Sarah Ferguson fails to mention Prince Andrew in new statement

The Palace said: "Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their second child together in early spring; a sibling for Wolfie, aged eight, and Sienna, aged three.

"His Majesty The King has been informed and both families are delighted with the news."

Shortly afterwards, Beatrice's mother, the Duchess of York, took to social media with a statement of her own.

Fergie wrote: "Darling Beatrice. Words can't quite express the joy and excitement I feel as you and Edo prepare to welcome another precious addition to your beautiful family.

"Becoming a granny again fills my heart with so much happiness and gratitude.

"Watching you grow as a mother has been one of the greatest privileges of my life, and now to see your family blossom further is an absolute blessing.

"Our family is growing, and so too is the love that surrounds us.

"I cannot wait to meet this little one and to share in all the wonderful memories we will make together. All my love."

However, Sarah failed to mention the new royal baby's grandfather, Prince Andrew, in her congratulatory statement.

Sarah and Andrew married in 1986, before divorcing a decade later.

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They have remained close and even continue to cohabitate at the Duke of York's Windsor home, Royal Lodge.

However, Fergie has appeared to distance herself from Prince Andrew amid the controversy surrounding A Very Royal Scandal - the Amazon Prime programme which dramatised the duke's 2019 career-ending Newsnight interview.

For example, when honouring the memory of Sarah's late mother on social media, the duchess posted a wedding photo from her 1986 nuptials to Prince Andrew, but cropped the duke out of the picture.

Instead, it just showed Fergie beside her late parents, Susan Barrantes and Ronald Ferguson.