Princess Beatrice Welcomes Baby No. 2 Several Weeks Early with Name Honoring Queen Elizabeth: 'Healthy and Doing Well'

Princess Beatriceis a mom again! On Jan. 29, Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace announced the arrival of Princess Beatrice, 36, and husbandEdoardo Mapelli Mozzi’s second child, sharing a heartwarming first photo of the newborn. The couple chose the name Athena Elizabeth Rose — a touching tribute to Beatrice’s late grandmother,Queen Elizabeth. “The King and Queen, and other members of The Royal Family have all been informed and are delighted with the news,” it continued, referring toKing Charles,Queen Camillaand the extended royal family.

Princess Beatrice's Kids: All About Her Stepson Christopher and Daughters Sienna and Athena

Princess Beatriceis raising the next generation of royals. The princess is the granddaughter ofQueen Elizabeth IIand the oldest daughter ofPrince AndrewandSarah Ferguson. After marrying property tycoonEdoardo Mapelli Mozziin anintimate 2020 wedding, the couple welcomed daughterSienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozziin September 2021 and daughterAthena Elizabeth Rosein January 2025. “He isvery much part of their life,” Beatrice’s friend told PEOPLE in 2019. “Beatrice has embraced the child as part of her life from the outset.

Princess Charlotte Has Apparently Inherited This ‘Brilliant Ability’ from Her Great-Grandmother Queen Elizabeth

Princess Charlotte of Wales court-side of Centre Court during the men’s final on day fourteen of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 14, 2024 in London, England.Getty Images Getty Images “I’m told Charlotte has also inherited from the late Queen a brilliant ability to mimic prominent figures,” Dampier said. “That should come in handy at Christmas when the royals gather in the evening at Sandringham to play charades.

Princess Diana 'Hated' Christmas at Sandringham with Royal Family, Calling It ‘Terrifying and So Disappointing’

Anwar Hussein/Getty Princess Diana“hated” spending Christmas at Sandringham with the royal family, according to her biographer Andrew Morton. Morton, who wrote the bestsellerDiana: Her True Story, said her disdain for the traditional royal Christmas celebrations began as early as her first Sandringham Christmas in 1981, five months after she married the futureKing Charleson July 29, 1981. By Christmas of that year, the Princess of Wales was already pregnant with their first child,Prince William, who would be born six months later on June 21, 1982.

Princess Diana Tried to Leave Christmas at Sandringham as Soon as She Could: ‘Sometimes She Escaped Even Before Lunch’

Princess Diana during her first Christmas with the royal family.Photo:Tim Graham / Contributor / Getty Images Tim Graham / Contributor / Getty Images AsPrincess Dianaherself put it, the royal family’s traditional Christmas celebrations at Sandringham were “highly fraught,” once calling the experience “terrifying and so disappointing.”The late Princess of Wales relayed these sentiments to biographer Andrew Morton, and Diana hated Christmases at Sandringham so much that she even ducked out early on occasion.