Another great-grandchild is on the way for Queen Elizabeth.
The queen's granddaughter Princess Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, are expecting a baby this fall, Buckingham Palace announced Wednesday.
"The Queen has been informed, and both families are delighted with the news," the palace said in a statement.
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Beatrice and Mapelli Mozzi's baby, their first, will be the 12th great-grandchild for Queen Elizabeth and her late husband, Prince Philip, who passed away in April.
Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi celebrated their wedding with their closest family.
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) July 18, 2020
📷 The happy couple are pictured with Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. Photograph by Benjamin Wheeler. pic.twitter.com/Ztw1Kk0eRy
The queen currently has 10 great-grandchildren, with another -- a second child for Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex -- expected to be born this summer.
Beatrice and Mapelli Mozzi wed last July at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor. Their plan for a large royal wedding was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Instead they had a small wedding with only "close family," including the queen and Prince Philip, attending, Buckingham Palace said at the time.
Beatrice, who is a stepmom to Mapelli Mozzi's son, Wolfie, is the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
Beatrice's sister, Eugenie, gave birth in February to her first child, a son named August Philip Hawke Brooksbank.
Beatrice's baby will be the second grandchild for Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.