My baby's premature birth was humbling, says Beatrice
- Princess Beatrice discussed her experience with the premature birth of her daughter, Athena, in a personal essay for British Vogue, expressing feelings of worry and determination.
- She emphasized the need for awareness of women's health issues and recognized the privilege of receiving close monitoring from a medical team.
- Beatrice aims to support families affected by preterm birth and has become a patron of Borne, an organization working to end premature birth.
- Reflecting on her journey, Beatrice noted that what she learned in this process has been humbling and stressed the importance of research into women's health challenges.
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Princess Beatrice gave birth to her second daughter, Athena, several weeks prematurely, and described the experience as a lesson in humility. "My life has been anything but ordinary, but my joys and fears during pregnancy have been the same as those of millions of other women around the world," she told Vogue.
The granddaughter of the deceased Queen, Princess Beatrice, gives shockingly open insights into the challenges during her pregnancy.
“There’s So Little Control”: Princess Beatrice Opens Up About Daughter Athena’s Premature Birth In Her Own Words
In January 2025, Princess Beatrice shared the joyful news that she and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi had welcomed a baby girl, Athena. What the world did not know is that the family’s happy announcement followed weeks of intense worry, after Beatrice learned her daughter was likely to arrive prematurely. Read Princess Beatrice's exclusive viewpoint, here.
The Duchess of York said that her baby is doing very well, but it is still unclear exactly why he arrived earlier than expected.
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