Original source (on modern site) | Article images: [1]
Princess Beatrice's ex-boyfriend Paolo Liuzzo was found dead in a Miami hotel room following a suspected overdose, it has been reported. Liuzzo, 42, was discovered at the citizenM Worldcenter hotel, a four-star hotel in downtown Miami shortly after 3pm on February 7, the Miami Police Department told The Sun. The cause of death has not been disclosed. However, Michael Vega, an officer with the Miami police department, said Liuzzo's death was being "investigated as an overdose death", and the inquiry remains "ongoing". Police attended the room at 3.22pm on February 7 and Liuzzo's time of death was given as 3.34pm, he said. Insiders suggested Liuzzo had struggled with drugs for some time, and been plunged into a "vicious cycle" of gambling-related debt. "Paolo was not doing great on a personal level," one friend told The Sun. "It was a very fast lifestyle and we all feared it would catch up with him eventually." Liuzzo had repeated run-ins with the law, including being arrested and charged with cocaine possession in Australia in 2009. His death certificate listed his residence as an apartment building close to the citizenM hotel. He was listed as single and his occupation as an art industry consultant, according to The Sun. Princess Beatrice is reported to have been informed of her former boyfriend's death just weeks after her mother, Sarah, Duchess of York, was diagnosed with skin cancer. The royal was just 17 years old when she began dating Liuzzo in 2005. The relationship became public when he joined Princess Beatrice's family ski trip to Verbier, Switzerland the following year. Princess Beatrice is reported to have been the one to end the romance, and spent most of her 20s dating Uber executive Dave Clark. She married the multi-millionaire property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in 2020, with whom she has a daughter, Sienna.
![[1]](image.php?loc=UK&i=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/royal-family/2024/04/24/TELEMMGLPICT000375133078_17139950875000_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpnciUxLNaJOw6xllX17SdJWJHqqFFBioReP3a2NhDpA.jpeg?impolicy=logo-overlay){kind=link}