‘The more, the merrier!’ Mother of Princess Beatrice’s stepson says she is still close with her ex-fiance and is happy her child has ‘two sets of parents trying to help him’
The mother of Princess Beatrice’s stepson has said she is happy her son Wolfie has “two parents trying to help him” navigate his childhood.
Dara Huang, 41, who dated Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi between 2015 and 2018, shares seven-year-old Wolfie with her ex, who is now married to Princess Beatrice.
He and Beatrice are parents to two-year-old Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi, and co-parent Chrsitopher “Wolfie” Mapelli Mozzi with Dara and her current partner.
The architect, who is from Florida but lives in Chelsea, said she is happy that her seven-year-old son “has two parents trying to help him on both sides.”
She said Harper’s Bazaar: ‘Wolfie has had two parents on both sides trying to help him, and I just think, “The more, the merrier.”
The mother of Princess Beatrice’s stepson has said she is happy her son Wolfie has ‘two parents trying to help him’ navigate his childhood
Dara Huang, 41, who dated Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi between 2015 and 2018, shares seven-year-old Wolfie with her ex, who is now married to Princess Beatrice
‘I feel lucky to have such positive people around him, who really embrace him – because it didn’t have to be that easy.’
Dara added, “It’s all about your point of view. I don’t understand people who are divorced and keep their children as collateral; that makes no sense whatsoever.
‘It’s about creating a happy home and lifestyle.’
Her conversation with the magazine comes after she revealed that 2023 will be a… “really challenging year” for her in a cryptic Instagram post in January.
Sharing a candid message with her 62,000 Instagram followers, Dara revealed that this was the year with the ‘most changes’.
Alongside the photos were various things she had done throughout the year, including trips to Miami, London, Paris, Venice, Ibiza, Frankfurt, New York and Greece.
The architect did not reveal what her challenges were, but said she felt 2024 would be better.
“2023 was actually a very challenging year for me,” she said. ‘I won’t go into details, but certainly the year with the most changes.
The architect, who is from Florida but lives in Chelsea, said she is happy that her seven-year-old son “has two parents trying to help him on both sides.”
She told Harper’s Bazaar: ‘Wolfie has had two parents on both sides trying to help him, and I just think, ‘The more the merrier.’
Dara’s son Wolfie made his first appearance during a royal engagement in December, during Kate Middleton’s Christmas carol concert
“I’m not sure why, but I just feel like 2024 is going to be our year and there’s going to be a lot of positivity out of it and I’m so excited and ready for it!” she added.
‘Some ‘work days’ are when I have to travel for work, and I also make a ‘vacation’ of it: Miami, London, Paris, Venice, Ibiza, Frankfurt, NYC, Greece’.
In another post, she looked back at what she was doing in 2023, including filming her first TV show, moving and designing hotels in Paris and Bali.
She also proudly shared how she completed major projects in Miami, the Hamptons and NYC, and rode horses in the ocean.
Dara’s son Wolfie made his first appearance at a royal engagement in December, performing during Kate Middleton’s Christmas carol.
He and Beatrice are parents to two-year-old Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi, and co-parent Chrsitopher ‘Wolfie’ Mapelli Mozzi with Dara and her current partner
Beatrice has previously described Wolfie as a ‘bonus child’, while Sarah Ferguson calls him her grandson
Dara was engaged to interior designer Edoardo, 39, before marrying the king’s cousin Princess Beatrice, 34
Wolfie then swapped real princesses for fairytale princesses on a Disney cruise ship with his mother, architect Dara Huang, reports Richard Eden.
The two then joined Dara’s family in Florida, where she grew up.
Last Christmas Wolfie stayed in Norfolk with his stepmother Bea, father, property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and his half-sister Sienna, two.
Previously kept out of the public eye, Wolfie proudly walked hand-in-hand with Beatrice into Westminster Abbey last month.
Beatrice has previously described Wolfie as a ‘bonus child’, while Sarah Ferguson calls him her grandson.
Dara was engaged to interior designer Edoardo, 40, before marrying the king’s cousin Princess Beatrice, 35.
She was born and raised in America, where her maternal grandfather had emigrated from Taiwan. Last year she was granted British citizenship.
The Harvard-educated architect who grew up in Florida, earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and transferred to the Ivy League school for her Masters in Architecture.