- Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi didn’t share a photo of their first kiss as bride and groom.
- It has become tradition for royal couples to save their first kiss for the public – and the waiting cameras – after leaving their wedding venue.
- It was started by Princess Diana and Prince Charles after their 1981 wedding, and followed by Kate Middleton and Prince William, and Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, among many others.
- Instead, Buckingham Palace shared photos of Beatrice and Mozzi holding hands as they exited the secret ceremony.
- It’s possible the couple could have kissed inside the church, however this is something not typically done by royal couples.
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The official photos from Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi’s wedding have been released, and they’re completely different from other royal wedding pictures.
While other couples – including Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank – kissed for the cameras outside their wedding venue, this is something Beatrice and Mozzi appeared to opt out of.
It has become common for royal brides and grooms to save their first kiss for the public instead of kissing inside the church. The tradition was started by Prince Charles and Diana on the Buckingham Palace balcony in 1981.
After Charles planted a kiss on Diana’s hand, the fans below reportedly shouted “Give her a kiss” – and he obliged.
Beatrice and Mozzi released just a handful of photos from the private ceremony. They held hands as they left the chapel, and either didn't kiss for the cameras - or they just chose not to release the image to the public.
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York and Mr. Mapelli Mozzi have been touched by the warm wishes they have received since their wedding, and are delighted to share two additional photographs of their happy day. #RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com/3OKPHdWrH2
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) July 19, 2020
There are a number of reasons why the couple might have chosen not to end their ceremony with a kiss, the first being that there was no public to kiss for.
The ceremony was kept secret after Beatrice and Mozzi canceled their original wedding ceremony that had been planned in May.
Alternatively, the couple could have kissed inside the church, however, this is unlikely since it isn't typically done by royal couples for religious reasons.
"Some view the church as a holy place so they won't kiss in the church out of respect, but many vicars throughout the church of England will ask the couple if they want to kiss," royal etiquette expert Myka Meier told People.
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