Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi: Family and Background


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I only say that if he is Catholic and his and Beatrice's children would be so, they would be the most senior people excluded from succession for their religion, surpassing Lord Downpatrick. That's interesting, I think. But, of course, no one would bother about it because it does not really matter, practically.
 
kbk said:
This photo in the DM looks like a Catholic Christening (I assume it's Woolfie with his parents). Thus I think he is a Catholic and, practicing or not, follows the tradition.



You know, there are Catholic families in England...
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Yes I know that but the majority of English aren't Catholic just as the majority of the Italians are. Edo's mother isn't Catholic.
 
Anyway, their potential children will not have any chance to inherit the throne, so their denomination will be irrelevant.
 
And when suddenly a Catholic appears to be the future Heir(ess), the Law will be changed as anno 2043 or so barring someone for being a Roman-Catholic is really an impossible position to maintain.

But as the calvinist Henri IV de Bourbon once remarked: "Paris vaut bien une Messe" (Paris is worth a Mass) and converted, we can say the same for a catholic Mountbatten Windsor-Mapelli Mozzi descendant in the British situation.
 
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Weren't Beatrice and Eugenie born at Portland Hospital as well??
 
kbk said:
This photo in the DM looks like a Catholic Christening (I assume it's Woolfie with his parents). Thus I think he is a Catholic and, practicing or not, follows the tradition.



You know, there are Catholic families in England...
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What makes you think it's a Catholic Christening? I don't see any specific Catholic symbols...

theroyalfly said:
  • He has a young son called Wolfie with Dara Huang, his ex-fiancee.
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Apparently they were engaged for some time, so he is experienced in being engaged. Hopefully, this time it truly leads to a wedding instead of a break up with a child in the mix.
 
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IIRC there was some dispute about the engagement...


LaRae
 
On some message boards and media outlets, Dara is referred to as the "wife", Wolfie is the "abandoned baby" , and Beatrice is the homewrecker whom cad Edo is now engaged to.

Loose with not only interpretation, but facts.:bang:
 
Somebody said:
Thanks for the correction. Sometimes that word is used rather loosely.
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Oh not meant as 'correction' ..just tossing more info into the pot.

I'm waiting for the tabloids to re-hash the stories that came out when it was known Edo and Beatrice were dating. I heard there is one already starting up again.



LaRae
 

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Now I know of Edo's family's strong links to the Yorks (even their children being born in the same hospital), it seems almost inevitable that he and Beatrice would cross paths.
Interesting to hear that he has South American heritage.
 
Guess we'll have to see if Archie marries someone born at the Portland then. ;)
 
Fijiro said:
A link on post #40 by Gawin, among other sources; Edo was born on 1 November 1983 at Portland Hospital.
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Actually he was born 19 November 1983 at Portland Hospital. See the birth announcement screenshot I included in post.
 
Somebody said:
Interesting choice of a charity to set up. I haven't seen anyone playing cricket in Rwanda but it sounds as if he think that's what the country needs. Wondering how he is trying to bring about positive social change by having people playing cricket (although bringing sports into people's lives would normally be positive but I guess they would have picked a different sport).
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Hit the ball and smile - how cricket is helping to build a brighter future in Rwanda
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket...cricket-helping-build-brighter-future-rwanda/


Born Out of Charity, the Gahanga Cricket Stadium is Ready
https://ktpress.rw/2017/10/born-out-of-charity-the-gahanga-cricket-stadium-is-ready/
 
Somebody said:
Interesting choice of a charity to set up. I haven't seen anyone playing cricket in Rwanda but it sounds as if he think that's what the country needs. Wondering how he is trying to bring about positive social change by having people playing cricket (although bringing sports into people's lives would normally be positive but I guess they would have picked a different sport).
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The Rwanda cricket was the brainchild of Christopher Shale, Edo’s step-father. He died suddenly before he had it going. His family and friends set up the charity in his memory; Mr. Shale's son Alby Shale is currently on the board of trustees. Edo and half-brother Alby Shale are listed as co-founders.

Ms. Christopher Shale did a lot of volunteering work in Rwanda, including being one of the founding fathers of Project Umubano, charities devoted to improving the lives of survivors of the Rwanda's genocide.

Although cricket is not as popular as soccer in Africa, it is played a lot at high level in mostly former British Colonies (Anglophones) such countries like South Africa, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. Now it seems the sport is spreading into the Francophones countries.
 
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Edo's great-grandfather Sir Robert Burrows and Beatrice's great-grandfather the Duke of York (later George VI) were friends. The Duke sometimes stayed with the Burrows family at their home, Bonis Hall:

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[FONT=&quot]https://books.google.com/books?id=awzXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR8[/FONT]

Edo's mother's family were (for the most part) upper middle class: company directors, merchants, and farmers. Nikki was raised in the Church of England but she comes from a long line of nonconformists (Baptists & Methodists) as well as Scottish Presbyterians.

In addition to Sir Robert Burrows KBE, Edo's maternal ancestors include:

(1) Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge, founder of Bainbridge's department store
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge's

(2) Charles Campbell, wealthy merchant in Melbourne, Australia

Biography - Charles Campbell - Australian Dictionary of Biography

(3) William Arnot, tea merchant in Glasgow, father of Frederick Stanley Arnot, missionary in Africa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Stanley_Arnot

https://dacb.org/stories/democratic-republic-of-congo/arnot-stanley/

(4) Elizabeth Dawbarn, religious writer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dawbarn
 
I should also add - Edo's step-grandfather (his maternal grandmother's second husband), [FONT=&quot]Col. Greville Wyndham Tufnell, was[/FONT] a member of The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1993-2002. He was appointed CVO [Commander of the Royal Victorian Order] on his retirement.

He is pictured here: Officer Biographies
 
Gawin said:
Edo's great-grandfather Sir Robert Burrows and Beatrice's great-grandfather the Duke of York (later George VI) were friends. The Duke sometimes stayed with the Burrows family at their home, Bonis Hall:

[FONT=&quot]https://books.google.com/books?id=QTmIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
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[FONT=&quot]https://books.google.com/books?id=awzXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR8[/FONT]

Edo's mother's family were (for the most part) upper middle class: company directors, merchants, and farmers. Nikki was raised in the Church of England but she comes from a long line of nonconformists (Baptists & Methodists) as well as Scottish Presbyterians.

In addition to Sir Robert Burrows KBE, Edo's maternal ancestors include:

(1) Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge, founder of Bainbridge's department store
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge's

(2) Charles Campbell, wealthy merchant in Melbourne, Australia

Biography - Charles Campbell - Australian Dictionary of Biography

(3) William Arnot, tea merchant in Glasgow, father of Frederick Stanley Arnot, missionary in Africa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Stanley_Arnot

https://dacb.org/stories/democratic-republic-of-congo/arnot-stanley/

(4) Elizabeth Dawbarn, religious writer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dawbarn
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The groom is often described as Italian, but he has just as much illustrious British ancestry as Continental.
 
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