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As teenagers, Princess Beatrice and young Paolo Liuzzo hid their love. Now the Princess of York’s ex-boyfriend may have died of an overdose at the age of just 41.
Miami/Florida – Sad news reaches London from Miami and reminds the royal cousin of Prince William (41) to her wild youth. The Princess of York (35) was just 17 years old when she started dating Paolo Liuzzo (41, †2024) in 2005.
Princess Beatrice and Paolo Liuzzo were lovers from 2005 to 2006
Liuzzo apparently died of a suspected overdose at a Miami hotel on February 7, according to sources The Sun had claimed that he had struggled with drugs and had accumulated large gambling debts. The news was another hard blow for Princess Beatrice after her mother, Sarah Ferguson, 64, found out about her skin cancer diagnosis.
Particularly tragic: Love apparently had no chance from the start, as Sarah Ferguson supported Beatrice’s romance, saying: “We all have our own ways and have to learn how to behave, but Beatrice is a sensible girl, soon to be 18, with many friends, including Paolo.” Liuzzo and Beatrice, six years his junior, began dating in 2005 but kept the relationship secret until he joined her family on their family ski vacation in Switzerland in 2006.
For Paolo, the love for “Bea” had a different undertone when he was later asked about it: “If it turned out that I and Bea were together, it wouldn’t be good for her image or that of Sarah [Ferguson] “So everyone tried to keep our relationship secret.”
The love was downplayed and ended with Princess Beatrice finally separating
A friend of Liuzzo underlines the tragedy: “Paolo wasn’t doing particularly well on a personal level.” He continued saying loudly GBNews: “He loved to party and play. He started using a lot of pharmaceutical drugs, but that later led to cocaine and harder drugs.”
According to Michael Vega of the Miami Police Department, police found Liuzzo in a room at the citizenM Miami Worldcenter Hotel around 3:22 p.m., with the time of death given as 3:34 p.m. Officer Vega said opposite The Sun: “It was investigated whether this was an overdose death. The investigation is open and ongoing.” The death certificate shows that Liuzzo worked as a consultant in the art industry and never married. Princess Beatrice, on the other hand, now leads a life in the middle of British high society. She has also been married to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi since 2020. Sources used: thesun.co.uk, gbnews.com