The Mother of Princess Beatrice’s Stepson Reveals What It’s Like to Co-Parent With a Royal

Co-parenting in the spotlight isn’t easy. So we can’t even begin to imagine how tough it is to co-parent under the watchful eye of Buckingham Palace. (After all, the royal family is quick to call out and squash any blended family drama.)

But Dara Huang painted a totally different picture when she spoke to Harper’s Bazaar U.K. The architect and designer shares an 8-year-old son Christopher “Wolfie” Woolf with ex-husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi — AKA the current husband of Princess Beatrice. That makes Princess Beatrice more than just Counsellor of State and ninth in line to the throne. It also makes her a stepmom.

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A stepmom who Huang apparently feels grateful to have in her son’s corner.

“Wolfie has had two sets of parents trying to help him on both sides, and I just think, ‘The more, the merrier,'” Huang said. “I feel lucky to have such positive people around him, who really embrace him — because it didn’t have to be so easy.”

Princess Beatrice, Mozzi, and Wolfie made headlines late last year when they attended Kate Middleton‘s third annual Christmas concert hand-in-hand. Public appearances as a blended family are a big deal given the British royal family’s ultra-traditional views on marriage and divorce.

The Princess of York was the first member of her generation of the royal family to become a stepparent, and an insider told People that she “embraced [Wolfie] as part of her life from the outset.”

“Beatrice is a wonderful and very hands-on stepmom,” the source said.

We have to imagine Beatrice is also a “wonderful and very hands-on” mom to her and Mozzi’s 2-year-old daughter Sienna. Shortly after she was born, the couple revealed that Wolfie is the “best big brother.”

Last October, during Dyslexia Awareness Month, Princess Beatrice got candid about what it would be like if either of her kids were diagnosed with dyslexia — a learning disability that both she and her husband have. The daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson never saw her dyslexia as a limitation, but rather, as a challenge, and has a positive outlook on what another diagnosis would mean for her family.

“I think the most important thing that I can do is hopefully if they are lucky enough to be dyslexic as well, then I feel really grateful that we can help them with resources,” she said.

Before you go, check out the most heartwarming and relatable photos of the royals being normal parents.

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