UK: Princess Beatrice gives birth to second daughter

Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi became on 22 January 2025 parents to their second child, a daughter, as announced by Buckingham Palace via social media:

Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their daughter, Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi, born on Wednesday, 22nd January, at 12:57pm. 

The baby was born weighing 4 pounds and 5 ounces.

The King and Queen, and other members of The Royal Family have all been informed and are delighted with the news. 

Princess Beatrice and Mr Mapelli Mozzi would like to thank all the staff at the hospital for their wonderful care. 

Her Royal Highness and her daughter are healthy and doing well, and the family are enjoying spending time together with Athena’s older siblings, Wolfie and Sienna.

The couple's first daughter, Sienna, was born on 18 September 2021. Eduardo Mapelli Mozzi also has a son, Christopher Woolf, born 2016, from an earlier relationship. The baby girl, who is no. 11 in the line of succession to the British throne, is the Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York's fourth grandchild.

The updated line of succession to the British throne (top 25):

1. The Prince of Wales (Prince William) (b. 1982) 
2. Prince George of Wales (b. 2013) 
3. Princess Charlotte of Wales (b. 2015) 
4. Prince Louis of Wales (b. 2018) 
5. The Duke of Sussex (Prince Harry) (b. 1984) 
6. Prince Archie of Sussex (b. 2019)
7. Princess Lilibet of Sussex (b. 2021) 
8. The Duke of York (Prince Andrew) (b. 1960) 
9. Princess Beatrice (b. 1988) 
10. Sienna Mapelli Mozzi (b. 2021) 
11. Athena Mapelli Mozzi (b. 2025)
12. Princess Eugenie (b. 1990) 
13. August Brooksbank (b. 2021)
14. Ernest Brooksbank (b. 2023) 
15. The Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Edward) (b. 1964) 
16. The Earl of Wessex (James Mountbatten-Windsor) (b. 2007) 
17. Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor (b. 2003)
18. The Princess Royal (Princes Anne) (b. 1950) 
19. Peter Phillips (b. 1977) 
20. Savannah Phillips (b. 2010) 
21. Isla Phillips (b. 2012) 
22. Zara Tindall (née Phillips; b. 1981) 
23. Mia Tindall (b. 2014) 
24. Lena Tindall (b. 2018) 
25. Lucas Tindall (b. 2021) 

Updated on 29 January 2025 at 22:15 (birth date of Athena corrected).