi, like herself, is
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. Mapelli Mozzi is active on social media, including
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, where he has spoken against
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in the oceans and
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and shared messages about
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. He has criticised British politicians Dame Andrea Leadsom and
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in the past, and used the hashtag "
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" on Twitter on the night of the
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to show his support for the Democratic candidate
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.


Honours

;National honours *
Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (french: Médaille du jubilé de platine de la reine Elizabeth II) or The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal created to mark the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accessi ...


Authored articles

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References

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