{"id":266023,"date":"2026-01-04T00:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/266023\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:41:09","slug":"princess-beatrices-stepson-told-he-wasnt-good-at-art-by-school-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/266023\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Beatrice\u2019s stepson told he \u2018wasn\u2019t good at art\u2019 by school teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Princess Beatrice\u2019s stepson was told he \u201cwasn\u2019t good at art\u201d by a school teacher, according to his mother Dara Huang, who shared a personal message about encouraging children to express themselves creatively.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Instagram, Ms Huang wrote that her son had come home from school upset after being told he was not good at art by his teacher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son is an excellent artist,\u201d she wrote, explaining that he had been asked to draw something \u201clike-for-like\u201d in class and had then questioned his own ability. <\/p>\n<p>Ms Huang said she reassured him that \u201cthere are a lot of different expressions for art\u201d and that his style is \u201cmore abstract\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>The mother-of-one added that she wished followers could hear his \u201clittle voice\u201d, describing how he talks about his feelings and why he makes certain artistic \u201cmoves\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>She called it \u201cthe sweetest thing ever\u201d and said she hoped it served as a reminder that everyone has a different way to express themselves and \u201cthat\u2019s ok\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>The post was accompanied by footage showing the nine-year-old child painting on a large canvas at home, with art materials laid out nearby as he worked on bold, abstract brush strokes.<\/p>\n<p>The update has prompted fresh interest in the day-to-day life of Princess Beatrice\u2019s blended family.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ca495\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"35b5f03bd3e10f891957dc5873155772\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202000%202394'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/princess-beatrice.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2394\" alt=\"Princess Beatrice\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Princess Beatrice\u2019s stepson told he \u2018wasn\u2019t good at art\u2019 by school teacher<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GETTY<\/p>\n<p>Ms Huang shares her son with property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, who married Princess Beatrice in 2020, making the Princess of York the boy\u2019s stepmother.<\/p>\n<p>Wolfie\u2019s full name is Christopher Woolf Mapelli Mozzi, and he is commonly known by his nickname. He was born in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Huang, an architect, has spoken previously about co-parenting, describing a supportive arrangement in which her son has \u201ctwo sets of parents\u201d around him.<\/p>\n<p>Her latest post also follows social media updates suggesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/royal\/princess-beatrice-travel-timeline-dara-huang-wolfie-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the youngster has been splitting his time between the United States and Switzerland over the festive period.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                LATEST ROYAL DEVELOPMENTS<\/p>\n<p>In a recent Instagram story, Ms Huang shared a photograph of a mahjong set laid out beside a Christmas tree with the caption \u201cMahjong in Florida\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She then posted a separate image showing her son on skis against a mountainous backdrop captioned: \u201cMy baby in Switzy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The posts indicated that Wolfie had moved on from Florida to Switzerland, while Ms Huang appeared to remain in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"af4ae\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"3f9dcc8d071ce43acbc19a8198a5a4be\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201179%202057'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wolfie.jpg\" width=\"1179\" height=\"2057\" alt=\"Wolfie\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dara Huang shared an image of Wolfie in Switzerland<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>INSTAGRAM: DARA HUANG<\/p>\n<p>The Switzerland images came amid wider interest in where Princess Beatrice and Mr Mapelli Mozzi spent the Christmas period, after some reports suggested travel plans.<\/p>\n<p>Princess Beatrice and Mr Mapelli Mozzi have generally kept family arrangements private.<\/p>\n<p>However, Wolfie has been seen at several major royal occasions in recent years, reflecting his place within the wider family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Beatrice\u2019s stepson was told he \u201cwasn\u2019t good at art\u201d by a school teacher, according to his mother&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,135885,18,117,19,17,83876,21827],"class_list":["post-266023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-dara-huang","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-princess-beatrice","tag-royal"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115834053217101608","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}