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BBC and ITV have both declined to televise Princess Beatrice’s nuptials amid the scandal around her father. Finally, the
British public are spared this onslaught of boredom
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If you woke up with a surfeit of sympathy today, you might spare a thought for Princess Beatrice and her betrothed, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. The BBC has declined the right to televise their wedding – and ITV has turned it down, too, all the more bitter a pill since Princess Eugenie had hers televised in 2018. When you get to that bit of the royal family where primogeniture is about as much bloody use to you as a tiara made of mice, the least you can expect is the same amount of telly as your younger sister. It is most probably related to the disgrace of Prince Andrew, which is not Beatrice’s fault.