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).

UK: Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi

Princess Beatrice of York announced on her Twitter account on Friday 1 October 2021 that her daughter, who was born in London on 18 September 2021, has been named Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi.

While we have to wait for the parents – Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi – to explain the name choice, most observers believe Sienna is a nod to Edoardo's Italian background. According to Wikipedia, the «original usage of the name is derived from the Italian city [Siena] and may also refer to the orange-red colour of its clay rooftops burnt orange». The baby girl Sienna's second name surely is a nod to her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II.

UK: Princess Beatrice of York has given birth to a girl

Buckingham Palace as well as Princess Beatrice herself announced today the birth of a girl, born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London on Saturday 18 September 2021 at 23.42:

Announcement of the birth of Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi's baby

Published 20 September 2021

Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their daughter on Saturday 18th September 2021, at 23.42, at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.

The baby weighs 6 pounds and 2 ounces.

The new baby’s grandparents and great-grandparents have all been informed and are delighted with the news. The family would like to thank all the staff at the hospital for their wonderful care.

Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well, and the couple are looking forward to introducing their daughter to her big brother Christopher Woolf.

The name of the baby girl, who is 11th in line of succession to the British throne, has yet to be announced. The unnamed baby is Princess Beatrice's first child, while her husband also has a son, Christopher Woolf, b. 2016, from an earlier relationship. The baby is the Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York's second grandchild and the 12th great grand-child of Queen Elizabeth II.

UK: Princess Beatrice is pregnant

Buckingham Palace announced today that Princess Beatrice and her husband Eduardo Mapelli Mozzi are going to have their first child together in the autumn of 2021:

Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are very pleased to announce that they are expecting a baby in autumn of this year.

The Queen has been informed and both families are delighted with the news.

Princess Beatrice, eldest daughter of the Duke of York (Prince Andrew) and Sarah, Duchess of York, née Ferguson, married Eduardo Mapelli Mozzi, son of Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi and Nicola Williams-Ellis, née Burrows, at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Royal Lodge, Windsor, on 17 July 2020.

The baby will enter the world as no. 11 in the line of succession to the British throne. Princess Beatrice is currently no, 9, but will step one place down the ladder when the Duke and Duchess  of Sussex have their second child in the early summer. 

Eduardo has a son, Christopher Woolf, b. 2016, from an earlier relationship.