Princess Beatrice’s new royal baby will see major shake up of line of succession

Princess Beatrice has revealed the happy news that a new royal baby is on the way – and it looks set to shake up the line of succession.

The granddaughter of the late Queen and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are set to welcome a new arrival next year in early spring and they will be a little brother or sister for the couple’s three-year-old daughter Sienna, and Edo’s son and Beatrice’s stepson, eight-year-old Wolfie.

When born, the baby will be given a place in line to the throne behind their mother, Beatrice, who is currently 9th and big sister Sienna, who is 10th, meaning the new royal baby will be 11th. And with this, it means all those in the line of succession 12th and below will all be shunted down a place.

This means that Eugenie will be shifted down to 12th place, her sons August and Ernest will be 13th and 14th, Prince Edward will slip to 15th and his children James, the Earl of Wessex and Lady Louise Windsor will be 16th and 17th. Following them will be Princess Anne in 18th followed by her son Peter Phillips in 19th and his oldest daughter Savannah in 20th. It means Peter’s younger daughter Isla will be 20th with Zara Tindall also outside the top 20 spaces altogether.

It’s not expected that the King will hand out a title to the newborn when he or she arrives. But the baby will get a unique title thanks to Edoardo, who is actually an Italian count.

Speaking to the Daily Mail previously, Edoardo’s dad, Count Allessandro Mapelli Mozzi, explained: “Edoardo is the only male descendent taking the family into the next generation. He is a count, his wife will be a countess automatically and any of their children will be counts or nobile donna.”